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| Luxman D-06u or Esoteric K-05Xs CD / SACD player? The luxman D -06u is brilliant, it's a simple beast, but it ticks all the boxes for me. My dealer tells me that luxman are discontinuing all but the D-380 players, no word on what's next from them. I imagine it's a sign of the times, with streami... | |
| What area or country do you live in ? Auckland, New Zealand Formerly of Christchurch, New Zealand Reasonable range of hifi stores up and down the country. Loving s/hand hifi gear shipped from around the globe, way cool | |
| How do you know what a good speaker is? +1 n80On the sold and heavy cabinets, mine are 80kg (176lb) ea. And they are not so good looking, but provide countless hours of joy. And I understand some isolation from the (stout) stands (or floor) is critical, currently using asorbathane of t... | |
| Digital Audio for Dummies On more vote for the bluesound vault 2. I just gave one to my 75 years young father. Works a treat, operated via tablet or computer. It’s bringing him great joy. He struggles with lots of tech incl vcr’s, pc’s ect.The vault had great internals and... | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! Yes, for me it's most noticeable improvement is in the albums of the 60's 70's 80's. It seems to reduce the nose floor, and the extraneous sounds of some of the recording gear or recording enviroment. Some of the MQA files I'd listened to barely s... | |
| I hate when this happens I love those nights, but it's the 4.50 alarm that never sounds quite as good. It would seem that the cure, for me, is beyond my mortal grasp. | |
| What's your investment threshold? "+1 dfwhip "so well said, almost poetic. My system at 10k s/hand, cabless at 2k s/hand, but it's also about the number of components to be connected. For me is 3x IC's and speaker cables. S/hand offers me great value, components run in and realis... | |
| When you suddenly realize.... Loving Tidal, I've had it for about 6 months. It's the first service I've ever paid for on a monthly basis, but costing me less than one CD a month. I'm tripping down memory lane with hundreds of tracks from my youth, as well as my favorite class... |