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| Radio Paradise in FLAC Not sure what the proposed "RP simpler solution" is. I use a laptop and browser to the latest RP site and choose FLAC in the settings. I use the same laptop for ripped CDs/JRiver to USB DAC and noticed CDs are playing at 44 kHz and RP FLAC is pl... | |
| Why do some manufacturers reverse preamp polarity in the first place? Most of the technical reasons don't hold water since it comes down to what the tap is labeled. A little dab of red will fix ya. But a purist would still want control on a per-recording or per-track basis. | |
| Isn't a wondeful time to be an audiophile? My greatest jaw drop at last year's Axpona was Elac's entry-level system. Sound per Pound/$ was off the charts.Also like the curated digital playlist, which is a great step forward from the record producer, disc jockey, and star-maker machinery. ... | |
| Tube amplifier suggestion for 101 dB speakers VAC Integrated, old or new. Even the original Avatars. | |
| Another help me spend money thread or maybe not.... going to AXPONA Last year, High Water Sound had amazing sound but wasn't playing anything with lots of dynamics...SET-friendly. KEF Reference was a surprise in how "whole" and coherent they sounded. Doshi was the hot amplification. | |
| Will Technology Kill the Audiophile Hobby? High-end audio is like Walter Cronkite. In its/his heyday there wasn’t that much competition, so it got top-of-mind and was magical and worth pursuing. Now, you’d be hard pressed to find a brain that would tolerate a Looonnng Playing record. In a ... | |
| Tube Sound Question I mainly let my head choose everything up to the power amp, so Benchmark Media for DAC and their new linestage for the quality of the signal. Then for amp and speakers, I trust my heart for what final sound I love, which for me is a great tube am... | |
| Eggleston Works speakers: Expensive, but are they worth the money?? I recall reading the Paul Schaefer (Letterman Show) chose Eggleston after he heard them. He should know sound, dynamics, rhythm, etc. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? I borrow CD's from the library and stumbled across "Beat the Champ" by The Mountain Goats. It's kind of a concept album about pro wrestling but it's just filled with lyrical, catchy tunes--some of which I'd use to demo my system. Very musical an... | |
| Going to try digital If you have a laptop with Internet access, just add JRiver for $60 and a Wireworld Starlight USB for $80, a used Benchmark DAC2 HGC for <whatever> and you've got a good streaming, ripping, FLAC'em digital system. | |
| Is this the end of HEA? OP is insightful. For most of my audiophile journey, the manufacturers and reviewers held the power, promising me euphoria, as I hung on their every word, and gazed at every ad. They were able to keep me in a state of constant yearning and ever-ho... | |
| What will a preamp do for me? Thanks, Ralph. | |
| What will a preamp do for me? I'm about to pull the trigger on the Benchmark HPA4 as a linestage and let it do the volume control that has been done by my Benchmark DAC2 HGC, which is feeding a VAC 200iq amp into Sonist speakers. The system currently sounds great, but most al... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming Analog is largely a medium problem--how good is the vinyl cutters, the vinyl stampers, the needles, tonearms, turntables and preamplification?Digital is a data and compute problem, although the CD is a pretty flimsy piece of crap to put the data o... | |
| Which DAC: Benchmark, Mytek, Audio Mirror, Holo Audio, Mojo Audio? I'm a Benchmark believer. Their products keep replacing existing products in my system.. I suppose if one's speakers are harsh or bright, the Benchmark products may sound harsh or bright, but with accurate speakers, you get addicted to faithful, ... |