willemj
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| Need help selecting a system with Tidal streaming (Maybe MQA) and speakers for around $1k. Ignoring the possible subsequent bedroom use I would suggest to try to spend as little as possible on electronics (let alone cables) and devote as much as possible to the speakers because they are what produces the difference in sound quality. The... | |
| Need help selecting a system with Tidal streaming (Maybe MQA) and speakers for around $1k. It is not complete junk. It is a bit on the expensive side for what it is, but it is stylish and convenient, and tests have shown that within its limitations it performs rather well. As for high end, well here is somebody asking a very sensible qu... | |
| Need help selecting a system with Tidal streaming (Maybe MQA) and speakers for around $1k. MQA may not be such a breakthrough: http://archimago.blogspot.nl/2017/10/mqa-final-final-comment-simply-put-why.htmlBeyond that, I want to repeat that some $200 will buy the necessary electronics. The speakers are where the sound quality resides. ... | |
| Sub Integration Did you measure the response? This does sound like room modes. See the thread on room acoustics: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/room-acoustics-10However, you may also have set the crossover frequency (much) too high. With my main speaker... | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... And if these claims are true, there are Nobel Prizes to be won (and patents to be awarded). | |
| Need help selecting a system with Tidal streaming (Maybe MQA) and speakers for around $1k. Dedicated streamers have the problem that you need an app for every service you want to listen to. If there is none, you are stuck (as with many smart tv's). Devices like the Chromecast are so common that no service can afford not to provide an ap... | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... The result could be predicted. Confront the voodoo priests with the experimental facts that show they were wrong and they will try to change the rules of the game. As for Geoff and Theo, they of course have a financial stake in perpetuating such d... | |
| Does a new cd transport require break-in time? You could call them in the UK: +44(0)20 7940 2200 | |
| Need help selecting a system with Tidal streaming (Maybe MQA) and speakers for around $1k. Sony STR DH 130 for a 2x100 watt rms budget receiver from a major brand for only $150. Add a $35 Chromecast audio and some basic cables and you have $800 left for pretty decent speakers. Not very transportable, of course. | |
| Need help selecting a system with Tidal streaming (Maybe MQA) and speakers for around $1k. See here for the - sadly pretty terrible - measurements of the Sprout: https://www.stereophile.com/content/ps-audio-sprout-integrated-amplifier-measurements | |
| Best player for Spotify Chromecast Audio is a great and very affordable starting point at $35. Analogue output is pretty good at Spotify resolutions. If you like it you can always later use its optical digital output and invest in an external DAC (the DAC is where the so... | |
| Room acoustics Thanks very much. This is interesting. You can clearly see that things get dirtier below the Schroeder frequency, even with your orange tree (wish I could have them in our climate). If and when you use a computer as a source, you could use it to e... | |
| Need help selecting a system with Tidal streaming (Maybe MQA) and speakers for around $1k. A Behringer UCA 202 usb DAC would be good enough for this purpose. | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... Jinjuku, thanks for this. I am afraid many are still in denial, and will remain so. Grannyring (nice name - I am a cyclist too), are you willing to submit your cable to the same test? | |
| New and searching The speakers are clearly the weakest link and always have the biggest impact on the final sound. So I would spend the full budget on those, unless you also want to go into streaming audio.As for speakers, how about the Harbeth SuperHL5+? I am not ... |