@vpi ,
I was responding to @wolf_garcia post about in-dash CD Players no longer being installed in new cars. While I have a decent sound system in the car, I realize that it is not an ideal listening environment. I have Bluetooth 5.0 capability in the car and in my phone, so it can handle my 24/192 Lossless FLAC files with no problem. My point was that constantly loading and unloading discs/disc changers was a real PITA.
As for using my phone as a playback device, it has an ESS SabreDAC ES9218P D/A converter that supports 32/384 and DSD256. For IEM's I use JH Audio Layla's and Campfire Audio Vega's. At the gym I use Periodic Audio Be's. I have a very,very, very large memory card plus the internal storage for my music. It makes a great portable rig for the gym, waiting rooms, grocery shopping or just chilling in the back yard enjoying nature. I don't own any earbud thingy's.
I do have a dedicated listening room. It was tuned/designed by Rives Audio. Speakers are ML Summit X's which are soon to be replaced with ML Renaissance 15A's. I own both an Oppo 105D and a 203. I was going to order a 205, but just cant justify it.
I watch about two movies a week on Blu-ray, and two movies a month on UHD-Bluray. I never spin CD's anymore. New music purchases are either downloaded or ripped and then transferred to the music server and phone. I have a whole plethora of music streaming devices.
I too moorn the loss of Oppo. I too agree that they made great players and a very good price point.
Less and less people are buying/renting video disc every year. Less than 4% of Netflix subscribers still get discs in the mail. Best Buy and Target are drastically parring down the number of CD's they carry. Best Buy is having a hard time moving $79 UHD-Bluray players. Let's face it, Disc Spinners are a dying breed. I really enjoyed the tweekie nature of vinyl and reading the jackets and liner notes; I never developed that romanticism with CD's.
Hope this clarifies things.
All the best,
I was responding to @wolf_garcia post about in-dash CD Players no longer being installed in new cars. While I have a decent sound system in the car, I realize that it is not an ideal listening environment. I have Bluetooth 5.0 capability in the car and in my phone, so it can handle my 24/192 Lossless FLAC files with no problem. My point was that constantly loading and unloading discs/disc changers was a real PITA.
As for using my phone as a playback device, it has an ESS SabreDAC ES9218P D/A converter that supports 32/384 and DSD256. For IEM's I use JH Audio Layla's and Campfire Audio Vega's. At the gym I use Periodic Audio Be's. I have a very,very, very large memory card plus the internal storage for my music. It makes a great portable rig for the gym, waiting rooms, grocery shopping or just chilling in the back yard enjoying nature. I don't own any earbud thingy's.
I do have a dedicated listening room. It was tuned/designed by Rives Audio. Speakers are ML Summit X's which are soon to be replaced with ML Renaissance 15A's. I own both an Oppo 105D and a 203. I was going to order a 205, but just cant justify it.
I watch about two movies a week on Blu-ray, and two movies a month on UHD-Bluray. I never spin CD's anymore. New music purchases are either downloaded or ripped and then transferred to the music server and phone. I have a whole plethora of music streaming devices.
I too moorn the loss of Oppo. I too agree that they made great players and a very good price point.
Less and less people are buying/renting video disc every year. Less than 4% of Netflix subscribers still get discs in the mail. Best Buy and Target are drastically parring down the number of CD's they carry. Best Buy is having a hard time moving $79 UHD-Bluray players. Let's face it, Disc Spinners are a dying breed. I really enjoyed the tweekie nature of vinyl and reading the jackets and liner notes; I never developed that romanticism with CD's.
Hope this clarifies things.
All the best,