Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end?
I have a good analogue front end. Not stratuspherically good but good enough for this comparison. VPI Prime Signature 21 turntable, Pass Labs XP-25 pono preamp, Pass Labs XP-30 preamp and Hovland Radia amp. It has a lovely, very involving sound. On the right recording, I just drop everythng and am drawn in to listen.
My streamer, on the other hand, is decent but not spectacular. It is better than my CD player, but it is not jaw-dropping like my analogue front-end. My question is this: does anyone have a high-end, tier-one streamer (dCS Bartok Apex, Lumin X2, or something like them) that can rival a good analogue system?
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@audio-b-dog It’s available on Qobuz. I heard the LP is great. I only listened on streaming so far. No phono stage…lent mine to my buddy. |
I'll listen to it. I listened to a young jazz singer named Gabrielle Cavassa whose album Diavola was reviewed by Stereophile. I like her a lot. She was kind of discovered by Joshua Redman who plays on a cut or two. Gapless didn't work. The next track became silent. Although there are a few choices on gapless I'll experiment with when I have the energy. Not tonight. |
@audio-b-dog yep I tested gapless with Stravinsky no bueno with jplay. Hower it worked with Tidal Connect and should work with qobuz connect without a problem the slight silence with jplay when gapless is not enabled isn’t ideal but it’s not the end of the world. You can try qobuz connect. |
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