hickamore
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| Distinctly Digital Forever? @mahler123 Talk about coming full-circle in 30 years. If only Harry Pearson were around to read that comment. True, HP never got to hear the latest in streamers and DACs introduced since 2014. But he certainly knew the broadcast stations with the ... | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? Yes, I see. And will definitely explore what might be done to improve the front end of the network setup. Appreciate the advice. | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? @pokey77 Recently upgraded my Ethernet to streamer, but nothing upstream of that. Will check the websites you recommend to see what might be done at that level. As you can see, I am only now learning how to navigate this digital audio universe tha... | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? @lalitk Thanks, I have been postponing that approach but now is a good time to start acquiring my absolute favorite recordings from Analog Productions! | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? tomcy6, that's the problem -- these days my listening is 90% streaming, for all the obvious reasons. It's just that on CERTAIN material -- acoustic folk rock, chamber ensembles -- the difference between analog and streaming is pretty glaring. (CDs... | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? I mean, all else being equal. If another DAC using same cables and connected components sounds no more natural -- i.e., all variables being fully controlled -- then isn't THAT the time to start looking elsewhere for fixes? | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? @kota1 apparently I typed "upsampling" when I meant "oversampling." Most or all here seem agreed that "R2R/NOS" is the way to go for a more analog-like presentation. | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? @tomcy6 For purposes of this question I am defining "better" as "making acoustic music performed in real space and recorded via microphones to tape or direct disc sound more like acoustic music performed and heard in real space." The FM radio sign... | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? @tomic601 @lalitk you guys are great. Enough info to play with for quite a while! Thank you to all contributors for so much stuff I didn't know and wouldn't otherwise have known where to look for. | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? @erik_squires Please let me never smell kenjity. If it weren't a question of interest TO ME, I wouldn't have mentioned it. What I asked was CAN it be done -- NOT "how can I improve" -- and @ghdprentice answered this to my full satisfaction. As to... | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? @ghdprentice, given your absolute top-end system, I can readily accept that your digital stream sounds as natural as your analog side. This assures me that yes, it CAN be done. But can it be done at, say, half the expense? I note that the ARC DAC ... | |
| How do you find time to enjoy your $$$ speakers and system? With my GF only one week a month. When at my place, she's a rock-'n-roll fool and banshee dancer who's fine with 95+ dB sound levels. So EYHO, gents, and in the next life, take more seriously The Beat song "I Want To Be With A Rock-'n Roll Girl" (... | |
| More Bass Legacy Signature SE user for 6 years. All very good suggestions above, and they may work for you. Certainly it's too soon to judge before yours get 100+ hours of good workout. I personally can't do without LOW bass, whereas the SE's are designed ... | |
| A SHOCKING DISCOVERY ABOUT DIGITAL AUDIO +1 @waytoomuchstuff et al. | |
| Ray Charles - "Rap is not music" Socrates would say that whether "rap" is music is a question of definition, not of taste. For example, I hate James Taylor, but would never deny that what he does is music. And yet, in American usage, even before Webster's Third New International ... |