mahler123
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| Advice needed re: new CD player purchase I have the Bryston DAC 3, which has 4 HDMI inputs. I play my SACDs by outputting from an Oppo 105 over HDMI into the Bryston.From reading the OP I am unsure how you are currently playing SACD. If you currently are unable to output SACD over HDMI... | |
| The "British Invasion". A question for you old farts out there. By the time I got into a music the Beatles had broken up, the Stones were constantly stoned, Hendrix/Morrison/Joplin had over dosed…It was Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, then I discovered Classical and became a snob. | |
| System and speakers in a large room vs in a small room? I also love it when people ask “What are the best speakers” to buy. I had a friend retire to Hilton Head who has a cathedral style home. He showed me a review of some Epos Speakers that he had just bought and raved about them. When we came for ... | |
| How to listen /audition at audio shows? Wear your mask and don’t get into a dinky hotel room with more than half a dozen other people. And if the sound is as bad as some shows that I have attended, brink additional masks for your ears | |
| Bluesound node 2i My Vault2, which I use like a Node in a secondary system, is audibly “hiccuping “ about every 30 seconds, on all source inputs. Other streamers in the house by other manufacturers do not do this. Rebooting the Vault2 and modem did not help. The... | |
| For SACD fans only I have the Oppo 105. I have a lot of SACDs. The biggest improvement was buying the Bryston DAC3, which has HDMI inputs. Program the Oppo to output DSD over HDMI and sit back and enjoy | |
| CD Alternative OPif you want to continue to play your CDs, and you are trying to decide between a new CD player and a streamer, then don’t get a streamer. If you don’t want to rip your CDs, and are content to listen to the same CDs as streamed over the Internet... | |
| CD Alternative I am realizing that I sound contradictory when I said something isn't necessarily better because it is newer, and then call the OPs equipment ancient. I meant to say that streaming, the newer technology, is not necessarily better than CD Replay. | |
| CD Alternative This all started when I recently went to audition speakers with a few CD's but discovered this was the old fashioned way and instead used a "Roon Streamer" I think. This is a can of worms. Just because something is newer doesnt mean it is b... | |
| Monitors with Built In Center Channels well, we all hear differently, but I've tried not using a center and I can't understand dialog at all. I have found the existance of the center channel, and then the positioning of that channel,crucial to understanding speech. I also didn't int... | |
| Careless Neglect in Hi-Fi. OPDo you realize that each of your paragraphs consist of one sentence each? You have some interesting thoughts but the run on sentences make it difficult to follow your argument. I wish that an English teacher had gotten hold of you in middle sc... | |
| How do you listen? I sold off my analog rig a few years ago, but I did notice that even with very clean vinyl I was boosting the volume a bit. The lower the noise floor, the less volume needed to hear micro detail. In general I dislike listening at low volumes and... | |
| A move has me thinking of a CD changer....? +1 for a streamer with Internet Radio you will be able to listen to most of the favorite stations that you left behind a discover a zillion more. +2 to a streaming service such as Spotify or Qobuz that will allow you to find lots of new musicno... | |
| Better CD Sound: The Search +1 on the DAC. CD players are transports and DACs under the same bonnet. Transports matter but the DAC is the more important determinant of the sound. If your current cheapo Sony has a digital out that would give you more $ to use on the DAC. ... | |
| Does Heavy Metal music benefit from a high end audio system? I listen to Classical about 99%. The other listening is mainly 60s/70s pop or Classic Rock. Most of the pop music sounds just fine to me on a lower end system. The good producers of the day mixed and conceived the tunes thinking that the listen... |