rossb
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| vinyl versus digital redux I disagree with the basic premise of this thread.First, I don’t agree that digital recordings of LPs sound indistinguishable from the originals in all respects. Second, I don’t agree that the reason LPs often sound better than digital recordings i... | |
| turntable recommendations I would suggest getting the Rega P8 and keeping your Dynavector, which is a very nice cartridge and preferable (IMO) to an Apheta. The P8 is superb turntable and a big step up on the RP6. | |
| Just recieved my new Rega Planar 8 I've got the Herbie's mat, the achromat, a cork/rubber mat, some expensive Japanese paper mat, and a bunch of other mats that I have tried on my P8 and P10. I prefer the stock felt mat. There is the occasional static issue but on balance it still ... | |
| Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying You can’t connect a CD player directly to the X1.You also cannot (to my knowledge) directly connect the USB output of a computer to the X1. The connection is through the network.Why would you want to? Depending on the size of your library, a compu... | |
| Ayre QX-5 vs Lumin vs dCS Bartok I have owned the Ayre QX5 and the Lumin X1, but have not heard the Bartok. I owned the AX5 Twenty when I had the QX5, but have now moved on to something else, although the AX5 Twenty is a great amp.Both the QX5 and Lumin are great dac/streamers, a... | |
| HoloAudio May Dac, New King of dacs? Stereophiles review on it? Stereophile also raved about the Holo Spring. I owned the Kitsune Spring for a while and thought it sounded awful, so I'm not giving any more credibility to this review. | |
| Lumin T2 vs Lumin A1 I've had the A1 and now have the X1, but haven't heard the T2. Nevertheless, I would choose the T2. The A1 is a nice enough sounding unit but the Wolfson DAC chip it uses is quite dated and to me does not sound as good as the current series of ESS... | |
| PS Direct Stream Vs. Lumin X 1 Sound quality difference? Note sure what the SFPs were - whatever I could find at my local computer store. I might have to try different SFPs, though at the moment I'm very happy with the X1 and don't really want to mess with it.I have generally found that ESS based DACs t... | |
| PS Direct Stream Vs. Lumin X 1 Sound quality difference? My X1 took well over a month even to start sounding good, and really 2-3 months before becoming exceptional. I have had it now for about 9 months and, seriously, I'm sure it is still improving. I've never before experienced such a dramatic change ... | |
| Esoteric n-01 xd vs DCS Bartok Thanks, but my question was really directed at the OP. | |
| Esoteric n-01 xd vs DCS Bartok Can I ask why you did not like the Lumin X1? To my ears, the X1 is amongst the most musical, non-fatiguing dacs I have heard, so I'm interested in your thoughts.If you prefer a musical sounding dac to one that is analytical, I would also cross th... | |
| Does anyone have experience with seller Kron on cartridges? I bought brand new Benz and Dynavector cartridges. | |
| Does anyone have experience with seller Kron on cartridges? I have now bought four cartridges and an SUT from Vincent (Kron) and every transaction has been perfect. Aside from excellent prices, Vincent ships very quickly and responds quickly and courteously to all emails. I have paid by direct bank transfe... | |
| Remember the Ringmat? You should! When I bought my first Linn LP12 about 25 years ago, the guy selling it demoed the turntable with a Ringmat. It sounded awful - thin, lightweight, no midrange. I was disappointed and asked him to put the stock felt mat back on and suddenly the LP1... | |
| PS Direct Stream Vs. Lumin X 1 Sound quality difference? I have tried it as well. But I prefer native resolution, which for most of my collection is redbook PCM. I find conversion to DSD and upsampling generally to sound a little artifical and "processed". But then I also thought the same thing about th... |