I can't understand why audiophiles spend so much money on a turn table, cartridge and vinyl? I hear often a lot of noise with the needle is tracking on a record. Andy, you have to get up, wash the record you want to listen to and spend all that money on vinyl. I prefer to stream music through my BlueSound Node 2i. I can sit in comfort and never have to get up and select music from a huge Tidal library. I must be deaf because I don't hear that much difference other the noise from the needle tracking on a record groove. I also think there must be a reason why Tidal offered MQA Master recordings. It is my understanding MQA offers the original recording that has not been remixed or tampered with. However, what if the original recording was not a very high quality recording to begin with. I also preferred the sound of my BlueSound without adding the DAC I purchased. The bass sounded thin. However, it was nice to view what the bit rates and degree of hi-res the recording was.
You all know more than I do, as I am just learning and I am not as wealthy as those in the group to buy such expensive systems. Besides, my wife would kill me anyway. We use the living room that was only used 3 times per year to watch movies and to listen to music. My speakers, REL S2 subwoofers and cabinet look beautiful as well.
I ended up buying a pair of Paradigm Prestige 85F towers and I still wonder if I should have purchase a pair of Focal 948 towers. When I listened to the Focal's I didn't think they produced enough bass extension. However, perhaps I should have considered adding the REL subwoofers at the time of purchase to fill in the lows. However, it would have been difficult to get my wife to accept the price tag of adding the REL's. Another concern I had was the size of the Focal 948's.
