Thinking about a Steinway Lyngdorf system


I'm thinking about jumping in and going with a Steinway Lyngdorf Model B speaker / amp / controller system. They have the same philosophy towards sound as I have, active, crossover inside the amp, DSP controlled, upgradeable, designed as a complete system, among other things. Does anyone have any listening experience with the Steinway Model B? 

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From the webpage:

Convert any source to DSD

Personalizing sound with the new DSD Remastering Engine. Offering double the conversion accuracy of previous models, the new DSD Remastering Engine let you convert all PCM music sources into DSD 11.2 MHz. The technology uses FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) to convert any signal into the DSD sound format.

https://electronics.sony.com/audio/audio-components/hi-res-audio/p/tazh1es

 

Convert any source to DSD

@kota1 Thank you. Why doesn't everyone use DSD, SACD, I would worry that there will be no equipment to play it back on in the future. When I started in the studios 2 inch audio tape and even 2 inch video tape. You really can't playback any 2 inch video tape now and it was the ultimate cutting edge format in its day. Reminds me of the huge underground caverns that the government use to hold records they did a study and ended up using paper and ink for holding records, In Hollywood there are sealed vaults that you put your old master movie in usually on film and mag for the sound, won't be able to play that back soon either. Apple ruined the pursuit of quality in the entertainment industry in place of convenience, sad.

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You know the guy running PSAudio loves DSD (I think he has a label). I think all of these hirez formats have withered because of lack of demand. I don’t see a lot of Spotify users switching to Tidal or Quboz to get hirez. As for Apple they changed the industry overnight when they launched spatial audio as the recording and mixing studios have been converting to support that format in droves. I use Tidal for my atmos streams, for some reason apple just had a different tone on my rig, a bit brighter. 

See:

https://www.mixonline.com/tag/atmos

Can you recommend a balanced headphone for me? I could get the matching Sony’s but thought it would be good to check out a few. I have never been a headphone guy.

@kota1 I really didn't like my headphones when I first got them and a Naim HP amp. What was wrong was I didn't burn them in long enough they sound great now. I have the Focal Stellia they are comfortable and are closed which is what I wanted open headphones don't make a lot sense may as well use speakers. Sony makes great headphones, Sennheiser HD-25s are a little dark but are comfortable very consistent and the industry standard for production sound, the more expensive Sennheisers sound bad to me I never liked them. I would say go with some very good Sonys they should be set up for your amp perfectly. I did listen to many very expensive headphones at the last audio show and they were very different sounding and the power amp requirements were very different.