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| Netflix audio quality playback does not compare to DVD or Blu-ray disks! Netflix typically uses Dolby Digital Plus as a streaming protocol, which is still old-school --COMPRESSED-- Dolby Digital. I don't think any streaming service will be able to provide the bluray audio codecs DTS-MA and Dolby TrueHD. The Dolby Dig... | |
| Aurender vs. Roon As far as his rant on "big processor is better because it's faster", for a music server, there really isn't a whole lot of CPU processing that is done, even on a custom implementation of JRiver, so the engineering choice of their specific CPU choi... | |
| Aurender vs. Roon determining the cost ($600-$700.00) of the innards and or production of unit. It could very well be that the internal components of the Innous does not go above $500-600. However, a HUGE part of the factor is the engineering and R&D to put... | |
| Permanent 50hz It actually sounds like a minor ground loop hum. If you have to get within 5cm of the speaker to actually hear it, then don't worry about it. My system has the same thing. Sometimes this will be very noticeable in systems and people can have a ... | |
| Looking for a new amp Most amps are actually single-ended. Only certain specific amps are actually differential/balanced, and multi-channel amps are almost never differential/balanced. Also, the initial version of the Monolith did not have XLR inputs, so it is most l... | |
| Looking for a new amp Hmmmm, here's the Nord link to what i was looking at:https://www.nordacoustics.co.uk/product-page/nord-one-nc250mp-4-10-channel-amplifier I added a normal "7 channel" to my shopping cart and the only addition I saw was 100 Euro for shipping to US... | |
| Looking for a new amp Okay, question. What are the speakers and amplifiers for your front left/right channels? | |
| Looking for a new amp Yeah, reviews are definitely across the board for Class D. Many love Class D and it can definitely provide ultra clean and ultra clear sound. I have heard some statements that recording engineers love this because they can hear every single inst... | |
| Permanent 50hz If there is nothing connected to the speaker except power cord, and we are assuming it's a powered speaker, (no RCA or XLR signal cables) -- if you are still getting 50hz buzz, then I agree with Eric that the power supply is failing (probably a ba... | |
| Looking for a new amp Emotiva XPA-7 Gen 3 $1999.Monoprice Monolith 7 $1599.Outlaw 7700 $2499Outlaw 7000x $949The Emotiva is nice, but the compromise is the switching power supply. I have personal experience with this amp. It does sound very good, excellent attack and r... | |
| Class A Solid State Sound Generally, there is a small difference between FET type devices and bipolar devices. Sometimes FET devices can have a colored texture to the sound - more of a warm and fuzzy type sonic signature. This is not always the case, but FET does lean this... | |
| Bryston SP3 well, that's nice! It will be the only HT Processor that does DSD from USB input. I believe the Emotiva XMC will accept DSD through HDMI, but that is going to be crappy. | |
| Used 5ch Amp (Classe, Krell, Rotel) Okay, I'm going to go back and through your original post. I think it's going to be extremely hard to beat or come close to the Krell Chorus 5200. Even though it's going to be slightly liquidy, it's an extremely clean and refined sounding amp. ... | |
| Preamp Question I agree with mrdecibel here. I would try the Freya in "passive" mode to see if you like the sound and to see if it is similar to running the DAC/phono direct to your amp. That would give you an idea if a passive preamp would work for you, though... | |
| Odyssey "Khartago" Stereo Extreme" amp compared to Schitt's "Vidar" amp Wow, that is quite a different comparison, with the Khartago being at least 2x the cost of the Vidar. That being said, I have personally heard a Khartago and they are very nice amps. Very high resolution and sound excellent. With your choice, I... |