corente

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Qln, Joseph Audio, Audiovector, Marten, or Canton...?
I've recently been looking for speakers with WAF very strong constraints. My first selection included Spendor 9.2, Wharfedale Elysian 4, Audiovector R3 Arreté and Marten Oscar Trio. I mainly listen to classical music. I listened to these speaker... 
Best Dedicated Streamer
Consider 432evo, already mentioned and with a fully scalable solution. Also Lampizator has just launched a new streamer, if it has the same quality of its products, it will be very good  
Best Dedicated Streamer
Consider 432evo, already mentioned and with a fully scalable solution. Also Lampizator just has launched a new streamer, if it has the same quality of its products, it will be very good  
High quality CDs
If you are also interested in relatively old recordings with a good new processing and a good CD manufacturing process, try CD Japan www.cdjapan.co.jp/music/classic/    
What song have you played the most?
"Auf dem Wasser zu singen", sung by any singer, being my favorite Christa Ludwig. 
What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”?
Going from a M2Tech Young to a Lampizator Golden Atlantic was a huge and astonishing WOW! 
How many vinyl albums do you own you listen to?
I roughly have 600I listen none and have never missed themAll my listening is thru server - DAC 
Check in: How quickly are streamers and servers evolving?
I understand this is a question about technology evolution. My feeling and in some way my experience is as follows:DAC's: I think they have reached the technological maturity and what you get is what you pay for. Finally and because the power of t... 
The best cost no object tube DAC
uwiikz: I own a Lampizator Golden Atlantic since two years. I am very, very happy with it, it is musical and detailed. I mainly listen to classical music and it is fantastic, with it and with all other ones.I sincerely recommend it.Regarding your ... 
o.k anybody know anything about shm-cd they claim there indistinguishable from the master?
My experience as I have a bunch of SHM-CD’s: most of them have a very good sound. Percentage of them having very good sound is clearly higher than “standard” CD’s.I have two identical records in CD’s and SHM-CD’s: both cases sound in SHM-CD is bet... 
Who, do you think, designs the best looking tube-based devices?
Aries Cerat.Any product, including DACs 
has anybody else noticed this about flac audio?
Guitarsam - Some years ago I made tests comparing same track/file with different levels of compression and comparing to AIFF format. I did not get any difference. That is a fact for my equipment and ears as I am sure that you have really heard dif... 
Alternatives Software for iTunes on Mac
Another vote for Audirvana, it works flawlessly with MacOS, it is really user friendly and it allows to use iTunes Library together with any other that you want create.