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| classical quartet watching/listening Try the Belcea SQ Beethoven. Available Blu Ray, CD, YT | |
| classical quartet watching/listening Do you have a DVD or Blu Ray player? There are concert videos of string quartets. I don’t have a Qobuz subscription. It should not be difficult to search YT for SQs, find one that is on Qobuz and search the usual CD sellers to see if the CD is ... | |
| Placing Instrument Separation of Large Ensembles in Recordings Yeah the sub number is a controversy in and of itself. The dogma used to be that bass is unidirectional and one sub would do it. Now the prevailing trend is one sub per speaker. I have room limitations in my 2 channel and one sub does it for me... | |
| Placing Instrument Separation of Large Ensembles in Recordings @goofyfoot Apology accepted. I think that some of your prejudices, or pre conceptions, are going to interfere with your goals here. These prejudices aren’t unreasonable but let’s explore them. The price of a product such as Minidsp relative... | |
| Dirac without losing resolution I have a Minidsp. Most recordings that I listen to are not above 24/192. For the ones that are, I use a different input on the DAC than the one that connects to the MiniDSP. Yes, I lose the DSP benefits with those recordings but they still soun... | |
| Placing Instrument Separation of Large Ensembles in Recordings @goofyfoot You don’t seem to understand what DSP is. It isn’t room treatment. It isn’t reclocking a usb signal. I attempted to explain it in a previous post but I failed to explain it to you in a way that you can understand. I suggest... | |
| Which of my components has the better built in DAC? I am willing to bet that McIntosh does a better job of implementing whatever DAC chip is used. It isn’t just the chip, it’s power supply, the isolation, the quality of the associated parts, etc. My Oppo 105 and first generation Mytek Manhatten... | |
| Favorite mid-tier streamer I really like my Melco N100 but technically it’s a NAS/streamer. You can add services through the mConnect app | |
| Placing Instrument Separation of Large Ensembles in Recordings I’ve never understood what the IsoRegen was supposed to do-apparently it is no longer manufactured-but as I understand it it recooks and supposedly cleans up the usb signal. That is not the same as DSP, which analyzes your room and attempts to co... | |
| Placing Instrument Separation of Large Ensembles in Recordings It’s possible to hear lone double bass players at a concert, and occasionally snatches of individual string players. Usually the strings are playing as a choir; for example all the first violins have the same music; but a really good player will ... | |
| Placing Instrument Separation of Large Ensembles in Recordings I listen exclusively to classical and I am familiar with your streamer. I don’t know the amp and the Orchestral Music is difficult to reproduce. My own system improved when I added DSP and added a sub. The DSP help correct for room modes and ... | |
| Analog stereo to Bluetooth Speakers? I would just get smaller conventional passive speakers and a Bluetooth transmitter to your current system. If your aim is not only to save space with smaller speakers but also eliminate the space dedicated to amplification, then get small powered... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados The New York Times had Lang Lang record the piece but unfortunately afaik only released it on the daily NYT podcast where the podcast host blabs the whole time with the music relegated to background status. I wonder why they bothered | |
| Physical degradation of CD's I own thousands of discs . I had a few early CDs, and several CDRs, that bronzed, but they play and I still listen to them . The few CDs that I thought might have deteriorated all were cured with a good cleaning | |
| DAC connection to computer Others have said it, but it is probably useful to summarize: 1) PCs are acceptable sources. Sonically the biggest issue with them is that they are not optimized for audio play back. They have inadequate DAC chips, they are prone to digital timing... |