mazian
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| Speakers for string Quartets Maggies or ML electrostatics but you might need a more powerful amp. | |
| American Made Audio Products I wonder how many of the components these listed companies use to manufacture their products are actually made in the USA. | |
| Any song recommendations for testing purposes? Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple or Toccata - Mannheim Steamroller. | |
| CD player mahler123 You hit the nail on the head, even Roon can't get classical right. Yes and Audiolab is probably the best bet unless you can run to a more expensive Marantz, Denon or Sony | |
| Speaker positioning: why do audiophiles neglect this so much? Unless you want vastly different speaker lengths it is not always practical to have your equipment rack placed anywhere other than between the speakers. In previous houses I have had the equipment placed at right angles and well to the left of the... | |
| Looking for “just good enuf” for garage man cave Go used and you will get better value for money whatever you choose. | |
| Chinese fake cables How fake, how good? If you buy on Aliexpress you can be sure they are clones but it doesn't mean they sound bad, as many have indicated. If you are buying on ebay from a local seller you can't be sure even when the asking price is 10x that of the Chinese product . Bu... | |
| Isolation Feet for Laptop For the cost of decent vibration feet, which as someone has pointed out , might not work, because the laptop is too light, you could almost buy a Bluesound Node, a basic but competent streamer/DAC. It would give you much better SQ than streaming f... | |
| Isolation Feet for Laptop This post is a joke - Right? | |
| Power Amp Question +1 soix4. Look for a used pre and power amp. If your speakers are 92db sensitive you won't need 200wpc unless you have a truly large room or are a headbanger. | |
| Will a new Dac improve the sound? I think you would have to spend considerably more on a DAC to hear any appreciable difference. However a streamer/DAC would get you into streaming via Qobuz, Tidal etc. | |
| Suggestions for a streamer only (I have a great DAC) Lightning DS is not great but functional for music genres except classical. Roon is better but still not great on listing classical albums. Only Idagio comes close but it is solely classical. On balance there are worse apps than Lightning DS and f... | |
| Decisive moments your your audio journey In my early 20's I heard stacked original Quad electrostatics at an audio show. I couldn't believe what I was hearing and I blame that experience for starting me on the often treacherous audiophile path. Later WOW moments were hearing Maggies and... | |
| HiFi Rose RS250 Don't expect the system to sound considerably improved with the Pontus. I tried it with my Exemplar SACD player/ Van Alstine pre and couldn't hear a difference. The Pontus is a good DAC but there are better for around the same price and ultimately... | |
| Dunlavy SC IV Speaker- Any Good??? If your room is big enough buy them. They are big and sound big- a great speaker. |