mike_in_nc
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| Tidal v. Qobuz -- a different perspective Qubuz will give you a 30-day free trial, and if that's not enough, you can pay for it by the month. Your own experience will be the best way to answer your questions. | |
| Concentration @rvpiano -- In my case, yes. I know others who are more interested in sonic details. While I can appreciate those, I am much more interested in what the musicians might be trying to communicate, and that doesn’t come through if I’m doing puzzles o... | |
| Need Ideas on speaker cables If you locate the monoblocks next to the speakers and use very short cables, the influence of the speaker cable is minimized. That may be enough. Given your setup, I would try a different amp before spending money on wire. The most recent Hypex a... | |
| MBL Insolvent There are many audio companies competing for the funds of the wealthy or more-than-wealthy. It isn’t surprising that not all can survive, especially at this time of economic uncertainty. | |
| TOSLINK Optical vs Coaxial for CD transport to DAC The only way you will know is to try, as the difference will depend on the quality of receivers in the DAC for various inputs. Such differences, in an ideally engineered DAC, will be small to none, typically far less than differences heard when mo... | |
| Cello Palette w/ Capacitors Use the preamp! They were made to very high standards. If you do have a tech go through it, tell them NOT to do any work other than cleaning without your explicit permission. I owned a Cello Palette Preamp for over 10 years. I sold it for more th... | |
| Subwoofer Phase Control If your goal is flat frequency response in the bass, then yet, a continuous phase control (or one with small increments, such as 1° in the SVS app) definitely is a help and will give more positioning options. | |
| Is Stream via ethernet Superior to BlueTooth? Yes, if you have a pretty quiet room, you should be able to hear the difference. The difference is reduced quite a bit if you are using one of the newer, lossless codecs like LDAC or AptX HD. That said, if the source material is compressed (say m... | |
| Idea for a new component NAD M66 has those functions and more. | |
| Best Cheap DAC Streamer You might try the Bluesound Node Nano. I think it's probably very good for the low cost. | |
| What do you do when the music’s not speaking to you? When the music's not moving me, I go do something else and try again the next day. | |
| B&W 802D1 - How can I tame the brightness? If repositioning doesn't work, I'd suggest trying a Schiit Loki Max to take down the top end a little bit. It's a lot less money and hassle than selling and buying speakers, and you might find it useful to adjust some recordings, to boot. Occasio... | |
| Class d amplification Excellent Class D amps I have preferred to Class AB amps at 3× the price: NAD M23 Atma-Sphere Class D Orchard Audio Premium Ultra I'm sure others are equally as good. | |
| Class d amplification @hbarrel - Currently, NAD M66. A flexible device whose US price has increased by about $1,500 since US tariffs on Chinese goods were announced. I think you will find that with a good Class D amp, what you will hear is the quality of the source an... | |
| Class d amplification I think the Atma-Sphere and Orchard entries are very much worth auditioning. They are two excellent amps with different sound profiles. https://futureaudiophile.com/atma-sphere-class-d-gamono-amplifiers-reviewed/ https://futureaudiophile.com/orc... |