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| Remastered CDs, HDCDs, SACDs I know MoFi has some checkered history but their I Robot and Los Lobos KIKO Original Master SACDs are worthy upgrades over CD quality. Absolutely agree Red Book CD can sound as good or better than SACD versions on many titles. Those master ta... | |
| Combo DAC/AMP for Headphones I've been very happy with multiple trade-ins from HiFiMan. Traded up an EF400 to EF600...they have a special for this now. The Serenade DAC/Amp has good reviews, and there is a "Junior Serenade" now also. The EF600 is mainly sounding gre... | |
| Do some DACs "handle" sibilance better than others? So my goto sibilance test is the terrific Cowboy Junkies Trinity Sessions CD. I know this is considered an audiophile recording, mine is the regular CD, but despite meticulous technique and "special" mics, sometimes and throughout the album Marg... | |
| Your first concert was to see who and when? The Ventures, Boise, Id....1963 | |
| Bose 901 Review Well Done. Hey billpete, Lucky you, being stationed in Germany. I flew C-130's out of Langley and only got to "rotate" for 2 months out of Mildenhall, 3 times...mostly one nighters all over Europe. Was lucky to get to the AV club. Miss those days! AR t... | |
| Bose 901 Review Well Done. I really like the review and agree mostly with it. I've posted my Bose story here before but here's a quick recap: I bought a pair of Bose 901 II's and a Bose 500W amp from the Rhein-Main Audio/Photo Club in May 1973 for $1176.00...I still ha... | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? Also, Joni Mitchell title song from Night Ride Home and Passion Play...well recorded and mixed. And another shout out to Radio Paradise! | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? CD: Convergence, Malia and Boris Blank. Terrific headphone album, great base lines/effects, in-ur-ear, enveloping vocals. especially... Fever, Smouldering Ashes, Tears Run Dry... | |
| Package Has Disappeared in USPS System I'd just like to point out that the Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, appointed by a Trump appointed Board of 9 Directors was a major Trump contributor who in 2012 published his plan to run USPS thus... from Wikipedia: In March 2021, DeJoy ... | |
| EverSolo DMP-A8 with Denafrips Pontus 15th, both have i2S A followup....I'm fluxomed, cause I use the OPPO HDMI output to the breakout box to get I2s into the Pontus so as to enjoy the DSD DAC in the Pontus to hear SACDs with a better DAC than the OPPO...depending on the recording it can be the Best Soun... | |
| EverSolo DMP-A8 with Denafrips Pontus 15th, both have i2S I'm no electrical or sound engineer but consider: This visual comparison to Denefrips DDC clocks is interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SbK2kxg7X0 Alvin calls both Hermes and Gia clocks Oven Controlled, though I wonder if t... | |
| why is it such a PIA to post a bloody photo here ? this platform is cranky as hell ! Test....Nope, with Safari the image ikon only takes a URL (online address); no cut & paste here. | |
| What is your top sexy song? I know it was “Top Tune” but being a single old goat I’m ignoring Voltaire’s advice that “once is passion, twice is perversion”: 1. Melody Gardot & Sting say there may be “A Little Something”… 2. Roy Buchanan tries to control “Mr... | |
| Solo streamer "Reality only exists because we invented Time"...Oppenheimer So, thanks jazzman7 for sending me down a Tech rabbit hole of "clocks" for 3/4th of my day... lol. Back in the good ole Air Force pre-GPS, analogue days (1970's for me) we alwa... | |
| Solo streamer I'm a month late to the party here but to: jazzman7 and @monowatcher, Clock source can depend on the DAC. Maybe not normal synchronous I2s protocol but according to my Owners Manual for Pointus II, "incoming signals are all stored, buffere... |