richardbrand
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| Analogue Productions SACDs @big_greg I disagree with the following statement: A regular CD in a good player or transport/DAC will sound better than a SACD in an Oppo or entry level player Sony and Philips 25 years ago introduced the SACD format, expecting it to replac... | |
| Why hasnt a turntable manufacturer produced a table with automatic tonearm return/shutoff? @soundman406 any type of additional mechanation or masses added to the tone arm would/could bring additional methods for coupling noise Would that argument not also apply to lowering devices, which are attached to the arm base? Surely end-of... | |
| Analogue Productions SACDs @big_greg I could not disagree more, if the SACD was originally recorded in multi-channel high resolution and not badly re-mastered. Most classical SACDs have superb sound. By the way, hybrid SACDs have two not three recorded layers, one for t... | |
| Why hasnt a turntable manufacturer produced a table with automatic tonearm return/shutoff? If you can spring $300,000 or so for a Wilson Benesch Table One, you will get lots of remote-control features including start and stop. You will be able to adjust the VTA from your armchair, and remotely adjust the rotational speed in 100ths of a... | |
| Best selling albums of all time I am almost exclusively into classical! Nevertheless I do have Thriller on CD, and Dark Side of the Moon on CD and Pure Audio Bluray, which include stunning Atmos sound. I will get Rumours when the Atmos version is released - this month? Mainly... | |
| 8 Reasons why you should buy an $50,000 DAC If the DAC natively handles DSD in at least 5 channels simultaneously, maybe. Otherwise if you are stuck at 2 channels or PCM, forget it ... there are far better ways to splash your digital cash | |
| Qobuz Connect @billsw Have you tried Presto Classical? See Presto Music | Buy classical & opera CDs, DVDs & Blu-rays online. They also have a streaming service for a fixed monthly rate which includes unlimited downloads at no extra charge. Presto wa... | |
| Qobuz Connect @cleeds No, you said "its own app" when there are multiple implementations. You and Qobuz imply there is a single app. I am trying to find reasons why people might hear differences, and having multiple implementations allows the possibility of ... | |
| Qobuz Connect @cleeds Maybe I am simple! Qobuz has long had its own app to run on Windows, iOS, and Android My guess is that there are at least three different Qobuz end-point apps, though they may share some code and have similar user interfaces. If Wind... | |
| Why Are Used Technics 1200/1210 MK2 Still So Expensive Compared to GR/GR2? This discussion got me interested in the 1200G and a local dealer has one in stock. I looked up reviews, and found Stereophile's Technics SL-1200G turntable | Stereophile.com. As luck would have it, Stereophile compared it to a Garrard 301. I h... | |
| Qobuz Connect @billsw Qobuz Connect uses Wifi and connects directly to streamers. I find the whole Qobuz ecosystem extremely confusing, and I think some of the confusion is deliberately done by the French! I find your statement confusing too. It seems to... | |
| Krell, MBL, Levinson, et al... What if 50% off? jikson26 I cannot reply to private emails but am happy to share my dealer's name. It is Len Wallis Audio in Sydney, so probably won't be much use if you are a continent away! I started buying from Len when I lived in Melbourne which is about 10... | |
| Building Speaker Cables Seems that you are not really building cables, just looking to terminate them! I think I have the same sort of semantic issue with silver soldering which can mean many things. | |
| Krell, MBL, Levinson, et al... What if 50% off? My Krell dealer used to let me buy Krell items at a decent discount, and return them a month or two later if I did not get value from them, no penalty. When the amp blew some capacitors. the dealer's technicians fixed it in his workshop. But tha... | |
| Case in point: a $90,000 power cord by ASUNZ The Norse god Odin was one-eyed ... |