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gnuyork
·These Kef units are getting rave reviews and do everything you need in small boxes. Complete with optical links to connect to your TV as well.
https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/kef-lsx
For the Hi-Fi enthusiasts among us...
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p4ul
·I may well be hated for this, but I found it interesting....
https://www.pocket-lint.com/apps/ne...ng-lossless-audio-soon-beta-code-suggests-yes
https://www.pocket-lint.com/apps/ne...ng-lossless-audio-soon-beta-code-suggests-yes
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sxl2004
·😉
Why hated?
It is damn inconvenient to schlepp my Hi-Fi system with me when out if the house …. 😉
I may well be hated for this, but I found it interesting....
https://www.pocket-lint.com/apps/ne...ng-lossless-audio-soon-beta-code-suggests-yes
Why hated?
It is damn inconvenient to schlepp my Hi-Fi system with me when out if the house …. 😉
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BlackTalon
··This Space for RentI think that (Apple coming out with a service) is pretty well know/ documented at this point. Plenty of people on Tidal, Quboz, etc. It can easily supplement a system that has other sources.
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sxl2004
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sxl2004
·Hibby R3 for me.
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BlackTalon
··This Space for RentMany apple haters about. Use the Onkyo app on my iPhone to play flac files via chord mojo to headphones.
Anyway I am interested in playing around with RP streamers and cheap DACs now. I'm tired of thinking you have to pay $3k+ USD to get any worthwhile piece of audio equipment, as that is no longer true for streamers, DACs and amps. Fancy cases, etc. only serve to 'justify' eye-popping prices for a lot of gear today. There is no cachet for me to own anything sparkly (besides watches), as I am not in a hi-fi arms race with any of my friends. With three systems to set up/ maintain, I am going for sounds and reasonable cost.
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p4ul
·Hey, that's me! I do hate Apple! 'Course my wife has an old iPod, a couple iPads, and is on her third iPhone. And my father has two Apple laptops and an iPhone. That stuff's not for me though -- I like stuff I can build/ assemble and troubleshoot/ repair myself. I've witnessed two iPhone brickings and a couple laptop failures that required expensive trips to the Apple shops for repair.
Anyway I am interested in playing around with RP streamers and cheap DACs now. I'm tired of thinking you have to pay $3k+ USD to get any worthwhile piece of audio equipment, as that is no longer true for streamers, DACs and amps. Fancy cases, etc. only server to 'justify' eye-popping prices for a lot of gear today. There is no cachet for me to own anything sparkly (besides watches), as I am not in a hi-fi arms race with any of my friends. With three systems to set up/ maintain, I am going for sounds and reasonable cost.
Understood!
I have changed batteries in MacBook/iPhone and increased ram in iMac - just like the interface user experience.
Gone for the easy life in my dotage...each to their own, mate.
“Hi fi arms race” me too, good enough for deaf ears will do for me.
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Larry S
··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.I may well be hated for this, but I found it interesting....
https://www.pocket-lint.com/apps/ne...ng-lossless-audio-soon-beta-code-suggests-yes
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BlackTalon
··This Space for RentGood. I’m really pissed at them for dropping IPod classic support. I hope they offer a new kind of player for this.
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cineaste
·What do you guys think about HiFi streaming? I think proper masters are more important than bitrate. It is interesting to hear Spotify will be introducing an audiophile tier later this year, but I am more interested to see Apple’s response. I would also like to see more Multichannel mixes, Tidal has some nice Dolby Atmos albums, including Kraftwerk.
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BlackTalon
··This Space for RentFinally got a subscription about 2 months ago for Tidal. I can stream it through my Oppo, and it sounds pretty darned good. Also picked up a Bluenode streamer/ DAC to play with, and hooked it up to my son's system -- he controls it through his tablet. Basically I stream to my system through the Oppo and sometimes listen on my phone, my son listens on his tablet or streaming through his stereo (and just the other day through a couple waterproof bluetooth speakers he can take into the batch/ shower) and my wife listens through her phone and through a bluetooth speaker.
In general most of the time no one is listening through a nice system, but through tablet and small portable bluetooth speakers. But we are all listening to a LOT more music than we had been. And as I type this my son is blasting Back in Black from his tablet. Life is good.
In general most of the time no one is listening through a nice system, but through tablet and small portable bluetooth speakers. But we are all listening to a LOT more music than we had been. And as I type this my son is blasting Back in Black from his tablet. Life is good.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerWhat do you guys think about HiFi streaming? I think proper masters are more important than bitrate. It is interesting to hear Spotify will be introducing an audiophile tier later this year, but I am more interested to see Apple’s response. I would also like to see more Multichannel mixed, Tidal has some nice Dolby Atmos albums, including Kraftwerk.
I stream using Tidal, and the quality is good if the production of the recording is good. My system is very transparent, so a lousy recording or production will sound lousy...no bit rate is going to fix that. I've spent a good chunk of money of my system (some would say for fancy cabinetry, but there's more to it than that IMO) and I'm happy with Tidal's files, so even the standard Redbook quality sounds excellent.
I have a number of 24 bit flac files on my home music server, and they also sound very good - what I don't have is copies of the same material on both to compare, but I think you would likely need a very good system to tell the difference. So unless you are spending a good amount of money on gear, it won't matter to most for whom music is sort of a passive background thing.
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vibe
·Linn and harbeth. The TT is a heavily modded Rega RP6 with Grace F14, only the motor and lid remains.
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Larry S
··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.Now my cleaning lady is would have a hard time disrupting those stands!
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vibe
·My digital rig is a Roon rock streaming Qobuz and local storage and I also have a bluesound for Spotify. They go into a schiit Yggdrasil. The digital side is pretty dialed in but I am very happy with how accurate I have gotten the vinyl rig to sound!
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slavedata
·I have been doing quite a lot with Pi and LogitechMediaServer (LMS) streaming. Current setup is Pi3+ Output via USB to a Project Pre Box S2 DAC.
I use Picoreplayer software (free download). This setup happily plays ripped SACD files at 360K resolution giving excellent quality sound. I prefer my own ripped CDs and SACDs to streaming. My server is again open source. Vortexbox implementation of Fedora which includes auto ripping of CDs. This runs on an HP Microserver.
https://docs.picoreplayer.org/downloads/
https://wiki.vortexbox.org/available_images
I use Picoreplayer software (free download). This setup happily plays ripped SACD files at 360K resolution giving excellent quality sound. I prefer my own ripped CDs and SACDs to streaming. My server is again open source. Vortexbox implementation of Fedora which includes auto ripping of CDs. This runs on an HP Microserver.
https://docs.picoreplayer.org/downloads/
https://wiki.vortexbox.org/available_images
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ChrisN
·Totally agree on the production and studio work as crucial issues in sound quality. I have top quality vinyl and top quality high res all feeding a valve (tube) amplifier. Well produced music sound amazing from either source. Poorly produced material, especially "sound wars" high level digital mixed for loudness and playing on ear buds sounds awful. So I don't subscribe to a Vinyl / CD argument, more GIGO Garbage In Garbage Out.
I just serviced and brought back to life my Sony TCD-D7 DAT (1990s technology) after many years out of service. Still no back light for the LCD but, I need a transformer for that which has not been available for many years. Will look for a modern equivalent. These are a very clever piece of kit and will record at 48 kHz (CD is 44.1 kHz) which was very good at the time. They can be temperamental as the transport is delicate...
Sitting here on a a different tape machine - analog and digital together and I think both media have their strengths.
On the GIGO front, I've noticed that digital (Sony) and analog (Nagra and Revox) will record my guitar and piano correctly but they seem to record my singing off key😒. My conclusion is that neither media records vocals correctly - any suggestions?😁.
Cheers, Chris
