Audiophile Thread

[Unsomnambulist]

Update on my adventures in streaming: due to various issues, I cancelled my subscription to Amazon Music HD and went back to Spotify.

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

I tried to move my Schiit stack closer to me on my desk, which put my Mac mini further away. Then my Apple Watch stopped unlocking the mini. Had to put things back the way they were.

What if you moved your watch to the other wrist?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

What if you moved your watch to the other wrist?

My brain would not be able to adjust to that.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Schiit is selling their SOL turntable.

Schiit Audio: Audio Products Made in USA

www.schiit.com

Edit: my bad, they have it listed, but no sales yet.

 

[axolotl]

My brain would not be able to adjust to that.

Nonsense. Your brain needs periodic readjustments, just like the rest of your Schiit.

FTA:

 

[Unsomnambulist]

https://www.reddit.com/r/audiophile/comments/eeduln

 

[axolotl]

^ That could almost go in the C-O thread. I'm partial to this woofer-test, tho'.

https://www.reddit.com/r/audiophile/comments/ebw2bq

 

[Unsomnambulist]

 

[axolotl]

^ No listener fatigue in that doggo.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

^ No listener fatigue in that doggo.

Dog: "Listener fatigue? I AM the listener fatigue."

 

[axolotl]

Dog: "Listener fatigue? I AM the listener fatigue."

I have stared into the CD abyss, and all its lasers are mine.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

I'm doing a three month trial of Deezer Hi-Fi. It barely sounds better than Spotify and doesn't come close to Qobuz for sound quality.

It sucks that the one with the best sound quality, Qobuz, has the worst selection. And that the one with the best selection (for what I listen to), Amazon Music HD, has a really buggy Mac app and is clueless or unwilling to have the best settings/features for great sound quality.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

As of right now, Tidal is offering a 5 month trial (including lossless) for $5. I signed up to try it out.

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Discover more about Music, Movies and TV, including the latest news, updates and software features.

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[Unsomnambulist]

So I eliminated Deezer from contention-- turns out it doesn't have gapless playback. In 2020. WTF?

I did confirm that Tidal DOES have gapless-- I used DSOTM test for both.

 

[axolotl]

Gapless in 2020

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Tidal lossless in exclusive mode on the Mac has excellent sound quality, only second to Qobuz. However, when you press play, there is like a 3-5 second lag before the music starts playing. It appears Jay-Z is running on a shoestring budget for bandwidth. Oh well, I have almost 5 months before I have to give them any more money, I'll see if it improves or I can get used to it.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

 

[axolotl]

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Also, me with one hearing aid popping out of my ear or with one battery dying.

 

[axolotl]

^ Don't be sad. I am used to it. It encourages me to stick the thing back in my ear or add a battery.

I know that I mentioned the Music program, where all frequencies open up. The good news is, it makes the music brilliant and come alive.

The bad news is, if I move my head much, it sends out a piercing feedback signal that is as incapacitating as a Vulcan death grip.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Neil Young rails against 'Fisher-Price' MacBook Pro audio for music production | AppleInsider

Famed musician Neil Young has complained about modern music being produced on Apple's MacBook Pro, declaring the audio of the notebook as being "Fisher-Price quality" and not good enough for high quality music production and referencing Steve Jobs in Apple producing for "consumers, not quality."

appleinsider.com