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Spotify HiFi is a lossless streaming tier coming later this year
Your playlists are about to sound better than ever.www.theverge.com
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What's Up With Sennheiser? I Asked The Sennheisers.
Last week I had a quick video call with Andreas and Daniel Sennheiser -- Co-CEO's of Sennheiser -- to find out what's going on with the company after they made an announcement last week about the realignment of their businesses. I'll start by saying I definitely felt better about Sennheiser's...
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Jude, the founder of Head-Fi, asks the co-CEOs of Sennheiser about their plans. It's kind of CYA talk. The more interesting takeaways are in the comments.
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Spotify HiFi is a lossless streaming tier coming later this year
Your playlists are about to sound better than ever.
Nice and about time. I joined Deezer in November for $90 for a year lossless. I'll be watching for Spotify's price.
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Schiit Audio Sol turntable
Many established audio manufacturers owe their success, at least partly, to their components' signature sound. Consider the laidback "pipe and slippers" mien of my 1978 Spendor BC-1 loudspeakers, the rich tonal palette of my Shindo Laboratory amplifiers, or the celebrated drive and timing of...
Stereophile reviews the Schiit Sol turntable.
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Schiit Audio Sol turntable
Many established audio manufacturers owe their success, at least partly, to their components' signature sound. Consider the laidback "pipe and slippers" mien of my 1978 Spendor BC-1 loudspeakers, the rich tonal palette of my Shindo Laboratory amplifiers, or the celebrated drive and timing of...www.stereophile.com
Stereophile reviews the Schiit Sol turntable.
Read the beginning, scanned the middle set-up part, read the end.
If I were a turntable, I'd be S-O-L.
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I always skip over the section about how certain artists and albums sound with the equipment, because odds are I have never heard them and I have no interest in hearing them.
axolotl
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Several months ago, my brother sent me his Meridian Digital Converter 203 outboard DAC. It took me many moons to get around to setting it up, and he chided me lovingly but vociferously.
Instead of using the Audioquest coaxial cable he sent me with the outboard unit, I purchased a Pangea Premier XL digital cord for this purpose. I ran this cable out of the digital output from my CDP (a 20+ year-old Ultech UCD-100).
This stepped-up arrangement hasgobsmacked me with conniptions of brought me great pleasure. It has reduced listener fatigue.
I be liking what it does.
Instead of using the Audioquest coaxial cable he sent me with the outboard unit, I purchased a Pangea Premier XL digital cord for this purpose. I ran this cable out of the digital output from my CDP (a 20+ year-old Ultech UCD-100).
This stepped-up arrangement has
I be liking what it does.
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And yet you only use it to listen to podcasts.
axolotl
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I
The following is added to allow you to read what certain albums and artists sound (like) with the equipment:
Meridian 203 D/A processor
Gotta get this one written up right away—you never know with digital products. Always something new. Many of us balk at the idea of spending 4k, 3k, or even 2k for an outboard digital processor, when something better will likely come along soon, and maybe for less money.
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Iswearaffirm, I will crawl through my very thick coaxial cable and do my version of "The Ring" on you, which is pretty tame in comparison.
The following is added to allow you to read what certain albums and artists sound (like) with the equipment:
Meridian 203 D/A processor
Gotta get this one written up right away—you never know with digital products. Always something new. Many of us balk at the idea of spending 4k, 3k, or even 2k for an outboard digital processor, when something better will likely come along soon, and maybe for less money.
You're using a 31 year old DAC? (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
Is it multibit or R2R?
axolotl
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I don't know. I'll need to get back to you on that one.
P. S. There are a lot of teeny bits inside.
P. P. S. The price was right. I didn't even pay shipping and handling.
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King Tubby and his custom KT88 amp.
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NSFW Topping E30 vs. A Pee-Pee
Introduction [ATTACH] The narrative for Topping on ASR is well-established, and almost everyone knows ASR's MO: moar measurements = betterer. In that...
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Someone on SBAF reviews DACs.
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money for nothing
Srsly? Who knew?
I never made it past the first verse and chorus....
Srsly? Who knew?
I never made it past the first verse and chorus....
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As an audiophile, have you ever stopped to think that you might be listening to the music at a higher level of sound quality than the musicians themselves have heard the recording?
It's an unsettling thought.
It's an unsettling thought.
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