Recent content by AndrewH13

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    Rega DAC + Arcam CD73 ?? Can you tell a difference? Is there an audible difference in filters?

    I would add that I once bought the famed Arcam Black Box DAC to add to my Mission CD player. Didn't hear very much difference or improvement. I have now bought the Rega DAC and on the end of my Sonos, it has transformed it:bounce:
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    Rega DAC + Arcam CD73 ?? Can you tell a difference? Is there an audible difference in filters?

    Was about to say the same as John above. Arcam has never struck me as clinical, more mellow and rounded. My Tag gear was often referred to as clinical, I preferred to see it as transparent:)
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    Pioneer - SC-LX75 vs SC-LX85 I cant tell the difference !!!

    Great write-up of using MCCAC. Having about 10 years ago used the Tag AV32 room correction and ETF5/RoomEQ programs on a laptop, it does though seem rather basic in only having 8 frequencies to adjust? With the TAG we were able to adjust every frequency and the program would apply 8 filters...
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    Link Missing?

    Hi, Latest mag refers to page whathifi.com/readerpanel but this page does not exist.
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    Demo - Naim / Arcam / Rega

    Was most impressed by a demo of the Rega dac and bought. At home it's even better with my Sonos playing Flacs (and mp3s). While I'm not saying it equals my Roksan turntable, its certainly in the same ball park and gives an organic natural sound to digital files. I think it's goodbye to my Tag...
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    Which is the best ripping software for Sonos? dBpoweramp?

    I rip CDs using dBPA to ALAC for ipod/iTunes but then use it to convert from ALAC to FLAC for playing from NAS to Sonos system/Rega DAC. Is this giving same quality as if I had converted to FLAC initially?
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    Which Ipod Dock System?

    PureFi Anywhere has been in my bathroom for 2 years. Great sounding but remote dreadful, rarely works without constant pressing and the onboard keys had a brainstorm last week. Volume kept turning up to max on their own while I was in the bath! Repeat and Random constantly flicking on ipod...
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    WHF S&V hits rock bottom: now claiming USB cables have an effect on sound quality

    hammill:[Don't you just hate racists who say if something is made in China, it must be rubbish And this racist in a hifi store! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCBe7-6rw4M
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    WHF S&V hits rock bottom: now claiming USB cables have an effect on sound quality

    Sceptical of exaggerated claims for stands, digital cables etc ..... then I went on a WHF listening test...... and their wooden equipment stand changed the whole voicing of the systems we were listening to, so much so that other higher-priced equipment sounded lesser (to all 3 of us) on a...
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    Oppo BDP-831?

    chebby: Has Will fallen on his sword or joined a monastery yet? I expect Will will be enjoying his player he has had for many months!
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    Oppo BDP-831?

    Just to clarify, with the hardware mod you can update to every Firmware from Oppo including Beta and Experimental they have released on their website.
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    Oppo BDP-831?

    hammill:NayTyson: hammill:Ginder:What about the Oppo 83?Another £130 and out of stock Not so pricey if you just modify the firmware So that just gives you multi-region dvd or is that multi region Blu-Ray also? DO you have to preform tricks on the remote everytime you use it? Gives both...
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    Oppo BDP-831?

    Yes, but I added in same post 'glad I bought one months ago' so was hardly going to be upset at Finally seeing blog/review! Clare Newsome:AndrewH13: "Jumping the gun??? Oh that's rich" It really was a joke!!! Cant believe you both took it serious especially as I added I have one from months...
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    Oppo BDP-831?

    Jonathan_E: I'm fairly sure that AndrewH's jumping the gun comment was made with tongue firmly embedded in cheek, chaps. That's how I read it anyway. (Nice button pushing, though AndrewH... ) Thanks Jonathan! Blimey!!!