Recent content by bartrik

Exactly.

Another vote for the B&W Zeppelin. I own the first generation, heard the next ones. Or the B&W Wedge. Great product!

Très bien fait! Well done! (y)

I've bought and sold a lot here: https://www.audio-markt.de/en/market/

The Modern Jazz Quartet - European Concert Volume One Qobuz 24/192 This has always been one of my favourites from the Modern Jazz Quartet. The sound is fantastic for a live album of '60, the intensity of playing is higher than in their studio recordings. Now in 24/192, it gets even better.

The 24/96 files on Qobuz are fine.

I love Andrew's reviews in HifiCritic also. Very thorough and agreeable to read.

I own a Dragonfly Red. It makes an incredible difference to my iPhone output.

You can hear almost every brand in Belgium. I'm from your neck of the woods. ;)

'Stereo', a German magazine also puts a percentage on gear. But it's not by category (like entry level - mid hifi - high end - über high end), it's in absolute sound terms. That's why for example the B&W 801 D4 gets 100%, and a Dali Zensor 5 only 49%. But the B&W gets only 4 stars (price/quality...

I read very good things about this little device: https://argonaudio.com/products/solo DAC + streamer and Roon ready. The review stated that the streamer was very good and the DAC surprisingly decent. I'm quite sure this will beat your Chromecast Audio (which I owned long ago).

Schubert - Octet in F major, D803 Wigmore Soloists Qobuz 24/192 A new ensemble, with a masterpiece. Well played, and well recorded. The musicians are certainly not new. :D Formed in 2020, Wigmore Soloists is a chamber ensemble made up of a roster of outstanding musicians, led by Isabelle...

My dealer, who has become a friend, is co-owner of the trptk label (magnificent recordings by the way). Their albums are also on Tidal and Qobuz. While both services sound good (Tidal) to excellent (Qobuz), he had some remarks. When they controlled the streams with their equipment, they found...

An Okto Research dac8 PRO... when they'll have stock again. This was very favourably interviewed by Kal Rubinson in Stereophile, and costs less than 1K. This is what their website says: "Due to large amount of orders, we have temporarily stopped taking new orders. Thank you for your understanding".

Giovanni Mirabassi - Pensieri Isolati Qobuz 24/88.2 New release. Fantastic piano playing. This man has great musical ideas.