Recent content by CHFels

Amen, Chris! Apple's pod shape never fit my ears either. But I got my AirPod Pros for the price of normal pods -- actually a bit less -- when ordering an iMac. (The iMac is a bit of a lemon, sadly...)

Chromecast Ultra is limited to 48khz for audio, and I have seen it suggested that it might upsample all audio to that frequency. Not sure if it will pass on 24 bits, or only 16. Either way, it should be able to sound as good as the built-in Tidal app. If it doesn't, to your ears, that may be...

As an owner of Classic 3/1s, I am not surprised by the description of the sound! But my 3/1s are a bit more efficient and certainly go lower in the bass. I have useable output at 40hz at reasonable listening levels, but I wonder whether these 4/5s with a good subwoofer might not be even more...

The mcr603 is a tiny amp packed with lots of electronic stuff (DAB for example), and if I had to guess probably uses exactly the same amp modules as the 1602. Nor will the DAC be likely to be better; receivers tend to use fairly recent cutting-edge DACs because of the need to decode the latest...