Recent content by cjtyler

Yes, I only use the streamer with Tidal. Surprised the 20 year old Roksan stands up to near £1000 amps. I see plenty of them going for£250 so assumed even a £500 amp would be an improvement? Are you saying a Cambridge wouldn’t be much of an upgrade?

I bought a pair of Dali Oberon 5s and a Bluesound Node streamer and they’re powered by a Roksan Kandy III bought in 2002. The thing is, I have no problems with the sound but can’t help wondering if I’d be even happier with an upgrade to the amp? I’m a huge fan of plenty of controlled bass...

Still not quite sure what's going on here. Most of the listening fraternity are siding with DACs, so I'm going to explain a little bit more about my set-up. I have a MacBook Air running Spotify and iTunes. I use Spotify to find stuff, then iTunes to buy it; compile a playlist and burn a CD (for...

I've been using Spotify for about 6 months now. Lovin' it. Playing it through soundbar and JBL Radius through MacBook Air / iPad. Favourite bit - finding new music: Polica, London Grammar, Telepopmusik, Crystal Castles, Alt J, Parra for Cuva (awesome). Then reinstated Hi-Fi, after long storage...

At the moment I am listening to Spotify 320k via a 3.5mm headphone jack to red and white phono leads through my line 1 input into Roksan Kandy Mk1. I also listen through headphones. Would a USB DAC be of any benefit to me, and if so, why? Would it improve the MP3 playback or would it only help...

This is my 'new member' post, and it was suggested I repost it here: First notion of hi-fi was back in the day in 'can't recall name of shop' in St John's centre, Liverpool. There was this Revox lateral arm turntable sat on a stack of silver and playing Tomita's Star Wars. Used to ask the sales...

First notion of hi-fi was back in the day in 'can't recall name of shop' in St John's centre, Liverpool. There was this Revox lateral arm turntable sat on a stack of silver and playing Tomita's Star Wars. Used to ask the sales assistant to keep playing it back, just to hear the 'incredibly...