Recent content by dx052

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    Bluesound Icon or Eversolo A6

    Thanks for your thoughts. Pulled the trigger and bought the Bluesound Node Icon. Very happy with my purchase, it was very easy to set up and integrate with my steaming service of choice, very much plug and play! from my initial tests using Tidal CD quality and Hi Res music the music sounds very...
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    Bluesound Icon or Eversolo A6

    Looking to get a streamer for the living room to stream Tidal etc and possibly to stream my personal music collection through Roon, been looking at Bluesound Icon and the Eversolo A6 as I like the connections & the interface. I am going to be using my Adam Audio speakers via XLR to the unit as...
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    Will A85 drive Mission 753s?

    I haven't heard the Freedoms or the 752's so I can't really coment on them, however I am an owner of the 753's & I think they were a great purchase. No regrets.
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    Cartridge required to reveal more detail from my vinyl

    I had the phono stage going into the Line in on the A400 amplifier, reason being is that I thought/was told the phono stage in on the amp wasn't very good. Anyway took the phono stage out of the loop and plugged it directly into the amp, I would say it sound pretty much the same and a tad...
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    Cartridge required to reveal more detail from my vinyl

    I have a Thorens TD166MKII with a Rega RB250 arm and a AT110E Cartridge. Looking to find a cartridge that will bring the best out of my records and encourage me to play them more as I have quite a few to say the least. The current souund is okay but lacks a lot of clarity which I am after. I...
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    Kef LS50 VS Kef R100

    I have had the pleasure to listen to both speakers you mention on a demo although with a Audiolab8200A amplifier. I was very impressed with the R100's and out of the two I prefered them. To my ears I liked the detail I got from the R100's over the Ls50's. For the price I thought they offered...
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    How do I iTunes to sort my comps in Numerical order

    Yes I am on Windows, Been scratching my head on this one. Will try the latest recommend. Thanks
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    How do I iTunes to sort my comps in Numerical order

    I Think i am with you!! All my Metadata is already there. Each album is numbered Vol 1, vol 2 etc etc in the info section. when I add folder (vol number) 10 it places that album after number one instead of after number 9. Sounds confusing I know, but cant seem to suss it..
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    How do I iTunes to sort my comps in Numerical order

    I have a compilation of albums from vol 1 to 50 (think of the Now Series) and when I add the folder 1, 2, 3 etc for each album into Itunes it gets confused when I past album number 10. I want the lsit on Itunes to run the albums in series of numbers 1-50. Anyone know how to do this? been...
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    How can I listen to JAZZ FM without DAB

    That Linn Jazz Radio sounds quite nice!! I'll try the Jazz FM Interent Stream as well. Thanks (I must be getting old)
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    How can I listen to JAZZ FM without DAB

    All I want to listen to Jazz FM and LBC mainly & a bit of Talksport but I can only listen to the former online as I don't have a DAB tuner & I don't really want to get one as I am not impressed with the SQ. I can get LBC on my anologue tuner but not on from my freeview box. Is there a simple...
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    Looking for advice to replace exsisting amp to partner New Tannoy speakers

    Upgrade speakers!! can I get anything in the used market to get a bit closer to what I had on a slightly smaller budget then or would I have to spend the same amount?
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    Looking for advice to replace exsisting amp to partner New Tannoy speakers

    I download/purchase my specialist dance stuff from a the likes of Beatport & Traxsource and the odd MP3 from 7digital. I use to have a set of B&W 685 with a Rotel amp I they sounded wonderful with the same music I am playing now. I have been ripping my music with dbpoweramp to Aiff to an...
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    Looking for advice to replace exsisting amp to partner New Tannoy speakers

    Well I am playing a combination of vinyl rips/digital downloads (wav)/Rip CDs, (all 44100/16bit and above.) I have tried with a standalone CD Player and a Turntable with pretty much same results.