Recent content by JR75

What a shame - Neil Young caves to the almighty dollar god. He should still be protesting that lowlife nutjob Joe Rogan. Probably the same dim bulbs that listen to Joe Rogan use the el mucho cheapo crappo Spotify.

Well - this is now my pick for the ugliest speakers ever made. It was the Monitor Audio Hyphn speakers, but these are even uglier if that is possible. And for over $500,000 USD! I don't care how rich you are, you'd have to be a complete nutjob to buy these.

OMG - 128 Thousand dollars for a turntable to play scratchy, crackling, popping old fashioned platter records. There are no words for how stupid this is. The thing is, there are people who will buy it. Although not many. I guess if you are rich enough to throw away 128K, go for it.

Great News! I have the 20$ a month plan so it will decrease almost 50%. Can't complain about that. I guess Tidal is trying to siphon users from crappy Spotify. Changing to Tidal is pretty much a no-braIner if you ask me. We'll see how long it lasts.

This is one reason why Apple is a Trillion dollar company. These Apple-Heads who can't wait to throw their money at Apple every time they release something. With the iPhone 15 barely 2 months old, the Apple crazies are already speculating on the next version. I heard Apple is talking about...

Really? This is what you came up with? :(

Nobody Wants commercials. Streaming services were a sigh of relief - to get away from TV with commercials, but it seems we are headed back in that direction. Cable TV is out of control with the never ending price increases and junk TV, and Paramount+ is now showing the first 3 John Wick...

What a joke. Spotify is the last streaming audio service to offer Hi-Res audio - Maybe. They have been dorking around with this for years and still nothing. And if they are going to charge 19.95 a month - get Tidal - far superior to Spotify.

Hardly seems worth upgrading. Nothing very compelling here. And not a fan of the cylindrical design either.

This is great news !! Thankfully, Apple did not buy MQA - that would have been a non-starter for most people. And the idea that "Most audiophiles where hoping for a swift death for MQA" is absurd. MQA is an excellent streaming format that brings very high quality audio to the masses. I hope...

No way. If Apple became the owner of MQA it would lock it up in the Apple ecosystem, which you would have to buy into - to use/listen to MQA/SCL6. That would be a non-starter for a lot of people. As mentioned in your article, 4 out of 5 people don't use Apple products. Tidal should buy MQA...

These streaming companies better be careful. With all of these price increases, people will start thinking, "Do I really need this?" and start deciding which streaming services they need to drop. I know I will. I have several steaming services and they all have either raised prices or are...

No mention of class G? Some of the higher end receivers use class G like the Arcam AVR31 and the JBL SDR-38

I say go for it. I used to have a ton of record albums, but they are long gone, and I have no desire to go back to the hiss, crackle and pop of vinyl. However, if vinyl is your thing, then go for it (but not because Steve Jobs liked vinyl). I do agree about our high tech "just not working"...

I would agree about Tidal. It is by far the easiest to use, the most titles to choose from and is the only service to offer MQA files. And if you don't think MQA makes a difference, just listen to an MQA song on Tidal, and then switch over to another streaming service and listen to the same...