Recent content by Kenneth Fernandes

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    What Hifi component should be the first priority?

    Is it difficult to launch an all in one digital mixing console at the Studio end and mix, monitor, record and master full digitally without any analog feedback or monitoring? It’s absolutely possible and are already in the making and will be put in practice anytime soon. So, the renaissance of...
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    What's the point of a Streamer if you have a good DAC and a computer?

    Yes, the all-in-one already has one. And any newly launched Music apps can be installed as well on the device.
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    What's the point of a Streamer if you have a good DAC and a computer?

    If the DAC is powered directly using the PC’s power supply only, then it’s great to connect the DAC directly only to the laptop and not a mini PC or Desktop as both have switching power supplies. As the sound quality of connecting and powering the DAC using a battery powered laptop is...
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    Please Help ID this kit

    Why is it kept on the floor? Does it have touchscreen or auto retractable display. Also, at 02:16, why are 8 large capacitors used in the Chord headphone amplifier. It won’t be ear friendly either when listened to.
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    Is hi-fi getting better? The What Hi-Fi? team wants to know your thoughts!

    Yes, it matters a lot. And there will be continued development of how music is captured, recorded and reproduced.
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    Is hi-fi getting better? The What Hi-Fi? team wants to know your thoughts!

    It’s got to do by replacing current analogue-digital combi Studio Mixing consoles with all digital ones in the control room in modern Recording Studios worldwide.
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    HiFi Rose's latest music streamer uses across-the-board improvements to achieve "a new level of sound

    An add-on battery power module or to power the device using external battery power like the Tesla Powerwall would be a great feature too.
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    Suitable amplifier for my ProAc Studio 150 speakers?

    An futuristic OLED, do-it-all full glass with intuitive digital-only controls and knobs with accent lighting, Studio Console that can capture, mix, master, monitor and publish audio tracks without having to connect to a PC/DAW or audio interface and has only line inputs for instruments/vocals...
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    Power conditioners

    The best replacement for StopWatt is a high-capacity battery pack, like the Tesla Powerwall. And the greatest improvement would come if the Hi-Fi gear could directly power on the battery.
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    Audiophile witch hunt or basic common sense?

    There is already one in space - Golden Record!
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    Audiophile witch hunt or basic common sense?

    An all-in-one full Gorilla glass OLED Studio Console, size that fills half of a room and has controls and knobs similar to the latest Nintendo Switch 2, with all Digital mixing and mastering i.e. audio mixing, monitoring, mastering, recording and publishing only after the ADC conversion stage is...
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    Audiophile witch hunt or basic common sense?

    Currently, if DSD is for classical and PCM is for modern pop and rock, etc., then why does the travel path of the analogue audio signal of the instruments/vocals pass through a mixing console first then to an ADC and DAW for mastering and recording? It would be best to convert the analogue...
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    Audiophile witch hunt or basic common sense?

    New upcoming albums too should be recorded and released on DSD. It would be exceptionally great!
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    Audiophile witch hunt or basic common sense?

    Just like different music genres there could be two distinctive and separate groups. One is the analogue group with artists and composers producing music solely for analogue music on vinyls. And the second digital group with respective music artists and composers who produce and distribute their...
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    Audiophile witch hunt or basic common sense?

    A standalone large OLED touchscreen mixing console with responsive feedback could play an important role, so the audio signal from analogue instruments and vocals are converted digitally only once and then digitally mastered and recorded and stored in the highest possible digital formats for the...