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    The DAC scam

    So you see, you already lost the faculty to distinguish between clickbait and someone's honest opinion. Facebook, not good for brain health, I repeat it.
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    System upgrade

    How much would you pay?
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    The DAC scam

    Facebook is bad for brain health. Why did you not ask if I listened myself instead of talking about clickbait and without any reason implying that I hadn’t listened myself?
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    The DAC scam

    Unlike you I don't read Facebook.
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    The DAC scam

    Higher up the chain doesn't bring anything. I have CD players from the nineties with DACs that sound 1000 times better than expensive audio equipment with modern DACs. Often they sound either too silky, vinyl like or too sharp.
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    Subwoofer (for the organ) on an ultra-budget system?

    A huge difference it certainly makes, but it is all about taste.
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    System upgrade

    Did you already intensively listen to it? I saw the Audiolab 7000a has an ESS DAC. Personally I don't like DACs from ESS. I listened to several and if you are used to a Philips DAC, maybe you would like a Burr Brown/Texas Instruments DAC more.
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    I think my Gerd and inflamed esphagouls are giving me jaw pain

    That is good news! If you’re taking PPIs long-term, consider supplementing magnesium, vitamin B12, and zinc, because reduced stomach acid can lower absorption of these nutrients. For best results, use magnesium citrate, magnesium malate, or magnesium bisglycinate, methylcobalamin (B12), and...
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    The DAC scam

    The funny thing about this all is that Burr Brown already got it perfectly right in the nineties and produced wonderfully natural sounding DACs for brands like Akai and Yamaha. And ESS and AKM DACs are no improvement. Some sounding too vinyl like, others too sharp.
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    Subwoofer (for the organ) on an ultra-budget system?

    It's night, I am tired, maybe I am just not getting it but you are saying you are considering buying a subwoofer up to 1000 pounds while having a super cheap amplifier? My husband is a professional organist and music teacher and he never felt it necessary to buy a subwoofer, on the contrary...
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    System upgrade

    Nice, it has a good Philips DAC.
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    Where is the current music with the QUALITY of.....

    You're welcome Gray. I hope it brings you something new worth listening to. Sometimes asking chatgpt helps. For example I have zero knowledge of Spanish singers and chatgpt suggested Camilo Sesto to me. A singer with a very beautiful voice and whose music I like a lot.
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    Where is the current music with the QUALITY of.....

    Hi Gray, My husband and I feel the same way. He is 61, I am 51. For you, I asked chatgpt to make a list of modern bands that still use real instruments, here it is. You know, it is chatgpt....but you might discover something new: 🎷 Soul & Funk Revivalists Lettuce – A powerhouse funk band known...
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    Question My first audio system, please help.

    Everybody makes his own choices, but if I were you, I would buy an excellent soundbar for watching movies and an excellent amplifier with streamer and/or cd player for listening to music. For your budget, you cannot have all in one and yet have excellent sound. With what I propose, you'll pay...