Recent content by lex365

I was blown away by my Dave Brubeck "Time Out" high res album. Sounds completely different to my CD rip. However I later found out this has nothing to do with the resolution. It's a completely different master. It's almost always the mastering of the album that makes the difference. I am 38...

Differences are minimal. The speakers are almost identical in size and design so expect an almost identical performance, or at best some very subtle differences.

My first CD player was an Arcam Alpha 7se. £350 back in the year 2000. For nostalgia (and some boredom) I picked an immaculate one up on Facebook Marketplace for £35 last year. Highly recommended. it edges my streamer and DAC by about 5% in terms of performance.

Expensive cables by far. In terms of hifi hardware probably some Wharfedale Linton 3XP speakers. Ticked the boxes for a vintage setup, but Jesus do they show their age now.

I have been into hifi for around 20 years, but only really into vintage hifi for the past 6 months. I managed to pick up an immaculate Yamaha CA-410 and a pair of Quad 22L speakers and love both. I have a turntable but the vast majority of my listening is done streaming via Roon. Previous amp...

That was more a reference to listening through IEM's. Of course a compressed file can never sound as good as an uncompressed file for obvious reasons but it will sound identical to the vast majority of people. From my own personal experience I cannot notice any difference at all between 320kb...

I have these exact IEM's I can say with 100% certainty there is no audible difference between FLAC files and good quailty MP3's. This is also backed up by countless articles and videos online of blind tests between the two. The difference through a driver that small is just not going to be...

Many thanks for all your input guys. 6 weeks later and I am finally happy after making the follwing adjustments. 1) I tried Qobuz and Tidal Hi-Fi via Audirvana Plus and I was happy with the sound quality (but not blown away), however I have never really liked the idea of not owning my music...

Ive just bought a new amp and speakers in the new Cyrus One and some Dali Opticon 2's. I currently use them alongside my Macbook Pro and a Dragonfly Red DAC and all sounds great. However one thing I havent really considered is my source. I am using mostly 320kb MP3's with iTunes with a few Apple...

I was in this exact position. I bought these speakers and wasn't impressed with the sound at all. I sold them and bought some Audioengine A5+ desktop speakers and their D1 DAC it it was all in an entirely different league. The long and short of it is the speakers you have bought are not very...

I buy and sell on eBay a lot and have witnessed the unbelievable a few a fair few times over the years. Recent highlights would be an immaculate pair of Dali Rubicon 2's sell for £500 and my own Dali Optican 2's for £245 (Optican 2's according to the listing) with £50 worth of Chord speaker...

I had aside from outputting the mac sounds to the built in speakers. However its leaning towards a USB-C adapter issue as thats the only real variable. the sound actually improves when I remove the DAC and use the heaphone out on the Mac to an RCA adapter where as this has the opposite effect on...

I have been running an Audioquest Dragonfly off a 2012 Macbook Pro to a Nad d 3020 amp and getting some stunning sound however I am encountering some issues since upgrading to the new Macbook Pro 2016. The sound difference is pretty big between the two on account of the new machine sounds a lot...

I have been running an Audioquest Dragonfly off a 2012 Macbook Pro to a Nad d 3020 amp and getting some stunning sound however I am encountering some issues since upgrading to the new Macbook Pro 2016. The sound difference is pretty big between the two on account of the new machine sounds a lot...

Upgradeitis! Yes I have sufferered from this with IEM's and it got very epensive. Yes I was lucky to pick up some Atacama Moseco stands for next to nothing online so the speakers are well supported. I am fortunate to have a decent sized room (4m x 6m) all to myself that houses nothing but a 60"...