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    manicm reacted to Jasonovich's post in the thread 4K Blow with Like Like.
    Looks pretty decent, it uses Sony laser head and it also plays SACD. 12 bit colour, the saturation and colour palette over and above...
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    manicm replied to the thread 4K Blow.
    I'll never buy a Sony, because in earlier models you had to manually switch to Dolby Vision and/or Atmos where relevant. No thank you...
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    manicm replied to the thread 4K Blow.
    I'll never buy a Sony, because in earlier models you had to manually switch to Dolby Vision and/or Atmos where relevant. No thank you...
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    manicm replied to the thread 4K Blow.
    But players are becoming more rare. And don't ask me to buy a Sony, while Panasonic have pulled out of many markets, and Mag are out of...
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    Just to touch base with OPs opening title. The niche element of Hifi will either die with us or be passed on to our grandsons or...
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    manicm posted the thread 4K Blow in Home Cinema.
    This is terrible news. https://www.whathifi.com/tv-home-cinema/yet-another-blu-ray-manufacturer-bites-the-dust-as-reavon-bids-farewell
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    My 8 year old became a huge James Bond fan. He saw all the movies.
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    Speakers. That's where I see real change. In some high-end cars the body is being used as a speaker, or subwoofer. At homes we have...
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    manicm reacted to The_Lecht_Rocks's post in the thread Where to begin? with Like Like.
    Apologies as I didn’t mean in sound terms but in a low clutter all in one solution it was comparable……..comparable……. I have an EVO150...
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    There will always be hifi, it may just take non-traditional forms. Remember, it's about sound. How or where it emanates from is...
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    manicm reacted to nopiano's post in the thread Where to begin? with Like Like.
    A square room isn’t ideal for sound, but as long as you have room to experiment with speaker placement you should find a compromise...
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    manicm replied to the thread Where to begin?.
    No, nowhere near as good as a Cambridge Evo, not even comparable. The Eversolo Play, like WiiM, has low-cost Ti based amplification that...
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    I just sold my Pioneer Sc-lx81 amp, Arcam R-Blink, Logitech Bluetooth device, Panasonic UB820 4K Blu-ray player and speaker cable I...
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    manicm reacted to nopiano's post in the thread Remarkable article about amp distortion with Like Like.
    The details re the DACs that they quoted:- “…where one was orders of magnitude more THD-ful than the other (RME ADI-2 Pro and Dacmagic...
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    manicm replied to the thread Qobuz connect.
    For HEOS users, in addition to Qobuz Connect, Qobuz is now also available from within the HEOS app. Check for firmware and app updates.