Recent content by manicm

That said it's widely acknowledged that, both being chipsets, AKM is softer but more spacious than ESS chips. AKM also encouraged Linn to modify the hell out of them, which is possible. They were borderline re-engineered by Linn. This has not been done with either chipset by any other company I...

Actually it's been a new experience for me. I bought the LP in 1985, and had no idea the CD had much longer versions of almost all the songs on Side 1. I never heard the CD before!!

Well that's what I was saying??

Listen to The Man's Too Strong on the 1996 master, and the 40th master on Spotify, pay attention to the chorus where the percussive synth kicks in and the subsequent dobro that Mark plays - the 1996 version just sounds much more natural and musical. That's the best way I can put it. The synth on...

It's the first time in about 20 years since I heard it too.

No. 1. It does use updated Hypex modules if not the latest - Hypex NCOREx. And they are superior to the TI ones in cheaper class D amps. 2. CA does not impose caveats on the power rating like cheap amps do such as the WiiM VibeLink - which says boldly 100w/channel, but in fine print only...

The Focal Aria 936 will pose a challenge for any amplifier, be it Class AB or D. And the CA Evo 150 is a genuine 150w into 8ohms.

Even listening on Spotify, it's clear the original master (both available) is superior sounding. I want to get the new master for the additional live material though. Tough decision. I bought this upon release on LP. And before I get any lip - no the new master doesn't sound better on vinyl...

My caps were just tongue in cheek.

Can't be too successful in only 23 countries.

You didn't read his post correctly. Qobuz can be accessed 'bitperfect' via StreamMagic. Freelance however said he cannot do it via Google Cast from Qobuz app - that's a Qobuz restriction, not a MXN10 limitation. And anyway Google Cast will downsample hires audio, so you don't want to use it.

Products are built to a price with compromises made in a way the manufacturer believes to be most effective.

Cambridge are claiming even better sound quality for the SE, at the same retail price. It's a very desirable piece of kit.

NO THEY ARE NOT. Is this not one of the most beautiful players out there? Behold the new Advance Paris X-CD9, and not at a crazy price either. CDs are back baby! https://www.advanceparis.com/en/product/x-cd9/ Steve Guttenberg has just reviewed it.

That old chestnut eh? There's virtually no new integrated amp under 1k that will come without a DAC, which I think is a virtuous feature, especially if one wants to quickly dabble in streaming by simply connecting a 100 quid WiiM Mini via optical and job done.