Recent content by Pedro2

I’d include the AE1a actives here, too. Once owned them and for the price, they’re brilliant. They tick your excitement box (when needed) but are not harsh on the ears. Also, being active, they do not require an external power amp.

Our son is 15 years old and is currently in Y10 of a state secondary school. He tells me that virtually no one at school really listens to music anymore (except as some kind of background noise). He has been raised on a constant diet of music across a range of genres and as a result, listens to...

Not sure if this has been mentioned but anyone raised on screens/games/phones etc will have some trouble actually sitting down and really listening to music for any length of time. Brains get rewired and acclimatise to quick dopamine hits. Focused attention on music for any length of time is...

I think that many dedicated streamers running Spotify Connect upsample the bitrate and this is then displayed. I’m pretty sure that our Linn streamer does this but I’ll have to wait a few hours to test this as playing Spotify at 6:11am on a Saturday morning is not going to go down well with the...

https://www.facebook.com/share/9GAcfXSa9JKReBUP/?mibextid=WC7FNe Got one of these - superb. Not sure if you’re near Sheffield but they might still have this one and it’s a good price.

The word that I used was ‘quality’ and not ‘expensive’. Sometimes the two overlap, but not always. I agree that ripping CDs does not require anything special but playing them back takes a little more thought. I use quality CAT5e cable (Belden Catsnake), a fairly cheap Synology NAS and a far from...

‘You don’t need quality kit’ - interesting statement for a Hi Fi forum. Makes me want to sell my stuff and replace it with an old iPad and some cheap active speakers 😉

The sound quality differences between CDs played on a CD player (or in my case, CD transport + DAC) and rips streamed over a network from a NAS are subtle but audible. The only reason I can suggest is that any electrical ‘noise’ is minimised over a well constructed Ethernet feed. Some...

CD rips can sound as good as or better than CDs. They can also sound as good as or better than vinyl. From personal experience, the only way to achieve this is to buy some real quality kit and then support it with real quality network infrastructure.

Has anyone heard any of these? I’ve just read a couple of reviews of the G3 and watched a Steve Gutenberg YouTube review and they’ve caught my attention. They’re interesting for a number of reasons but primarily because Genelec have been making great studio actives for years and these are their...

I fully agree that the ‘golden age’ for rock music occurred decades ago and if I hadn’t begun listening to classical several years ago, I would be in a quandary now. I’m now as happy listening to Bach as to Steely Dan or Miles Davis. I also find that listening with another person is usually the...

Not been here for a while but got some personal experience with using a sub with stand mounts so I thought I’d share them. First and foremost, don’t be swayed too much by any audiophile rules - subs in 2 channel music systems can sound great, awful and anything in between. Some subs are...

I replaced one TP link 1008D with two D Link DES108 and this cut down the lengths of Ethernet cable I was needing to run. I also replaced a couple of patch CAT8 shielded cables with CAT5e UTP. The switches cost £40 x2 and the cable cost £11.

Has anyone explored the use of different network kit to improve sound quality? I’m talking switches, Ethernet cable, media converters etc. This area is a potential minefield for heated debate and I’m asking because a recent communication with a dealer had links to high end (expensive) switches...

Bax Music should be avoided - fine if your purchase goes ok, but a nightmare if not. Check out Bax Music Rip Off on facebook - they really are horrendous when things go wrong. Good to hear that you’re enjoying the Adams - I’ve used actives for several years and love the sound (currently own...