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    Richard Brand replied to the thread Quad goes back to the future with its reimagined pre and power amplifiers.

    "The striking preamp boasts ten heatsink fins at the front and is designed to be oriented vertically". From the supplied picture, this...

    Oct 18, 2024
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    Richard Brand replied to the thread How music streaming is righting a wrong of the Compact Disc.

    Let me tell you a true story of how in my 70s I could easily pick the difference! I have owned Quad electrostatic speakers (ESL-63 and...

    Oct 17, 2024
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    Richard Brand replied to the thread Qobuz.

    "Firstly, there’s the inclusion of high-resolution purchases to download – something that no other streaming service offers". Really...

    Sep 23, 2024
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    Richard Brand replied to the thread How music streaming is righting a wrong of the Compact Disc.

    I do not think there has been enough evolutionary time for either the human eye or ear to have evolved to detect incoming artillery...

    Sep 17, 2024
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    Richard Brand replied to the thread How music streaming is righting a wrong of the Compact Disc.

    This is a very complex subject. For what it is worth, in a well-lit scene the eye can detect brightness differences of about 100:1. It...

    Sep 12, 2024
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    Richard Brand replied to the thread How music streaming is righting a wrong of the Compact Disc.

    For a good discussion of the human eye and its failings, I'd recommend Richard Dawkins book The God Delusion. The human ear has evolved...

    Sep 10, 2024
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    Richard Brand replied to the thread How music streaming is righting a wrong of the Compact Disc.

    Any digital stream including DSD can be packetized and transmitted as packets over the internet, or over other packet technologies such...

    Sep 6, 2024
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    Richard Brand reacted to szoze.ernany's post in the thread How music streaming is righting a wrong of the Compact Disc with Like.

    The intellectual level of What Hi-Fi has been a terminal decline since it started. It is simply incredible that a garbage magazine like...

    Sep 3, 2024
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    Richard Brand replied to the thread How music streaming is righting a wrong of the Compact Disc.

    Here's an interesting twist. The UK-based on-line classical music store, Presto, which used to provide silver disks, now also operates...

    Sep 2, 2024

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