Recent content by richie60

That is correct.

I would install Clementine or Audacious as the music players as they allow you to bypass pulseaudio which is what Rythmnbox uses. This will get you a direct link to the hardware output.

As you say, your existing headphones are low impedance so would not really benefit from a dedicated headphone amp. If you are serious about headphone listening, then a better pair of higher impedance phones will be beneficial justifying the use of a dedicated amp. However, it wouldn't hurt to...

Let us know what they're like. I was going to chip in and suggest the Beyer DT1990 as that is getting good reviews.

There is a workaround with Dropbox, Gdrive and OneDrive, download and install expandrive and this will map a drive letter to the cloud. With the sync folder, just set it not to sync certain folders in the settings. That's why I looked at pcloud. They automatically map a drive letter in the...

Do you think it's feasible to upload a FLAC library to cloud storage such as Dropbox etc and stream from that rather than mess about with a NAS? 1TB of storage I think is only £79 a year on Dropbox, cheaper even elsewhere if you shop around. The one I was looking at was pcloud. I like the...

Last year I bought the Tannoy DC6T loudspeakers. Didn't get on with them at all, I thought they sounded a bit weak bass wise, and the treble was not very well extended. I experimented with positioning, toe-in vs toe-out, distance from rear wall etc, even tried them in another room. Nothing...

I have the HRT MusicStreamer 2 and it works fine with 24/96. Love this DAC!

Besides already owning a Pioneer N50 Streamer, I recently built a small headphone based system based on a raspberry pi running Moode into a HRT MusicStreamer DAC. These DACs come up for sale occasionally on there usual auction site and sound very good.

One of the worst things I ever did was sell this amp. I loved the sound it made with a lot of different speakers I had over the years. It does have an excellent phono stage. Loved the looks too.

Sorry to jump in, I'm interested in the Dynaudio speakers for my system. I want to use them with my Audiolab 8000LX amp, would they match well? I couldn't give them the 50cm free space as suggested but could give them a foot approx from the rear wall. They would be placed either side of a...

Oh no! I just took the plunge and have a Pioneer N50 on order, hoping this will be a good upgrade from the SB Touch I currently have. What appeals to me is having a one box solution that also looks like a piece of HiFi. I wasn't prepared to spend the £699 asking price for the Stream magic 6.

Also consider the Sennheiser Momentum on ear and the Philips Fidelio M1, both of which will pair well with a portable player.

Another good one to consider is the Cambridge Audio Minx 200 which also has the RCA line in you want or the cheaper Minx 100 from Richer Sounds. Rich

Mmm, maybe, but to my ears it sounds excellent. I've listened to both my SBTouch vs PC direct into DAC and I have to say that the SBTouch sounds uninvolving, harsh & thin, the PC sounds a tiny weeny bit warmer with fuller sound and overly more listenable. The SBTouch is 'isolated' from the PC...