Recent content by RTHerringbone

Well given that I don't think the streamer needs to be at price parity with the rest of the setup, then Naim and ATC are a fairly well established combination and the products mentioned are fairly evenly priced. It just feels like a balanced setup with a history of brand compatability.

That was kind of my train of thought. It doesn't seem a strange combination to me.

Where do you think it best fits @Rodolfo ? None of the other categories really made sense for me, and I think of a DAP as an "accessory" if there isn't a "portable" section. Today I've been using the JM21 in the garden in one of the use cases I had for it - it's super. Really great to have...

What do you think makes it strange @ninanina ? Just the fact that the streamer is at quite a different price point to the amp and speakers?

Record Store Day is today. I'll probably swing by the local record shop later on to see what they have in. If it's anything like last year, there's no need to queue up outside like people have been doing for a few hours already..... https://www.recordstoreday.co.uk/rsd-list

Before I forget - a tale of two cases..... The JM21 comes with a neat silicone case pre-installed. The sort of thing 99.999% of people would notice when they take it out of the box. The "special" impatient ones amongst us *might* instead have not noticed and tried to force the silicone-encased...

I think you're the reason the cable industry is still going @Jasonovich You've got more cables than I've had hot dinners!

Yeah, it all just felt a bit flat and lifeless with EQ. It made me wonder about people who are firmly wedded to EQing to fit specific things like the Harman curve. Do they actually listen and critically, independently decide whether or not they like what they're hearing, or are they conforming...

Apologies for the double post, but I'm quite pleased with things. Forgot to mention that I tried out the automated EQ feature which purports to match my FT1s to the 2018 Harman curve (obviously for over-ear headphones). And in my opinion, this pairing sounds *miles* better without EQ. My...

Those early impressions are still with me; I'm quite astounded by how good the pairing is, and that may be a little bit due to me assuming that there would be major compromises made versus my other systems. Obviously the other setups have a bit "more" of everything, but the quality I'm getting...

Early impressions are that this combo for the price delivers in spades. I'm very satisfied with my first half hour of listening. I can't separate which component is delivering what, but as a duo the detail retrieval is great, tonality seems as I like, the soundstage whilst obviously tighter...

Perfect - thanks for your input @woodbar and @Jasonovich (y) The deed is done - the DAP, headphones and a separate case for the DAP all arrive tomorrow. My scaling back of ambition also extends to me just getting by with the stock 64GB SD card for starters. EDIT: I lied and have ordered a...

The bold bit particularly applies to me and a DAP. I will certainly use it on holiday in July and for mooching about in the garden, so with such limited guaranteed use it would just be pointless throwing a lot of money at it. Have you had any issues with the FT1s? I saw some issues with the...

I'm going to break recent habits and scale back my initial foray into DAPs and portability in general. I've decided that unless I hear strong opinions to the contrary, that it makes most sense for me to go in right at the budget end so I get a sense of what that end of the market offers me...

I thought it represented a compromise from the 2TB that the DAPs I'm looking at can take :LOL: What sort of card size do you typically use? In reality I'm not really likely to ever need as many as 1,000 songs on there so I can easily scale right back as there's no point having masses of...