B&W A5 and A7 auditioned

[Anonymous]

Hi all

I read someone mentioned dm601, here's a little story

I recently upgraded my speakers from dm601 to cm5. I had the dm601 for almost twenty years so gave them to my sister but after a couple of sessions with cm5 I began to miss the sound of my old speakers. CM5 s are wonderful speakers perhaps much better than the 601s but I felt I would have to have them back so I had to buy my sister a new pair of speakers BA A26. I got the dm601 set up in conservatory I bought the yamaha as500 and Marantz cd6004 to complete the system.

Those cm5 cost me a lot more than thier actual price tag.

 

[gregvet]

I knew Airplay had to compress video, but I thought it was effectively lossless for audio.

airplay can only do 16/44, cannot do HD such as 24/96 or 24/192

16/44 is still lossless for cd quality music.

The question is whether, if streaming 16/44 over AirPlay, is there any compression used.

 

[bigboss]

As far as I'm aware, AirPlay does not modify the source (it does not compress). So you get what the source is.

 

[NHL]

The Cure non-stop, the 2011 festival album.

Robert Smith is said to be very into the mixing of the music. Snare drums sounding great. Kurzweil synth sound signature in each melody.

 

[ear]

aniskg what about the A26? they are also very nice speakers..ever thought about getting those "back" also? :clap: I joke here but I kind of have a passion for every bit of gear I buy. Cannot depart with any