I’m a music lover, of course, but I’ve been fascinated with gear since I can remember. I was hooked the moment my 12 year old eyes and ears saw and heard my uncle Charlie’s gorgeous wall of stuff. I was just mesmerized and a lifelong curiosity was born. 54 years later I'm past the need to...
I have the Node 2 (still in use at work) and the N130 (home). I didn't think the sound quality was any different between the two using coax or optical out. Also, I didn't hear a significant difference using USB-out with any of the DACs I tried it with. And no, I didn't do any blind testing...
I ripped my CDs years ago as well but held on to them until recently. I'll be moving from a 3-bedroom house with lots of storage into a 1-bedroom apartment in the Spring so space will be an issue. Funny, I got rid of the CDP quite a while ago, had no intention of purchasing a new one, and still...
FWIW the AirPods finally arrived and I spent a good amount of time with them yesterday listening to Apple Music and watching some Prime and Apple TV+ content. Pairing with each of my 3 Apple devices (iPad, MacBook, ATV 4K) was a breeze. I found them to be very comfortable, after a bit they just...
Timely topic for me. I'll be moving from a single-family house to an apartment in the near future and I want to have all my music and video bases covered. I already have some over-ear wired headphones I'm happy with but wanted a wireless option so I took a chance on the new AirPod Pro (USB-C)...
I had an interesting email conversation with Bill Goldsmith shortly after RP started offering MQA streams and, to boil it down, he told me RP encodes their own files and only at 16/44.
I don't often read this type of comment from the mainstream outlets:
"Let me start by saying that the average listener will be hard-pressed to notice a difference in sound quality between the old and new AirPods Pro 2. They both sound excellent for how lightweight they are, which is partially...