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  1. norcalscott

    Fosi Audio V3 Mono Amplifier Review

    Got in for the 2x units and the 10 Amp power supply. At $218 it is a no brainer for me.
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    Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary speaker review & measurements by Erin's Audio Corner

    I believe the point is that they compare favorably to these more expensive speakers, no?
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    New Tidal prices

    I saw on the Tidal subreddit today that Tidal themselves posted that they have a new beta for iOS and Android (not sure about Windows/Mac) that changed the home screen - you have to sign up for the beta in settings and also select "try new Home Screen" - this is MUCH improved over the former...
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    Recommendation for Tidal connect streamer with HDMI output

    I never tried HDMI output with this setup when I had it, but a RasPi running Volumio may function just the way you need. The downside is that you need to pay the Volumio subscription to get Tidal Connect (as far as I am aware) and that may not be worth it to you. (I used to pay for it but...
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    Plexamp Headless

    Thanks for this - I may re-image my RPi4 that was being used for Volumio to do this instead. I have also been running Plex for many years and have the lifetime pass. Plexamp on both my Android phone and my iPad is fantastic.
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    FiiO CP13 Portable Compact Audio Cassette Player Available for Pre-order (if you're quick)

    I'd never heard about those players - it was a good read. Funniest part about it was that it worked well in luxury cars with good suspension, not so well in the lower end models of cars.
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    FiiO CP13 Portable Compact Audio Cassette Player Available for Pre-order (if you're quick)

    I think it was more about portability than anything else. I put an aftermarket radio with cassette player in my first car and had two geeky looking briefcases full of cassettes - probably 50 in total with me and played the hell out of those. Many of my cassettes were from Columbia Record (and...
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    What streaming service do you use?

    I have been a subscriber to Tidal for a long time, and generally listen to it either through PlexAmp (with my self-hosted Plex server connected to Tidal, which works really well), or through USB Audio Player Pro, which seems to be more stable than the Tidal Android app. I have to say though...
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    Harman acquires Roon

    Lot of glad handing and overbaked optimism in the comments for this posting. I suspect that not much will change right away, but eventually a lot will change, and based on my experiences with acquisitions like this, probably not for the good.
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    VINCI Headphone Review

    People really do back some weird stuff on Kickstarter and Indiegogo…
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    Erin's Top 5 Speakers regardless of price (June 2023)

    Thank you - it is pretty nice acoustically, although I have had to add some deadening items to prevent echos and some minor room correction. The Lintons like more toe-in than other speakers I’ve had but the overall tonality, especially with female voices is excellent and the soundstage even in...
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    Erin's Top 5 Speakers regardless of price (June 2023)

    They also look and sound pretty good, even in a weird room like this one. Not to mention a fairly high wife acceptance factor...
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    UAPP and Qobuz offline

    I use Tidal, rather than Qobuz with UAPP but when you plug the DAC into the phone, you should get a prompt to give access to UAPP and when you do that the internal Android audio system should be bypassed and you will get the full resolution of the playback - you should be able to see this in the...
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    SMSL SU-1 Stereo DAC Review

    I'll agree about reliability, but in this use case, at this price, I suspect these caps will last through the usable life expectancy (sadly, we live in a disposable world). I suspect that in order to meet the price point, SMSL had to cut costs in ways that would not impact performance. As an...
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    SMSL SU-1 Stereo DAC Review

    Lelon are largely considered mid-range, and should be sufficient at this price level. Are you implying that this DAC would perform better if they had used "top-tier" caps?
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    Winamp update released after 4 years ...

    Looks like it requires registration to try it, and I am hesitant (or maybe too lazy) to provide them with my email address just to try it out. Also looks to be more of an on-line type player than a locally installed player like it used to be? I think I'll stick with Foobar - some time ago I...
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    Farewell my friends. Health is deteriorating - I'm fading out. (Updated - RIP)

    Best wishes to you, David and thank you so much for all of your posts here - I feel like I have benefited greatly from your knowledge and from your posts about living in Panama - always enjoyable! Enjoy the Beyers - my go-to headphones are my DT-770s - the most comfortable headphones I have.
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    1More Sonoflow NC Headphone Review

    Curious if anyone has tried using these for phone calls, and if so, has anything to comment on voice / mic quality? I have found that the less expensive headphones almost always cheap out on microphone and voice noise canceling capabilities. Not an issue if you don't use them for calls, but...
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    SMSL SU-9 Balanced DAC Review

    FYI - I read through that M500 thread again and found what I was trying to remember for seeing if the SU-9 has the latest firmware - I cannot vouch for this, but one poster noticed that the “new” firmware, with the fix, did not have 2020 in the “©️ 2020 SMSL” part under the firmware numbers (is...
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    SMSL SU-9 Balanced DAC Review

    I'm pretty sure that is the latest, as if I remember correctly (I can't locate the original post on this) - there was a misspelling in the original firmware. When SMSL did an update, they (for some crazy reason) did not increment the version number, but did fix the misspelling. I went through...
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