copperblue
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Furniture that makes a noise. I'm in!Audio furniture to impress people.
Furniture that makes a noise. I'm in!Audio furniture to impress people.
Was it one of those with SM5843AP or with PMD100?
Yes, they are very large.Got a chance to see (but not hear) the new Michi stack at the Ascot Hifi Show today.
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Actually much nicer (and larger!) in the flesh than I had imagined. Aesthetically, I much preferred this over the ultra-high-priced bling in other rooms (Dan D’Agostino, etc.), most of which sounded pretty awful to boot.
The MBL room sounded quite good... but against a pretty low bar.
I can't help but think that the 'high end' is in trouble...
Mani.
The 'full width' standard seems to come from the professional 19" rack mount standard, which allows 17" for the actual equipment and 1" each side for clearance and the rack ears. 17" is 431.8mm and I've measured 432mm as the normal width of full width equipment, although they don't all meet that, a few mm more or less isn't unknown.The Rotel RB-1590 monster power amp is only 431 mm in width, inline with most "full-width" gear. Though I'm not sure an actual standard exists.
Sure everything is relative, but there is no way that the Rotel Michi isn't considered ultra-high-priced/end already. It really is a stupid product that have no reason whatsoever to exist imo.Got a chance to see (but not hear) the new Michi stack at the Ascot Hifi Show today.
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Actually much nicer (and larger!) in the flesh than I had imagined. Aesthetically, I much preferred this over the ultra-high-priced bling in other rooms (Dan D’Agostino, etc.), most of which sounded pretty awful to boot.
The MBL room sounded quite good... but against a pretty low bar.
I can't help but think that the 'high end' is in trouble...
Mani.
The Rotel RB-1590 monster power amp is only 431 mm in width, inline with most "full-width" gear. Though I'm not sure an actual standard exists.
Yes, 42-43cm device width is the standard, and the HiFi racks are designed for that. Some devices can be screwed into the 19" racks using additional brackets. Sony, Tascam and others have had conversion kits for some devices.The 'full width' standard seems to come from the professional 19" rack mount standard, which allows 17" for the actual equipment and 1" each side for clearance and the rack ears. 17" is 431.8mm and I've measured 432mm as the normal width of full width equipment, although they don't all meet that, a few mm more or less isn't unknown.
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Darko sucks!Darko has blocked direct linking from ASR. How mature...
That just hurts himself, he gets less clicks that way.Darko sucks!
He knows what majority of people here think of his purely subjective reviews... and paying that kind of money for a transport and a DAC, gosh... He knows he won't get cheer leading from here and it can hurt the money he gets to advertise all those audio components... For sure those audio components look good. I'm not judging people buying that stuff, some people pay 10K$ for a watch so...Darko has blocked direct linking from ASR. How mature...
But for the music itself, i simply don't understand buying it when you can rip your CD collection with EAC in FLAC once for all.
The advantages of digital files are OBVIOUS, specially here in ASR. No need to explain them again. Always wondered why the need to keep repeating them.He knows what majority of people here think of his purely subjective reviews... and paying that kind of money for a transport and a DAC, gosh... He knows he won't get cheer leading from here and it can hurt the money he gets to advertise all those audio components... For sure those audio components look good. I'm not judging people buying that stuff, some people pay 10K$ for a watch so...
But for the music itself, i simply don't understand buying it when you can rip your CD collection with EAC in FLAC once for all. Once done, you have access to your full catalog from a NAS or any share (even one on your PC) using something like Volumio and a good DAC. These days, a ~200$ DAC is better that human ears! or one can even even go for something like an Eversolo DMP-A6. You get conveniance, you see artwork, you can make playlist, add a streaming service,etc. DAC technology is a very well mastered technology by engineers, it became a commodity. There's really no need to pay big money for getting great sound. I don't even remember when i sold my last CD player, something like 20 years ago but i really don't miss it.
You can't display, or browse, a collection of files on your wall or shelving.