tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: Turntables and Stereo Equipment
Posted: Thu November 19, 2020 6:50 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Turntables and Stereo Equipment
Posted: Thu November 19, 2020 6:57 pm
by Strat
tragabigzanda wrote:Strat, can you point to any immediate benefits your Ortofon Bronze offers above, say, the Red you recommended me? Is it really worth 4x the price?
I noticed a massive improvement from my stock cartridge on my first turntable to the 2m Red, then additional massive improvement from the red to the ortofon blue.
Not quite the increase on the Bronze but its still needs some breaking in.
Another rabbit hole because some records are just going to sound the same regardless.
I noticed less...distorting out and finer separation at each upgrade though.
tragabigzanda wrote:Strat, can you point to any immediate benefits your Ortofon Bronze offers above, say, the Red you recommended me? Is it really worth 4x the price?
I noticed a massive improvement from my stock cartridge on my first turntable to the 2m Red, then additional massive improvement from the red to the ortofon blue.
Not quite the increase on the Bronze but its still needs some breaking in.
Another rabbit hole because some records are just going to sound the same regardless.
I noticed less...distorting out and finer separation at each upgrade though.
That's super helpful. I'll try the Blue next time I'm ready to upgrade (at 1000 hours of use, I'd wager that'll be in 2-3 years).
It was noticeable during certain crescendo's in songs where the instruments would really bleed or distort together. that seemed to get better at each upgrade
Re: Turntables and Stereo Equipment
Posted: Thu November 19, 2020 8:17 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Turntables and Stereo Equipment
Posted: Thu November 19, 2020 8:24 pm
by Strat
tragabigzanda wrote:I wonder if hitting your EQ pots with deoxit would help with that? This is pure speculation
Well i definitely need to clean up the interior of my receiver but i can tell when its THAT specifically.
Re: Turntables and Stereo Equipment
Posted: Sun November 22, 2020 7:55 pm
by super nintendo chalmers
Audioengine B1 is SPECTACULAR
Re: Turntables and Stereo Equipment
Posted: Sun November 22, 2020 8:02 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Turntables and Stereo Equipment
Posted: Sun November 22, 2020 9:58 pm
by super nintendo chalmers
With Neil Archives with the Full Resolution mode clicked I can definitely hear a marked difference.
Re: Turntables and Stereo Equipment
Posted: Sun November 22, 2020 10:08 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Turntables and Stereo Equipment
Posted: Thu December 31, 2020 1:23 am
by tragabigzanda
Re: Turntables and Stereo Equipment
Posted: Thu December 31, 2020 1:26 am
by Strat
tragabigzanda wrote:
super nintendo chalmers wrote:Audioengine B1 is SPECTACULAR
Got this for Xmas. Haven't set it up yet. Seems like I'll basically be running three input scenarios through my receiver, unless I'm misunderstanding something and you want to set me straight:
1. Analog vinyl
2. Wired iPad playing Amazon Music HD FLAC files (currently 24/48 via RCA cables, but I'll probably get a Dragonfly for 24/192)
3. Audioengine B1 for casual bluetooth connections
My understanding is that ios devices convert all audio to AAC or SBC for bluetooth. So even 24/192 FLAC files from Amazon Music HD will get encoded to AAC.
What a mess. But glad to be sorting it out.
You could just get an AppleTV and be done with it but whatever i love you regardless
Re: Turntables and Stereo Equipment
Posted: Thu December 31, 2020 1:27 am
by tragabigzanda
Re: Turntables and Stereo Equipment
Posted: Thu December 31, 2020 1:28 am
by Strat
tragabigzanda wrote:
Strat wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
super nintendo chalmers wrote:Audioengine B1 is SPECTACULAR
Got this for Xmas. Haven't set it up yet. Seems like I'll basically be running three input scenarios through my receiver, unless I'm misunderstanding something and you want to set me straight:
1. Analog vinyl
2. Wired iPad playing Amazon Music HD FLAC files (currently 24/48 via RCA cables, but I'll probably get a Dragonfly for 24/192)
3. Audioengine B1 for casual bluetooth connections
My understanding is that ios devices convert all audio to AAC or SBC for bluetooth. So even 24/192 FLAC files from Amazon Music HD will get encoded to AAC.
What a mess. But glad to be sorting it out.
You could just get an AppleTV and be done with it but whatever i love you regardless
no Apple TV also only plays AAC/SBC via Bluetooth. Only Macs (and maybe Macbooks?) stream lossless via bluetooth.
I would assume downloading the Amazon Music app would allow you to stream your desired lossless settings much like Tidal did for me.
That's super helpful. I'll try the Blue next time I'm ready to upgrade (at 1000 hours of use, I'd wager that'll be in 2-3 years).