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Nov 13, 2018 - 1:14 AM
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Tall Guy
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Mine cost over £13,000, and as you can imagine, I’m very happy with it. Technical specs? Okay, if you insist: VW Passat, 2 litre tdi, bought in 2015 with 7,000 miles on the clock (the day before the Morricone O2 concert in London, to which it propelled three consenting grown up males) now 99,000 miles. It plays CDs beautifully, also Talk Sport radio.
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I have basically my entire setup down to one unit now, a T+A R 1000 E, which currently drives my two over 20 years old I.Q. floor standing speaker set; I am in the process of selecting new speakers, though. (Listened to stuff like B&W 702s, Canton Reference 5K, Sonus Faber Venere S, Heco Direkt Dreiklang.. some more... Pershaps in December I shall know more.) For me, a good home stereo system is really the core for all the music I listen to. Sure, I listen to music on the go, in my car or with my smart phone, but that's out of necessity. I prefer to listen to music at home on a good setup through decent speakers; it is futile to listen to Mahler or Schönberg or Boulez in the car. I have pretty much ripped all my music CDs and listen only to files, not to the actual CD anymore (way more comfortable that way).
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Nov 13, 2018 - 4:52 AM
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MusicMad
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Mine cost over £13,000, and as you can imagine, I’m very happy with it. Technical specs? Okay, if you insist: VW Passat, 2 litre tdi, bought in 2015 with 7,000 miles on the clock (the day before the Morricone O2 concert in London, to which it propelled three consenting grown up males) now 99,000 miles. It plays CDs beautifully, also Talk Sport radio. At 25-30k miles/annum I can see why you need a decent car sound system! Having improved our home hif-fi set-up I now find that I rarely listen to music in the car as the quality is so lacking in comparison. If I do then I usually opt for a compilation of easy-listening songs ... but even then I find I'm missing the detail in the voice and underlying backing which brings me so much enjoyment at home. Mitch
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... For me, a good home stereo system is really the core for all the music I listen to.... I have pretty much ripped all my music CDs and listen only to files, not to the actual CD anymore (way more comfortable that way). Agreed ... with the convenience of ripped CDs now being accessible in so many ways making the listening even more enjoyable (though this does entail some time ripping re: suitable tags). Mitch Yes, it is the tagging that takes the most time. When I started ripping my collection in 2013, I spent some time first thinking about I wanted it to be organized. I usually use whatever track titles the meta-tag databases come up with, but album artist, composer, artist etc. tags I usually have to edit. It was a lot of work. On the whole, I wanted to make sure that I have to do this only once. Nowadays, when a CD comes in, I open it, rip it, tag the files and put the CD into the shelf, where it stays until I want to read the booklet.
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I rip all of my CDs to ALAC on itunes which are stored on a Mac Mini which is hooked up via HDMI to a Pioneer Amp which powers a pair of B&W 704 floor standing speakers. A few years back I decided to make a big (for me) investment in a proper set of speakers so purchased a 5.1 setup made up of the 700 series speakers in piano black. One of the best investments I every made. I listen to my music in 1 of 3 ways: 1. If I'm sitting down to listen to a score properly then I listen to it through the set-up described above. 2. If I'm listening casually as I move around the apartment then, for ease, I use a pair of Apple Homepods set in stereo mode. 3. If I'm out and about I use a pair of B&W PX wireless headphones using itunes Match
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I'm considering purchasing the Sony HAP-Z1ES digital audio player. http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/sony-hap-z1es-hdd-audio-player Have any of you had any experience with this product? The reviews seem to be good. I don't know that particular unit but it sure look nice. :-) In 2017, compared quite a few digital audio players (and variants), though not that particular model. But I can tell you: you can buy just about any digital audio player in that price class and chances are it will sound great. So you can pretty much look at the data sheet and the how much you like the look and feel and functions, and the overall quality of the player: if the unit does what you want it to do, has the line-outs and ins that you want/need, and you like the look and "feel" of it, you can buy it. You just have to ensure it has the right outputs for your amp (depending on whether you want to connect it via digital or analog output).
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I have basically my entire setup down to one unit now, a T+A R 1000 E, which currently drives my two over 20 years old I.Q. floor standing speaker set; I am in the process of selecting new speakers, though. After lots of considerations, I have finally purchased a set of black glass-veneer [audio physic] Avantis. Very natural and impressive sounding floor standing loudspeakers, perfect for our living room (both optically and acoustically).
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