Audiophiles hifi appreciation thread old and new

once it learns to stop pushing misogynist rap music in your suggestions for new music it’s a decent streaming service and app but it doesn’t carry over full functionality into the Naim app so for me playlists are best done in Tidal.

Audio quality is very good though some tracks are just not up to good vinyl replay. but thats not Tidals fault.
i guess i can always upgrade back to MQA masters if needed.

I have Tidal hifi plus Roon. It's expensive but it's good. If I had to give up one, I'd ditch Roon and go back to JRMC.

As a result, I don't buy CDs anymore so I could claim some cost off set there, but in reality I'm just buying vinyl instead.

Tidal is kind of redundant now Apple Music give lossless streams without paying a premium?

Doesn't Tidal do the same? Lossless is in its standard subscription.

Obviously the main issue is that every service integrates with different stuff, just to be really annoying.

I can't get on with Apple music. Have been trialling it for 3 months but I find the interface frustrating, searches are slow and the suggestions it comes up with are totally geared to force the latest pop into your ears.

Much prefer tidal and now they have different pricing tiers I'll switch back.

‘Acoustic Response’

Reference! Good recall.

Here are mine.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acoustic-Reference-SM-1000-3-Way-Speakers-Black-High-End-Very-good-condition-/194062342613?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

They've held their value well. Probably shudda kept them. I think I sold them for £50 to a mate... although idk if he paid me.

I prefer the Qobuz interface to both Spotify and Tidal. Worth a try on one of the promo deals that are probably circulating.

I find Tidal works pretty well for the applications I use.

It's good in the car; I just select an album and then it keeps going.

It works ok through UNDOK (for Ruark things, although the UNDOK ui is not that great, but it is reasonably functional).

It works well through Roon, although I think some elements of the Tidal app could be better integrated into Roon functionality.

Personally, I have no interest in switching to Apple. But that's just because I don't particularly like Apple, and don't buy any of their hardware.

Amazing. So 90s.

I thought the rule was " the longer the name,.the shitter the speaker"

Picking up on the TV chat from a page or so back... This deal seems stupidly cheap:

https://shop.bt.com/products/lg-48--oled-a16la-ultra-hd-hdr-smart-tv-oled48a16la-aek-GBZ3.html?referrerid=ZA00&utm_source=awin&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_content=ZA00&awc=3043_1637767919_a655688d157aa2cc1ec6e8b538cdc477

Is the A series really that much worse than the step up to the C?

danish audiophile loudspeaker industries

The c was where I got to in my limited research

Yeah me too - although only really because it's supposed to be better, and I'm not fully sure why!

(Mind you, asking for performance differences in more expensive kit in the audiophile thread is a fools game isn't it ...)

Any B&O 6000/2 love here?
i was given a pair which i donated to my partner for her flat as there was no hi-fi to speak of, seems there's a bit of a following and people repair/renovate them and even make £300 finned wood modernist grilles for them.

thing is they are very capable and not just minimalist hi-fi for architects/golfers, i’m going to have a real job convincing her that my Rega/Naim/Tidal/Leema Xero/heavy stands are better than those plugged into a iPad with spotify, they will probably fill the room better than my system when/if we finally move into a cohabiting place with a bigger lounge.

might have to buy new speakers/power amp...

It depends what you want it for.

Netflix / Sky - it’ll still smash anything else out the park.

Xbox / PS5 - no HDMI 2.1 or VRR means it’s already out of date

This is a great summary as I’m not a gamer.

If I only want it for tv / films and the message is that’s fine, I’m good…

Yup.

You still get a brighter panel and better processor on the C / G models but, for the money, that A panel is excellent and you still get 90% of what you’d be getting with the C.

Done, pissed up purchase last night on the train

Even when I've trained it in my tunes, it still constantly push's music at me that is the total opposite end of what I want. When you do go down a good wormhole though, its excellent.

Same dilemma, listen mostly at work so having 'the best' isn't important as I'm normally clanging tools around and just want something in the background, i'm not sitting their with a drink picking apart my previous choices in cabling and power supplies lol. But at home, I do, there are some surprisingly tiny groups/bands that have gone through and done an MQA version of old stuff and pretty much every time its that version that I've saved in a playlist.

Bigger and better?

https://jeffsplace.positive-feedback.com/%E2%99%AB-spec-the-maestros-votts-system/

Ordered a TV, just went LG A1 as it dropped to £650 a few days ago (with a random plastic WWE fake wrestling belt in the box?), and £650 vs £1000 for the C1 just now newest gaming device I have is a PS4 which just about does 1080p and HDMI 1.4 (?) might slap a gaming PC together but doubt it'll be the latest and greatest so wouldn't be able to take advantage of the other things that the HDMI 2.1 + screen sync functions that it offers. I think the main advantage is the lighting time of OLED is crazy fast compared to any previous home quality TV I've seen (no £20k beasts in my street). Really really notice those fast panning shots where there is a lot of high detail flying past the edges of the screen, even on a 2019 samsung QLED that next door have (£15-1800 worth whatever model that would be) is a blurry mess, on the LG basic OLED is crispy sharp and much less motion sickness inducing. And black, it does black extremely well. Didn't compare it in a shop versus the Philips/Sony OLED offerings but imagine they are all fairly similar.

Will spend the spare money on a half of a new hot water tank, joys of adulting.

Bet they sound epic, the story behind them is great too - super muso nerd working with the bleeding edge of speaker tech and technicians, money no object.

Jeff's boutique kettle leads, power conditioners, little blocks to lift speaker cables off the ground etc are hilarious.

My new listening room, just getting the room correction right (mic is out of frame) had to do it several times as i wanted to wear winter/summer clothing and hats with a brim as this will change the reflection pattern and wool absorbs lower frequencies than cotton/linen.

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whats the deal with those blocks to lift the cable off the ground? presumably snake oil drizzled over daft beliefs?