Tír Na HiFi

Maciej wrote:Previously I owned few small standmount speakers and I disliked them for shouty and boxy character lacking sense of weight and authority so 3 would not be my choice.

My feeling is that the 3s wouldn't be shouty.

Great Soul man, first heard him in the 80s, saw him live in L.A. back then.

Across 110ths street, alright.

Selling the Vandersteens, if going after the Audiums, I would have thought the 3 a better bet for a 12 sq metre room.

I just signed up for the 20€ per month CD quality streaming option ("Hifi"). I'm signed up for a French account, I get the impression that the catalogue maybe more limited outside of France. This is access to unbelievable catalogue of music, for less than you can buy a couple of CDs per mo...

My question wasn't specific enough, I'd seen those two, and was considedering them, but in the end I'm trying this as a reference : http://www.lindy.co.uk/cables-adapters-c1/usb-c449/usb-2-0-c450/0-5m-cromo-usb-2-0-type-a-to-b-cable-p6859 and I'm going to see if this A&B systems cable, with sep...

USB->SPDIF interface. Does what it says on the tin.

60€ plus postage from France.

pm if interested

This 2's complement thing got me thinking about 24bit vs 16bit audio. I have some 24/96 files but haven't as yet heard an appreciable difference in my system. My position is that 16bits is adequate, and domestically, probably more than adequate. If you put 16 bit audio in a 24 bit packet it's gettin...

This level of detail is beyond me, but I understand how it may be important to getting the last "n"th of sound quality of a dac. It shows, very clearly, to me, that whilst digital audio maybe mathematically "perfect", there's leeway for interpretation during real world implementa...

If possible consider a setup where the dac can be connected to the computer with the shortest possible usb cable, preferably a simple adapter. Why spend hundreds of dollars on something if it can be eliminated altogether? Personally I would rather spend money on a pc/dac that could be connected as ...

Nice work! I just when fanless on my NUC, I think that made an improvement, nothing dramatic, just more of better. I think that basic Lindy Cable at 10€ is much better than a basic 1,8m "printer" usb cable, but in reality only subtle gains. However, listening to Enrico Rava's "Tati&qu...