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by OscarH
2021-03-22 12:35
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Short Stereophile Film
Replies: 12
Views: 7019

Re: Short Stereophile Film

Great film!
by OscarH
2021-03-13 16:39
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Linn Launch Event
Replies: 196
Views: 79615

Re: Linn Launch Event

Allegedly some shops (also within other enthusiast areas like model trains) charge extra to write a receipt to the amount you told your wife you paid...
by OscarH
2021-03-12 17:51
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Linn Launch Event
Replies: 196
Views: 79615

Re: Linn Launch Event

Source First is all good and well, but being able to afford some sort of room with electricity is a prerequisite I’d say... Electricity is source first! :-) Good point! It’s a relief to have someone acknowledge I’m doing the right thing keeping the apartment rather than buying this new streamer ;)
by OscarH
2021-03-12 16:55
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Linn Launch Event
Replies: 196
Views: 79615

Re: Linn Launch Event

Source First is all good and well, but being able to afford some sort of room with electricity is a prerequisite I’d say...
by OscarH
2021-03-10 15:11
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4730377

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

Yeah, the sound of music trumps the sound of silence...
by OscarH
2021-03-08 07:50
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Apple TV to Akurate DS
Replies: 56
Views: 29462

Re: Apple TV to Akurate DS

It's surprising to get such different results, which makes me curious whether both test scenarios are the same. The reason I ask is that volumio Spotify (and spotifyd on Debian) have their own config, while each Spotify control point appears to have its own config too... I can understand that the l...
by OscarH
2021-02-21 13:38
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Sweetspot
Replies: 9
Views: 5647

Re: Sweetspot

I like the Sweetspot, as others have suggested it does the “stereo stuff” well and when I do get to sit down I like that. But most of the time I’m somewhere else in the apartment doing something and I don’t enjoy the music less then. When off the Sweetspot the system does other things well. Overall ...
by OscarH
2021-02-10 19:44
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4730377

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

Hello, As promised a new set of clips here... A little tinkering with ‘something’ in my system. What I’ve done is cheap and fully reversible, but hopefully good. Tried to pick a record that nobody has heard before. (One, at least) free beer awaits in Copenhagen if you get it without Shazam ;) https...
by OscarH
2021-02-10 13:29
Forum: HAKAI
Topic: HAKAI playground
Replies: 737
Views: 467162

Re: HAKAI playground

Punch: https://www.dropbox.com/s/m15qdmc3n9qjtkz/20210207_143049.mp4?dl=0 Judy: https://www.dropbox.com/s/s4yv2jdzmgljnt9/20210207_143819.mp4?dl=0 Don't be distracted by the turntable! This is a purely digital comparison. Punch rather than Judy for me (just noticed: I agree with beck... unusual for...
by OscarH
2021-02-10 11:27
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4730377

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

Hello, As promised a new set of clips here... A little tinkering with ‘something’ in my system. What I’ve done is cheap and fully reversible, but hopefully good. Tried to pick a record that nobody has heard before. (One, at least) free beer awaits in Copenhagen if you get it without Shazam ;) https:...
by OscarH
2021-02-10 08:34
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4730377

Re: MusicLine with text vs against text

here is the promised comparison of the Naim MusicLine power strip 1) MusicLine I-Sheng 2m against text https://www.dropbox.com/s/hxtuvfzepdnu7sm/Video%2009.02.21%2C%2021%2052%2014.mov?dl=0 2) MusicLine I-Sheng 2m with text https://www.dropbox.com/s/aghdw23izpvh7hu/Video%2009.02.21%2C%2019%2051%2055...
by OscarH
2021-02-08 11:41
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Streaming service
Replies: 340
Views: 585970

Re: Streaming service

I have a hypethesis that I've been meaning to throw out here, now further prompted by RTM's very good playlist. It starts with a Swedish magazine named "Filter" that I read, long before I got into hifi and only rather recently recalled. Many years ago they ran a long feature about a man named Ludvig...
by OscarH
2021-02-07 13:31
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4730377

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

But that doesn't allow for a family member, flatmate, friend, ex or anyone else listening to the music too, and able to offer a 2nd opinion... How about toodem or twodem? :) I rather trust in kidem because you can’t kid ‘em. When they start singing along to obscure dad records they’ve never heard b...
by OscarH
2021-02-06 00:04
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4730377

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

That is the true test - I call it 'wifedem' :) Only that's a bit limiting. How about sodem (or does that sound too much like sodom). But that doesn't allow for a family member, flatmate, friend, ex or anyone else listening to the music too, and able to offer a 2nd opinion... How about toodem or two...
by OscarH
2021-02-05 14:21
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4730377

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

Was that from the German shop previously linked to?

I’m just about to try another little Defender trick, hopefully some clips next week.
by OscarH
2021-02-05 13:40
Forum: HAKAI
Topic: HAKAI playground
Replies: 737
Views: 467162

Re: HAKAI playground

1 for me.

Nice clips!
by OscarH
2021-02-04 16:49
Forum: HiFi
Topic: New LP12 part (rumors)
Replies: 33
Views: 16953

Re: New LP12 part (rumors)

Defender wrote: 2021-02-04 16:44
Emil wrote: 2021-02-04 16:05 We need a new Trampolin, which foot doesn’t touch the Radikal motor case.
thats a good point!
As a non-LP12-owner I have no shares in this, but would a bug fix really count as an upgrade? I hope there’s more in store for you all ;)
by OscarH
2021-02-02 08:22
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Cheap power strips for best sound.
Replies: 227
Views: 119618

Re: Cheap power strips for best sound.

Ducks
by OscarH
2021-02-01 18:05
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4730377

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

“With all that said, the “don’t change a thing” from Spannko is something of a hifi kiss of death. Then what are you supposed to do? Just listen to music? :)” Ha ha! Yes, Us fettler’s NEED something to play with. Just listening to music would be so boring! From a practical point of view though, it’...
by OscarH
2021-02-01 13:42
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4730377

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

Hopelessly late here, after both the reveal and several forum big hitters. Anyway, since you provide two sets of clips to account for varying taste in music I stuck to Bruce for simplicity. I preferred 1. Maybe more “impressive” but here the clarity of the presentation goes hand in hand with the tun...
by OscarH
2021-01-30 17:28
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Cheap power strips for best sound.
Replies: 227
Views: 119618

Re: Cheap power strips for best sound.

Better to need a break than a bypass...
by OscarH
2021-01-30 14:29
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4730377

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

Do you remember the Basic tone listeners/ overtone listeners test? If I remember correctly they are: Basic tone listeners are more suitable for rhythmic instruments. Overtone listeners are more suitable for melody-leading instruments. Perhaps Naim speaks more to the basic tone listeners and Linn / ...
by OscarH
2021-01-30 14:24
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4730377

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

What do you prefer? E) https://www.dropbox.com/s/0bfcdudfy9qj9gz/E.m4a?dl=0 F) https://www.dropbox.com/s/3tfyyb8y0xji237/F.m4a?dl=0 Late to the party... E is a bit more tuneful I’d say after going back and forth a few times. Still, my very first impression was in favour of F. Maybe the old “hifi/im...
by OscarH
2021-01-28 14:15
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Cheap power strips for best sound.
Replies: 227
Views: 119618

Re: Cheap power strips for best sound.

I couldn’t say whether I prefer with or without Audiophile Dust™️ on the power strip...