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Post by f456gt on Sept 6, 2020 18:08:05 GMT
Hi Chaps,
I discovered audio equipment videos on You Tube produced by a company named Kenrick Sound and I was surprised to see them using laptops and iphones through a mess of components and not to mention a myriad of interconnect cables. I found out that Kenrick Sound is world famous for restoring and modifying legendary loudspeakers. The firm specializes in JBL speakers. Kenrick Sound is located in Otaku, Tokyo, a Japanese company that gives premium white glove service. Their speaker reconditioning (mostly JBL) includes re-magnetizing the drivers.
My wife listens to music through her iphone and I was wondering how would it sound in my system, I know nothing about these things and I am trying to adapt to the digital world, I may like it.
At the beginning of this video you can see a cell phone.
In this one there is a laptop in the first minutes of play.
Is this jukebox music? A TV plasma screen is not an accurate medium to judge a system.
Cheers,
Horacio
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Post by MartinT on Sept 6, 2020 18:32:32 GMT
Any phone leaves a lot to be desired as a music source, whether via bluetooth or in a cradle. Why compromise such good equipment by using a phone as a source when it's so easy to do better?
My LG phone has a particularly competent DAC but it is not a patch on my Asus streamer that cost less and does a far better job.
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Post by chrisl on Sept 7, 2020 7:38:15 GMT
The counterpoint would be: I always include less than ideal sources when I demo equipment, because I (ideally) want my system to highlight the best quality sources, whilst still keeping lower quality ones acceptable to listen to.
The reality is we all end up listening to slightly shonky inputs at times: dodgily encoded MP3s, low bit rate DAB stations, low strength FM stations, badly master LPs/CDs etc, etc..... It's nice when a system handles the good and bad gracefully.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 7, 2020 9:08:18 GMT
The counterpoint would be: I always include less than ideal sources when I demo equipment, because I (ideally) want my system to highlight the best quality sources, whilst still keeping lower quality ones acceptable to listen to. That's a good point. I often say that Spotify can sound more than good enough on my system, which shows that data timing and a good DAC can still overcome compression if done well (and Ogg sounds a lot better than mp3). I can bluetooth from my phone into Volumio, which is useful for listening to YouTube, for instance. |
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Post by chrisl on Sept 7, 2020 10:59:31 GMT
Of course, as long as that's the context, and they're not throwing bluetooth audio at the system and thinking that the ultimate in quality! Which also would not surprise me.
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Post by ajski2fly on Sept 7, 2020 11:36:05 GMT
Any phone leaves a lot to be desired as a music source, whether via bluetooth or in a cradle. Why compromise such good equipment by using a phone as a source when it's so easy to do better? My LG phone has a particularly competent DAC but it is not a patch on my Asus streamer that cost less and does a far better job. An iPhone can be fine, but with specific caveats, it needs to be running IOS 11 and above, and an iPhone 6s or newer, and the right software (iTunes and Apple Music don't allow full playback of hi-res files). There is more information www.whathifi.com/advice/how-to-play-hi-res-music-your-iphone-0 |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 7, 2020 11:40:42 GMT
It doesn't need to be an iPhone!
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