Julf wrote:
> I mostly agree, but then there are the vinyl hipsters (who will soon
> move on to cassettes), but also a significant group of young, clueful
> people who actually listen to flac and high-bitrate lossy formats, on
> reasonable gear, but would never dream of paying $100 for a cable. They
> are the ones who suffer from the effects of the audiophile silliness in
> the marketplace.
Funny thing is, I know quite a lot of those who think that they are the
real "audiophiles" compared to me, because they use overpriced Apple,
Beats, and Sonos hardware while I tinker with cheap Raspberry Pis and
"old crap" like Squeezebox ...
New setup:
- ASRock Ion 330, Lubuntu 14.04, LMS 7.9, FLAC
- *Duet* > AKG Hearo 888 Titan (home office), *Boom + Canton ASF 75
SC* (master bedroom), *Boom* (master bathroom), *Radio* (guest
bathroom), *RPi + KODI 15 + XSqueeze* > Samsung UE60H6270 > Denon
AVR-770SD > Mission 2.1 speakers (living room)
- *Classic* > Parasound DAC 1500 > vintage Wega Modul 42V amp (42E
equalizer, 42T tape deck + Thorens TD 160 Mk II turntable) > Quadral
Vulkan Mk II (music room)
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