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    Kii Three Stereophile Review

    Has anyone here besides Kal heard the Kii Three and care to comment?
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    2018 Toyota Camry Photo Leak ?

    Thank you, Mike. I read the whole thread out of morbid curiousity. I think you restored balance to the universe in your three or four posts. :cool:
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    Which Ways Connecting Headphones/Speakers To Smart Phones/Computers Has Best Sound Quality

    A site devoted to all things headphone which might be helpful is here: www.innerfidelity.com This site ranks and reviews headphones of all descriptions (including Bluetooth), headphone amps, portable dacs and in ear monitors.
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    Which Ways Connecting Headphones/Speakers To Smart Phones/Computers Has Best Sound Quality

    Hi Ed, I think if you specified your higher purpose we could focus better on an answer. Are you looking for a system to take on an airplane? Play at the office in a cubicle? Listen while working on the computer at home? Be your main home critical listening system in a space-constrained...
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    Jeff's Getting a New Stereo System

    Indeed. The shape of this curve is what makes this exercise so intriguing.
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    Bugatti Veyron - must have it

    Is that why you see so many go by driving backwards? :cool:
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    You win some, you lose some, this audiophile's (and others?) dilemma

    Hi Spirit of Music, Thank you. I retired, sold my stereo and left wbf about five years ago to go sailing. Now I am back, at least temporarily, and thinking about a new system.
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    You win some, you lose some, this audiophile's (and others?) dilemma

    SOM, I think your first step should be to find and listen to the new Zu's to see if they resolve the cabinet issues you now hear. This will allow you to see what is possible and from there you can judge whether pursuing an upgrade would be worth it. The new Zu's would probably also allow you to...
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    Earth Is Under Threat and Humans Need to Leave | Stephen Hawking Says

    Yes, indeed. It becomes a question of conflicting values which cut to the core of human values. A contradiction in terms in many ways. I've been through the exercise in a serious, but hypothetical (academic), way.
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    Earth Is Under Threat and Humans Need to Leave | Stephen Hawking Says

    This may be the key question of our time. How do we cope with an ever-growing world population?
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    What are the "Must Listen to" DSD recordings and downloads?

    Working on it: Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Analog Productions (RCA Living Stereo), DSD 2.8 MHz 64fs download Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (Complete Ballet), Antal Durati, London Symphony Orchestra, Mercury Living Presence, DSD 2.8 MHz 64fs...
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    What are some of the most comfortable headphones for extended listening?

    I have used the Focal Utopias for long listening sessions without issues, despite them being heavier than average.
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    Earth Is Under Threat and Humans Need to Leave | Stephen Hawking Says

    I had a friend who was on the President's Science Advisory Council for President Reagan in the 1980's. He said preservation of the human race was an underlying motivation for the space program, at least for them, and one of the underlying reasons they supported it. There are other more proximate...
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    Coincident Statement Phono

    Thank you.
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    Coincident Statement Phono

    At last! A Coincident owner! I am interested in these systems but, of course, there is no dealer network and I know no one who has one. How do you like yours and how do they compare to others? Are they keepers?
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    Hearing test

    Just came back from the audiologist having ear impressions made for new in-ear-monitors. Also got a hearing test. Have normal hearing up to about 2 kHz and mild loss on up to 8 kHz where the test stopped. Considered not bad for 69 years! My Astell&Kern AK380 DAP has a 20 band parametric...
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    Schiit, interesting name...more interesting products!

    Would you be so kind as to give references to a few of these CD's? I'd like to put prospective DACs to the test.
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    What's Spinning Tonight?

    I figured as much, but you raised a valid issue of "unintended consequences." :cool:
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    What's Spinning Tonight?

    Hmmm. Failed to anticipate that. It's a screen shot from Tidal so in that sense it's a no-op.:confused:
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    What's Spinning Tonight?

    Arthur Pizarro is available from Linn Records as hiRez downloads. I recommend the complete piano works by Ravel, Volume 1 & 2. Also, there is a smattering of tracks available on Tidal:
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    Beatles Mono Box Set---first listen

    I've always assumed that raw analog and digital copies of such historical recordings would be made and archived. Is this not the case? And maybe they are not as good as the originals even now?
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    Doctor's Orders-Part Two-The New Listening Room Of Steve Williams

    Can it possibly surpass the sound when you were in Danville? PS. I think I see one open spot left. :cool:
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    What's Spinning Tonight?

    Happiness is sitting in the salon, in the rain, on the hard, listening to these recommendations on hiRez Tidal.
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    Who's buying the UpTone Audio ISO REGEN?

    I suspect most people participating in the forum are "above average." So, I going say yes about the positive assumptions you could make about me and make the same assumptions about you. You can guess that I and many others are qualified to understand your position. It's a safe bet I didn't miss...
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    Who's buying the UpTone Audio ISO REGEN?

    And what about your customers?
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    Who's buying the UpTone Audio ISO REGEN?

    Your attempts to stifle scruitiny of your device are wrong on so many levels. First, there is no such thing as bad publicity. Second, as you observe from this thread, Amir has considerable creativity, competence and credibility and knows how to use it. He will get one of your devices...
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    What is the BEST Portable Solution? Musical bliss where ever you are in World?

    Most transportable system for plane, bus, train is phone + IEMs (in ear monitors). IEMs seal out the noise. Best portable system, for when you get there, is Astell&Kern AK380 player, 384GB hiRez music with Focal Utopia headphones.
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    What is the BEST Portable Solution? Musical bliss where ever you are in World?

    Carl, Did you survive the rains?
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    What is the BEST Portable Solution? Musical bliss where ever you are in World?

    Native storage is 256GB + microSD card also up to 256GB. Total 512GB. Tidal not available offline and exclusive to iOS and Android apps. See comments at bottom of page here and subsequent page: https://us.astellnkern.com/blogs/news/product-information-a-ultima-sp1000
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    Microsoft unveils Surface tablet to rival iPad

    I think you may be right. Integration at the operating system level is a primary key in my experience. In my consulting business I use 5 different platforms--smart phone, tablet, laptop, desktop and server. The last three are powered by microsoft operating systems. The first two are Android...

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