OMG! It worked! I just instantly transferred 322 out of 347 songs on Spotify to Qobuz!
Thank you, Alex.
(If you guys had told me that high-resolution digital could be this convenient I might’ve done this a long time ago! Seriously, Qobuz rocks!)
(If you guys had told me that high-resolution digital could be this convenient I might’ve done this a long time ago! Seriously, Qobuz rocks!)
After numerous instances of seeing how neighborly it is to be handed an iPad and to search around for any song I choose to play on a friend's personal system or on a dealer's demo system I have decided to reciprocate this hospitality to future visitors to my future stereo in my future listening room in my future house by offering the same capability. I am not doing this for me; I am doing this for you.
So . . . I am arranging to purchase a used Innuos Zenith SE, and I shall search for an MSB Premier in due course, as well as an MSB Pro USB and an MSB Pro ISL. This is not in any way an effort to build a digital playback capability equal to the vinyl and tape set-ups. Whatever I get for streaming I do not intend to pursue any upgrade process, let alone a never-ending upgrade cycle. I seek to have only a moderately respectable streaming capability for friends to use when they visit.
https://www.whatsbestforum.com/thre...-without-a-computer-like-spotify.27636/page-1
Thanks to all participants on the above thread who patiently taught me about streaming and subscription services and digital signal interfaces!
PS: If you tell me I will have to A/B compare the sound of different ethernet cables to connect the Innuos to my wi-fi router I will abort the entire project.
I just subscribed to Qobuz hi-res, and then I compared the same song on Spotify versus Qobuz. The Qobuz CD quality does indeed sound better than MP3 on Spotify. (Ugh! so now I have to replicate my Spotify song list with hundreds of tracks to Qobuz? )
Then, I added Qobuz to Sonos. So I guess I will be able to play Qobuz through the every-room music distribution system in the house.
So is there anything we still need Spotify for???
Roon rulez everythingThe Qobuz app is not quite as easy-peezy, user-friendly as Spotify.
I agree but don't care for either one. I want to be shown what I want and not a gazillion things I don't.The Qobuz app is not quite as easy-peezy, user-friendly as Spotify.
If your floor has zero vibration then you have canceled all the frequencies below about 25hz. You can’t hear them, you must feel them. Maybe your chair can catch some? There’s definitely a balance.
Wow...an honor to hear from Funk directly...your reputation clearly precedes you as a serious and respected designer of great subs! I am always cautious of asking questions from experts about their thoughts on design...else they become drawn into debates which devolve into fights, insults...
That said, I would really love to know some 'basics' from an industry expert about your observations (not asking for 'good vs bad') regarding some basic approaches:
- 'solid aluminum' active with massive cabinetry (ie, 400lbs) route
- 'super-duper-servo' in active box route
- old fashioned 'size matters 5 foot tall passive monster with separate amp' route
- use 4 smaller subs...and just focus on the maze of set up options and get it right
I am sure each has its pros/cons...but would love ANY kind of commentary as an expert who no doubt understands how each design strategy works.
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- use 4 smaller subs...and just focus on the maze of set up options and get it right
This is a big topic, 1,2,3,4,-infinity, how many subs are best(spread around and correctly setup/optimized)? Most people will say the higher the number the better, and one is never a good idea, period. This is not "always" the case. Every room and setup is different, and yes while usually "more is better" its not always true. I have done rooms where there was one sub location when dialed in gave crazy good response across the whole seating area, in one room like that we ran many combinations of 1,2,3,4,6 subs all around the room, and compared to 1 only when we got to 6 did it get back to as good(not considering all the extra output of course), with 2,3, or 4 no matter what we did it was actually worse. That is a rare case but I think its more common than many think that 1 or 2 works perfectly good and more either doesn't help or actually makes things worse, even if correctly setup. My point is that yes "generally" more is better but to make assumptions about the correct number for any given space without testing(or simulating withing the limitations of the simulator) is a bad idea. Usually if you really don't know what works in your space I recommend 2 subs.
Having a dual 16 that weighs approximately 1000 pounds and a FSR-18 with about 125 lbs added to it, the bass below 25 hz has always shook the entire house. But by far the most positive effect on the total bass character has been removing distortion from the audio signal.If your floor has zero vibration then you have canceled all the frequencies below about 25hz. You can’t hear them, you must feel them. Maybe your chair can catch some? There’s definitely a balance.
Nothing really wrong with any of those approaches and the best fit varies with application. A few thoughts on each though;
- old fashioned 'size matters 5 foot tall passive monster with separate amp' route
Similar to the first comment but I saved active v passive for here; The pros to the amp built in are that the amp is perfectly matched to the subwoofer by design, and it maintains the highest possible damping factor at the driver, the cons are that is your only choice for amp. The pros to separate amps is that you have more options, cons are then you have to determine what will work best within the limitations of the chosen amp and or sub design(custom subs help a lot with that aspect as you can optimize for a given amp)