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RogerNgPolyu
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Feb 4, 2019
Happy to share my personal experience here! 1. I have three sets: one on road, one in office, one at home. 2. The set on road composes of (1) SONY ZX-1 + (2) B&W C5. 3. The set in office composes of (1) red dos tube headphone amplifier, available in Massdrop + (2) very nice DAC (using ESS9028pro) + (3) a decent Marshall Monitor [expecting to get my KOSS ESP/95X from Massdrop] and (4) the sound source is an Apple Mac Pro running VOX and exporting signals via optical link. 4. The set at home composes of (1) Denon CD player (with DSD) + (2) Audio Research tube pre-amplifier + (3) Threshold Mono blocks + (4) GNP Valkyrie speakers. 5. My sound sources are Spotify + CD + DSD + Hi-res from website. All three systems sound differently.  It is a matter of hi-fi (hi-res) quality and music enjoyment. If your focus is music enjoyment and don’t care too much on the exact texture and details, so there is no need to waste money on expensive gear even there is differences.  If you want to have both of the world, then be prepared to pay.  Does streaming high quality on Spotify count? My hearing ability is normal (tested), I can easily tell the differences between the same CD playing on Spotify versus any of my set.  I can tell the differences of recordings sampled at different rates and bits, because I know how they different, and so I know what to look for.  Do I needto use a service like Tidal? Only streaming at 1100kbps is really not Hi-res. I have no comment.  What details should I look for besides the music being "lossless"? You should pay attention to where and who make the recording, because good recording make a lot of differences.   By the way, in my Audi, I play "wav" format. forget about "lossless"  Can I truly get the most out of HiFi music with standard equipment? Definitely NO!  I spent few years experimenting what kinds of accessory (such as cables, power supply, stand, spike, room acoustic, etc.) to get the most out of my gear at home. Not many people know how to use the equaliser to the best benefits. Not to mention about the dual sound volume control. There is long way to learn. A last piece of advise: if you are a music lover, somewhere in your gear, you MUST have a tube pre-amp or power amp.   Enjoy the music...!
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