I have the upgrade itch and I'm trying to talk myself out of upgrading my stylus that already sounds great with my system.
This arrived via post earlier this morning. Absolutely love this album, to me has no skips and I like it more than his other albums. Although, Forever Story is quality too.
only cost me £8.50 from music magpie so thought why not. I wanted Dark Side of the Moon on CD anyway.
Does anyone else collect SACDs?
Bought for £139 from Cash Converters last week. I had the Fosi Audio DM15 R2R cd player, but I had issues with it so returned it and bought the CDS27 as I couldn't resist at aforementioned price. It's built like a tanks and sounds fantastic.
£350 for this unit that's in immaculate condition. I already have the Arcam CDS27, so would go with this aesthetically. Not sure if £350.os overpriced, seems like these are listening for more than that on ebay.
I sit roughly 6 feet away from mine when working from my desk with my left ear parallel to the speakers, it's not ideal but works for me. However, when I'm not working, I move one foot back and listen normally facing my speakers . My Speakers are the same distance apart as to where I sit, so I get an equilateral triangle when listening to music.
Basically, I bought an Arcam FMJ CDS27 for quite cheap and it looks the part. However, I want a matching arcam amp, as there's quite a few listed on Ebay/Facebook. Currently I use the Fosi V3 monoblocks and Fosi ZP3 which is easily enough but having a stack of the same branding or looking components in a rack appeals to me. I could sell the V3 and ZP3 to fund this. And Which Arcam amp would you recommend? heard great things about the A85. My budget is £350.
I still collect Vinyl, love this hobby. However, the prices are getting out of hand and as we all know can be a slippery slope when collecting. I've spent around £500 on 15 records over the last two months and if I carried on with this trajectory it would get insane financially. Therefore, I started looking at used CDs because obviously they're way cheaper, plus it'd be nice to have a mixture of physical albums in different formats.
Miles Davis - In a Silent away
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Just wondering if anyone has one of these amps? Seen one online that's in good condition cosmetically, but I've heard they have relay issues. Just wondering if it is a common issue.
Can - Monster Movie:
One of their tracks came on Qobuz after listening to Band of Gypsys and I was hooked., Also that album artwork of Galactus is amazing. Been listening to their albums in chronological order and just finish Tago Mago, I'd say Sound tracks is my favourite, but hasn't been repressed yet.
Samm Henshaw - It Could Be Worse
Very nice Neo Soul/R&B album. Lovely laid back voice. Definitely recommend him to anyone that's into this genre.
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the other three I own on Vinyl, but her Mother Album is like £45/£50 and it's not my favourite of hers (Still a great album, mind). The CD is overpriced at £15, but it's easier on the wallet.
Paid £139 for it from Cash Converters. Had been eyeing one of these up since I sent back my Fiio DM15 R2R. I was content using my DVD player but was having issues with playing discs, so when I ventured onto the Cash Converters website I saw this and immediately purchased The thing is so heavy!
I did pull the trigger for the FMJ 19, but cancelled my order as the Fosi ZP3 and V3 monoblocks are enough.
I was intrigued to see if I'd notice a difference between dacs, and honestly I cannot find one. Not sure what DAC the Cambridge DVD-55 uses but I am impressed. This DVD player cost me £20 from a car boot sale too.
The iFi Neo idsd is still handy to have as that's connected to my PC via a long USB cable so I can listen to my local files.
Joey Bada$$ - All Amerikkkan Bada$$
When this released I wasn't much of a fan, but over the years it grew on me and eventually came to really like the album.
The repress came out yesterday and my local record store had it in, so had to cop it.
Buddy Miles got me here. After listening to some of his catalogue, I stumbles across Band of Gypsies and absolutely loved the album. Found it at my local record store.
I'll be going through Jimi's catalogue, what doe you suggest I should listen too first? or should I start in chronological order?
when connected to a phone or DAP and using USB Audio Player Pro, do you experience any pops and clicks when changing track? Thus happened with my Fiio DM15 R2R when connected to my Fiio M21. I m aware this happens when switching bit rates, but this happened within the same album. However, Fiio music app worked fine.
Can anyone check for me and confirm?
Sending back the DM15 R2R because it kept making weird noise when skipping to the next track and even during playing a song was audible from where my desk is, which is about 2 meters away. I may have had a faulty product, but I don't know. Anyways, my Cambridge Audio player never had these issues either.
another thing, even though the DM15 was used as a transport connected to my Dac, it sounded like it was under water. I checked if any EQ was or if the bass boost was on and they were not. Very odd.
Anyways, if anyone can suggest a compact CD player then I'm. all ears. I've had a look at the Shanling CR60 but heard numerous issues from various forums.
Needed a new Compact CD player that can be also used as a dedicated headphone DAC amp and also connect it to my speaker setup, so after a bit of research I decided with the Fiio DM15 R2R.
And to show it off I treated myself to the new Gorillaz album, The Mountains. Such a wonderful album...one of the songs actually made me cry called The Harding Thing, it's about losing someone close to you and after losing my mum 7 years ago, I have surpressed my feelings, but after listening to that song I couldn't hold back the tears.
Overall, happy with the setup!
Solange - A Seat at the Table
a modern classic in my opinion and honestly, I thought I had this in my collection. When I get home is my favourite album of hers, but this is a close second.