Recent content by Hear Here

Yes indeed I need an app, but not more than one. I wouldn't want an app that offers a particular music vendor's music (Tidal, Qobuz, etc) if it didn't also have access to my Libratry, radio stations, Radio Paradise and my volume control. BluOS offers all that and I guess Roon too - with the...

Not looking for that, but I do like to be able to start my system and play music from a number of sources (as described above) without having to fart around with an app!

I'd like to see what's playing without having to power up a PC or fiddle around with a phone. I like to power up my system with a single press of a button and start music playing (from a radio station, or Radio Paradise, or a Qobuz play queue, etc) using only the front panel screen, or the IR...

Wow, so the streamer and preamp sections are not used? A costly DAC. I would certainly want to use all 3 elements - streamer, DAC and preamp - and would need the package to perform exceptionally well. I am using the NAD M66 at present, but it's not sound quality that's letting it down, but...

Agree fully about sound quality as first priority but there are now many excellent streamer preamps around and features that the user enjoys is a factor to consider. I've not heard the Esoteric, but it's good to find someone who owns it. What control app do you use and how user-friendly is it...

Just spotted this thread about a product I have on a short-list of streamer preamps. Pity about the grotty front panel screen. Is it realy a monochrome text-only display with no album artwork? If so, can it squirt album artwork artwork or other information onto a connected TV? I don't think...

I am always keen to read about products, old or new, but I'd like to know if the writer is "trade" or "one of us"! If trade (manufacturer, dealer, etc), is this fact displayed on his avatar at the left side of the text? We should be aware that there may be (unlikely no doubt) a vested interest...

That looks more like a home-made bomb! Have you a target in mind!

All reviews, even those written by unbiased and knowledgeable reviewers need to be read both as written and between the lines. Magazines are unlikely to blatantly criticise a product in obvious ways, but reading between the lines will often reveal the true impression the item has made on the...

I'd add Robert Deutsch in particular to the excellent reviewers used by Stereophile. In 2002 when I was struggling to enjoy the sound from my recently acquired ATC 50 Active speakers, I read his review of the Avantgarde Uno speaker. His excellent and thorough review made me realise and...

It's great you like the ML 5805. This amp was a consideration when I decided to move away from SETs for my Avantgarde speakers, although I'd have gone for its digital-only brother, the 5802, as the latter offers more digital features in place of the analogue ones in the 5805 - and it's...

I've had both QUAD and Martin Logan electrostatics {Expression 13A) in my system and certainly they are good at low volume levels. However, even better are good quality horn speakers, such as Avantgarde. All these will provide more "sparkling" detail than conventional box or most other types...

I'm not saying anything about the Youtube guy, only that I don't watch Youtube "reviews", as they are normally singing the praises of equipment they have a vested interest in promoting. In any event I see nothing in a very quick scan of that video that may help the OP in his Class A question...

I'm never a Youtube watcher when it comes to audio reviews. There's invariably a vested interest associated with the "reviewer" who often knows less about audio than me, or probably you! My point is simple - speakers with as low a sensitivity as the B&W's 88 dB (though the reviewer's graphics...

Well, given the very low sensitivity of the B&W speakers, I'd suggest against Class A (or SET for that matter) as those speakers need plenty of watts and Class A watts and SET watts are ridiculously expensive. And you'll need your AC running continuously to rid your room of the heat that the...