music in the shed

Andy,

I am acting on a recommendation from a Hi-Fi, tech savvy workmate.
Tidal streaming is non-compressed I believe, but file size is enormous. Quality is exceptional.
 
Hey Cam just YouTube a song you want to listen too and plug in a 3.5mm jack from your phone to your stereo.  Job done...

I install this AV rubbish as a job but have no interest in it at all. People over complicate things.
 
Jod said:
Hey Cam just YouTube a song you want to listen too and plug in a 3.5mm jack from your phone to your stereo.  Job done...

I install this AV rubbish as a job but have no interest in it at all. ""People over complicate things.""
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You can say that again, just have a look at the wiring on cbertozz bike.

No offence meant, I'm really enjoying the thread
 
Dellortoman said:
Digitising existing music - there's another issue I know nothing about. I have a bunch of CDs which are already in some kind of digital format. I presume it's no more complicated than simply shoving them into the disk slot on a PC and copying them to a data folder. 

Cheers,
Cam
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Cam, for better or worse I use iTunes which is free from Apple. Works as well on a PC as an Apple computer. Loaded all my CDs into the iTunes folder (will do it automatically for you when you plop in the disc) and will download the cover art as well. From there it is simple to copy to your phone. I use the Sony speaker because it had near field communication (NFC) and it is piss easy to use (just place the phone near the speaker and once you hit the NFC recognition off you go), no set up required and gives a sound more than adequate for my half deaf ears and the noise in the shed. Can also plug in the phone via a 3.5 jack if you wish. And the speaker is light enough to travel with if you wish.
 
As far as digitusing your own CDs or downloading stuff I use FLAC. Alegedly no compression or losses compared to CD. It does sound great compared to MP3s.
 
I'm a FLACer too. Nearest quality to WAV whilst giving having the chance of adding arist/album/title info. Finding no need to compress these days, as storage is so cheap now.
 
Thought this digital streaming and playback thing was supposed to be simple.
Wasted a lot of time listening to Sonos, Bluesound and Meridian kit trying to convince myself that I would be happy with it.
After a lot of blind alleys ended up ripping discs at 96/24 with DB Poweramp to a 2 TB hard drive.
Playback with a 2009 external power supply Mac Mini with the content catalogued in the I Tunes folder through Bit Perfect.
This and an old  Twin dac Denon CD player and Radio Paradise play through an external DAC into a home made passive preamp
and there to a pair of Audiozone amp 2s into a pair of MT Harriers.
Spend a lot of time in my workshop and this works for me.
Don't even get me started on cables and power supplies. :o
 
 
As far as music systems are concerned, it's probably wise to pay attention to someone who's forum name is sonicboom.

Pity it's gobbledegook to me. I thought a Harrier was some kind of aeroplane, and a mac mini is probably a short raincoat.
 
For all you audiophiles out there

https://consumerist.com/2008/03/03/do-coat-hangers-sound-as-good-monster-cables/
 
Bondi Cigars, new one on me, have you heard Sean Webster and the Deadlines.
https://youtu.be/02lod8-1qzs

Not an audiophile by any means but find things either right or wrong, something of an affliction ,but judging by some inmates on this forum I'm not completely alone.
Like the cable comparison.
The 75ohm digital link from my workshop CD player is made from half a double screened shotgun cable and in one direction is indistinguishable from my QED domestic cable at over 40 times the cost :D
Here's another one to stir things up, if you are using USB cables they don't all sound the same.
 
sonicboom500 said:
Here's another one to stir things up, if you are using USB cables they don't all sound the same.
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I have just gone into my office and listened to half a dozen USB cables and they all sounded the same to me. Not a single one of them made any sound at all.
 
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