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Vinyl vs CD vs Streaming
Three full listening chains built side by side through the same amp and speakers, then A/B/C'd live on the same track. The conclusion nobody wanted: lossless streaming into a real stereo is very, very good.
Debut EVO 2
“This is actually a great turntable. The tone arm is carbon fibre, which is an example of a modern technology that's actually better than everything that came before it.”
SYS Passive Preamp
“It's really just a source selector and a volume knob in a box. Schiit makes a lot of really good stuff. Dude, my favorite thing about these is that they're called Schiit.”
ZA3 Power Amp
“This is a class D amp. Purists would say you need a class A. Class Ds have gotten so good that most people would say you don't need class A, and they use way less power and get way less hot.”
Debut B6.2
“These are made by Andrew Jones, a legendary speaker designer. You can tell the design of these is phenomenal. You got to give it the knock test. That's dense wood.”
- Speedwoofer 10E
Speedwoofer 10E
“So what is a subwoofer? — It's just a bigger woofer. A giant cone? — Yeah, it's just a big cone.”
CD60 Transport
“It's good, a little expensive, but not nearly as expensive as some of the other ones. If you were going to cheap out on one, cheap out with the transport, get a good DAC — it can kind of help fix it.”
E30 DAC
“A DAC, a digital to analog converter that takes the ones and zeros and turns it into an actual analog wave that our amp can send out to our speakers.”
Pro Streamer
“Instead of the stream coming through the internet to your phone, your phone and this device just have a handshake. It basically gives this device your Spotify permissions and it pulls the stream straight from the internet.”
This Old Dog (LP)
“The only one that we could get cleared that we both like that has good mastering on it — and that got delayed in shipping. So right off the bat, vinyl is a huge pain in the ass.”