Hmmm, so DAC Magic 200M arrived and plugged in. Sources TV, CD, fire TV stick, Blue ray player all sound good. Will be better when the new interconnects arrive.

Now thinking of upscaling... Without the price tag of an MScaler

Fretless wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 11:55 pm I need 'Rumours' on vinyl.

https://uk.rarevinyl.com/products/fleet ... 3-5-758440

Just ordered a copy of I, Robot

Communiqué is another reference track so

I was thinking of some Leonard Cohen rather than Ms Vega!!

Cables arrived, everything plugged in...




... Hotel California ... Wow, just wow



Apparently it gets better

Enjoy your new amplification when it arrives. Well, yesterday three boxes arrived on my doorstep :dance: Unfortunately It should have been four, but one is still in the sorting location in Manchester, hopefully arriving today and not lost :o :cry: So I have three black "Magic" boxes and n...

's OK. Paul has answered my question ... One short SSC going to be ordered for CD to DAC, and possibly a longer one for TV to DAC (If TV has Digital Out :D )

CN211276 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2022 7:12 pm Things were better before CD with the 40-50 minute limit. Too many fillers since.

Streaming and "Self Production / publishing" has made it so much worse IMO

What's best, Optical via toslink or S/P Dif via Coax?

Planning on buying a DAC to partner my Cambridge Audio 640C ... Probably the Dac Magic 200M to take advantage of the MQA ... Although the CXN for another £300 is tempting ...

Iron Maiden I think Killers is a case of second album syndrome, tracks not considered good enough for the first album. D'iano was fired afterwards and the classic Number of the beast followed. Iron Maiden have been very consistent since the turn of the century following the return of Dickinson and ...

Rammstein - well I guess its the same album each time. In that case AC/DC. Angus Young has admitted this. :lol: Love the early Bon Scott stuff, which is so much more blues oriented than the later albums with Brian. Having said that I also love the stuff from Back in Black onwards. ... Black ice wit...