Tír Na HiFi

DaveF wrote:Hi Ciaran,
Welcome back. Any new hifi purchases planned for the coming year? ;-)

Hi Dave!

Given that, as a public servant, I am being bled white so that the Government can give billions to their chums the bankers and developers, I don't think I can afford any hi-fi purchases. But I've said I couldn't afford it before and then given in to temptation. The thing is that I'm very satisfied with my current system and I suspect any advances are going to be really pricey.

One possibility though is acquiring some means to play hi-rez audio files. Possibly the Squeezebox Touch whenever it becomes available? I think that's in the low hundreds of euros.

DaveF wrote:

That looks familiar!

How are you getting on with your recently upgraded system?

Schubert's 5th Symphony, O of the 18C, Brüggen: a delightful period instrument performance of a most endearing work.



Vivaldi Dixit Dominus (only rediscovered in 2005) performed by Sara Mingardo, Roberta Invernizzi, Paul Agnew, Thomas Cooley and the Körnerscher Sing-Verein Dresden and Dresdner Instrumental-Concert under Peter Kopp. Wonderful, and beautifully recorded by DG Archiv:

Ciaran,

have a look over in the general section where John Kenny has been tricking about with 24/192 USB to SPDIF adaptors. Then that could feed into your DCS.....



Now that is something I would like to hear.....

Fran

^^

Well obviously it has to be something that will feed the dCS Scarlatti DAC! Anything else would be a waste of time... so thanks for that suggestion.

Its only about €100 or so, I think the bnc version is a little more. Jkeny has one so you could even hear it before buying.

Fran

Ciaran wrote:How are you getting on with your recently upgraded system?

Its working great and brought some definite improvements to the overall sound. I changed the Krell for a GamuT D200MK111 power amp + Music First preamp + 2 Valhalla XLR interconnects, so the upgrade was a big one. The biggest change came in micro dynamics and a much lower noise floor. Listening at lower volumes is now much more involving. I found that with the Krell, I had to have it turned up a bit to get enough details to emerge from the music.
The krell though has it beat when it comes to wide dynamics and bass but the benefits that the new gear brings outweighs this I feel.

DaveF wrote:

That one is on my Wish List.