Recent content by boss187

Personally, with a proper set of speakers, I can hear the difference between MP3 and Lossless. I do agree that spotting the differences is somewhat dependent on music selection. Playing a track with mostly drums and boom bass will yield less effect than a critical vocal performance. My favourite...

Weekend tunes- quick 'n easy 1. Lazy Sunday Afternoon- Small Faces 2. Another Saturday Night - Cat Stevens 3. Saturday night - Whigfield 4. Sunday Morning - Velvet Underground and Nico 5. Weekender - Flowered Up 6. Hymn For the Weekend - Coldplay 7. Saturday in the park - Chicago...

Agreed, the pc desktop app requires a bit of work. The browser version is probably the most stable but it doesnt support lossless together with the windows store app. Personally, I am able to hear the difference in quality on my side. The hifi mode adds a bit of sparkle to the music - its hard...

Deezer offers a Hi-Fi lossless option as well. I'm using it via their PC app and it works great. https://www.deezer.com/en/offers/hifi

What head unit is it? I cant recall when last (if ever) I saw a 6v RCA Out. Even something like a PRS-80 only has 5V. I would go for something from MiniDSP.

SB Player?

Thanks for the responses. Something from MiniDSP would work as well. Trying to keep the system as simple as possible. @bbe12 - Looks nice, is that a DIY build? I looked into speaker building awhile back. Read some good reviews about tang band. Will contact you when I get some time and maybe we...

eBay is an option for buying old CD's - even with shipping costs its quite cheap. Most CD's at musica are now 169.99 anyway. Alternatively, You could stream via Tidal/Deezer using their "Hi-Fi" modes and record the audio on a computer using Audacity or the like.

Hi all I'm currently building a hi-fi system, just recently made a start by purchasing a classic A-400. Using my PC as source via optical to a Fiio DAC, im quite pleased with the sounds I hear at the moment. Next will be a better pair of bookshelves and etc. I'm following the advice I've read...