black321 wrote:
I do like them I demoed them side by side with a pair of Sonus Faber (in my house) and like the Focals overall.  The Sonus Faber sounded better with pure acoustic (strings and wood) music.
I ran B&Ws for years but sold those to a buddy.

The 926 has a aluminum/mag tweeter with a Poron Urethane suspension. Some people think this tweeter is to harsh. The next step up, Kanta Series, you get into the BE tweeter.  They had not even come out with the Kanta series when I bought the 926 but I proly could not afford the Kantas anyway.

KANTA



 

 siriuss wrote: 
The guy i bought my Velodyne from was selling it because the same reason, I think he shared a wall.  I have often thought if I ever downsized to a condo I would have to dump my system and retool for headphones.

 jbuhl wrote: 
When we moved into our present place, I bought an APC UPS / power conditioner for designed for AV needs.  It was one of the best things I did for improving both the sound  through the stereo and picture quality of the TV.  Picture quality was one thing, but the improvement in the sound was stunning.

 jbuhl wrote: 
The thing is that it's not only a matter of money but also a matter of where you live. When I fire up my old Harman Kardon amp with the Energy towers, my sister upstairs can hear it almost the same as if she was in my living room. So, instead of making the big system better I've invested in headphones + new opamps for my asus essence stx sound card.  I wish I had a house instead of a duplex..

 jbuhl wrote:
Still nice...how do you like those focals...are those the ones with the beryllium tweeters?  I remember listening to a pair of those a few years back and was impressed. 

As a new member it's nice to see a topic related to music at #1on the RAFT.  I thrive on music because of its ability to connect people.  Nice to see political opinion fall out of the primary focus.

what will be the bitrate of this Flac stream ?   if it's 1,400 , it will make a hell of a large download.... if it's 700-800 vbr  it won't be too bad. Anyway, I phoned my ISP and took the unlimited plan, so I'm ready for it.  Time for another donation...  ( damn Canadian money, we loose quite a lot when we make a donation.)

 black321 wrote: 
HAH!  that is not my system just one I yanked off the web.  I dont think I could afford the Speaker cables in that photo  But I am fairly heavily invested for my income bracket.

Rogue RP1
Furman Elite DMi
Wadia 321
PS Audio Stellar 300
Focal 926
PS Audio AC3 Power cables.
Wyred4Sound-Sonos Connect with Norhost Power and AudioQuest interconnects
Velodyne Micro V
AudioQuest Speaker cables.
PS Audio Power Port Receptacle
Project TT for spinning vinyl
Denon CDP just died so I am in the market for some type of transport now. 

Using a 2nd gen AppleTV to stream Lossless RP now but that's a hack at best.  Really hoping the Sonos capability comes through.

Everybody has there own needs but its funny what has happened to me over the years.  I went on a trip with some guys recently  and there was about 5 of us in this condo.  One of the guys brought this little blue tooth speaker box and fired that thing up, after about 10 minutes  I was thinking "Jesus turn that piece of sh!t off!!"

 

 jbuhl wrote: 
Hmm, nice.  What do you have there?
My system includes:

B&K Ex 442 amp
Proceed AVP preamp
Marantz DV9600 cd/video
Dual CS5000 turntable
Dynaudio X38 speakers
macBook through a Bel Canto DAC for streaming

The only pieces new are the Dynaudio's (actually, they were a barely used returns to my local audio shop)...the rest i picked up on the used market - serviced the amp and turntable, and both are better than new. 

And i concur, take a step up from streaming s$#t through your phone to some cheap bluetooth speaker....or whatever.  Go the used route...there is a lot of good equipment available that can be had for a fraction of the retail cost.

I just fired up the FLAC stream and ELPs From the Beginning started playing.  All I can say is mighty fine, mighty fine.  If you not invested in a high fidelity system you are just flat missing out, especially if songs like this one transport you to another place in time,  closest thing you will ever get to time travel.  So get out there and burn that disposable income.

 BillG wrote: 
Thanks Bill, I'll keep an eye out for a CCA solution.

I've also tried to put LMS on a Synology NAS but I can't get it to work. I can only instal LMS version 7.7.6, and the RP FLAC stream seems to need a later version than that. 

 useanaim wrote: 
Chromecast is a possibility.  TuneIn, no. Not at this time.

Stay tuned...

Bill, if you happen to read this, is there a possibility of the RP app working through Chromecast Audio In FLAC? That would provide a route to play it into my new Naim streamer. TuneIn would be another possibility, as this works with CCA. 

 BillG wrote: 
  Hi Bill...  

  There are some streams at 700 VBR FLAC , they sound almost as good as a 1,400kbps stream . No real need for a 1,400 kbps Flac stream in my opinions, but those who own a good sound system , with ASIO,  kernel streaming or Wasapi would be very happy to have a nice surprise :-)

 So if someone want R.P. in Flac , they can connect a USB DAC to their android usb , apple or tablet and output with the DAC. 

  At least , give us OGG/Vorbis at 320 vbr , or OPUS 320 vbr . ( Variable Bit Rate)   AAC lack some bass and richness.

Hi Bill. Excited about flac. I’m currently using Roon to send out to my 2 separate streamers (Naim and Auralic). Will it be possible to play Flac in the future using this system?

Cheers and thanks again for doing all the DJ’n for me.

Derb 

The FLAC stream sounds incredible!!! Streaming from my phone to the Sonore Ultrarendu via Shairport. Sounds much better than the 320. This is a welcome addition to anyone with a world class speaker or headphone setup. Thx RP!!!

Is there any chance that we might see Opus streams in the future? A 96Kbps Opus stream would be awesome.

 slaterkeith11 wrote: 
Yes. There's an app for that. Search the Squeezebox forum for "Radio paradise FLAC".

Is it possible to play lossless to a Squeezebox touch?

 hatmaram wrote: 
Sorry. There isn't a stream link for FLAC. Not at this point, anyway.