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I love using Roon as my playback app.

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Rod M

In Reply to: RE: John Atkinson's review of the Ayre QX-5 Twenty posted by John Atkinson on September 03, 2017 at 12:43:08

I'm smiling. Convenience trumps that last ounce of perfection.

-Rod

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RE: I love using Roon as my playback app. - Charles Hansen 22:54:49 09/03/17 (0)
> > Convenience trumps that last ounce of perfection. < <

Hi Rod,

I can get that. I remember when green paint pens were the big thing. I treated about 3 CDs - all around the perimeter, all around the center hole, and even in the little groove near the center hole. Did it make a difference? Yes. Was it worth the time, expense, and hassle? No.

Another one was the "Display Off" button on the CX-5e. Did it sound better with the display off? Yes. Did I ever bother to do it? Rarely.

At some point you just want to be able to sit down with your favorite beverage, press "Play", and enjoy the music. That's why Ayre never put things on like "absolute polarity switches" or anything designed to increase "audiophile nervosa".

Same thing when buying a new phono cartridge. I'll spend hours setting it up the best I can. Then every day for a few days I'll tweak some setting on the arm. This will go on and on (but less and less frequently) for a couple of weeks. Then at some point I'll just relax and be happy. I don't want to have to adjust the VTA for every single album - it's just not worth it to me, even though I've heard the improvements that kind of thing can make. Too old and lazy, I guess.

Cheers,
Charles Hansen
RE: I love using Roon as my playback app. - bigshow 18:41:53 09/03/17 (0)
I disagree. If it doesn't improve sound quality, I won't spend money on it. Much to my dealer( of fine hifi equipment)'s chagrin's I don't own an Aurender just because of this.
bigshow

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