Article: Keeping It Simple - Finding Great Values In Great Sound

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As ednaz mentioned, this will be important information for answering those "what should I get?" questions.   When the question comes from a millennial who doesn't have many resources, I don't really have a helpful response.  It seems their generation has made the case for vinyl and turntables, which I haven't had in a very long time.  Helping these folks would help our hobby.  A wonderful and interesting generation!

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My wife preferred the Logitech Touch to Roon until I started to make it easier for her to access her favorite music and showed her how to search for more of the same kind of music.  With Quobuz via Roon, there is a very wide universe of music for her (and I also do searches and try out new music with her).  

 

She doesn't care about gear at all (as long as it stays the same for a while  ) but she loves her music presented with better fidelity.  The Touch is still connected to the DAC, but I noticed she hasn't used it in a few weeks.  I think it only practical to embrace both kinds of interfaces.  A part-time musician friend at work uses Alexa.  He has good ears, but enjoys the convenience.  And he also has his sax and piano standing by for the kind of live sound that IMHO cannot be reproduced, regardless of cost (but I haven't hear the system that cost more than the average U.S. home).  

 

If it is music that matters, then it doesn't matter how you enjoy it.  Who hasn't rocked to a song on their car radio?

 

It is great to have so many choices and falling prices for excellent sound.  This is a great thread.