Justin & Jerry's Hifi Blog

[Frazeur1]

Very good Jerry! Sorry to have taken the topic a bit off there! Aquariums are a fun hobby too!

[jandl100]

I've just signed up for a free month of Deezer Hifi streaming.

Really pleased with the sound - all the streaming services do seem to sound a little different from each other.
Deezer seems quite brightly lit (in a good way!) and very open and lively. Or maybe my system is just hitting an especially good patch for some reason!

I like the UI that Deezer presents on my PC. Shame the record company names aren't indexed, though - that's the feature that might have me returning to Qobuz.

Interesting and irritating that all the streaming services have slightly different music catalogues - maybe I'll alternate my subscription on a monthly basis. I don't want to pay for more than one at a time, scrooge that I am.

[brian2957]

I'm still very happy with Spotify Jerry . It suits my eclectic taste in music very well . Can I assume Deezer maybe suits your favourite classical music better

[jandl100]

I'm still very happy with Spotify Jerry . It suits my eclectic taste in music very well . Can I assume Deezer maybe suits your favourite classical music better

No, not really, Brian.
I enjoyed Spotify for a few months, but in my setup at any rate it just doesn't have the rez and transparency of the full 16/44 streaming services.
I think that is very system dependent, though, as I know of a few folks with well sorted gear that don't hear much if any difference.
Going to 16/44 sounds like a decent kit upgrade chez Jerry.
Baffling, really!

[brian2957]

Ah..OK I may well give the others ago , although as I said Spotify is excellent played through my system , so I haven't really explored any of the others properly .

[jandl100]

You can get a month free with Deezer Hifi so no reason not to try it!

[struth]

used to use deezer hifi. it was very good

[antonio]

At present we don't do streaming, although have the bits and pieces to do so. Will probably give Deezer a go if free for a month.

[jandl100]

A Wyred4Sound Recovery USB Reclocker has arrived this afternoon and been installed. It goes between my streaming source (an Acer laptop) and my Halide Bridge USB converter and DAC.
It uses a Femto clock to reclock and reduce the jitter, and also isolates the power component of the USB signal (although I already have a AQVOX device that does this for my Halide Bridge).

It's a small thing, perhaps twice the volume of a matchbox.
It comes with a 9V SMPS.



Absolutely massive sonic upgrade. I wasn't expecting this at all.

I thought the soundstage presentation was very good before. Pah!! That was nuthin'!
Before, a nicely deep and focussed soundstage was laid out before me - the word that now springs to mind is 'immersive'.
I've just sat down in the concert hall.
And dynamics - much freer, it sounds like a limiter has been removed. Everything is livelier, from micro to macro, the word effervescent comes to mind here, it just sounds like the music has been let out of a cage. It was quite a large cage, but nonetheless the boundaries have been substantially opened up.
I'm still trying to get my head round the changes. Much more to come, I'm sure, as I learn to listen anew on a wide range of recordings.

I feel sure the wallwart SMPS is a limiting factor, so I have just ordered a 9V linear PSU for it from China. Heh heh. The mind boggles!

[brian2957]

Interesting mate . These can be bought from the US . $149 + $60 shipping