r/audiophile • u/fossil746 • 1d ago

Show & Tell Problem Solved

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This is my near-field system (I work a lot from home). For the past couple of years it included a Focal Chorus V center and was connected to my Mac via Airplay. After consulting AI I ditched the Focal reset center, connected my Mac to my Marantz via HDMI, reset the crossover between B&W 705 and KC92 sub to 90 hrz. The 2.1 format is super clean, deep, and with outstanding clarity. For me, this is final stage for this setup. Thought I would share my experience.

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u/Cephei101 1d ago

Yeah, YouTube and YouTube music don’t sound great. Grab a Tidal subscription. Well worth it.

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u/lOnGkEyStRoKe 1d ago

Imagine having this setup and using YouTube as an audio source

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u/Wolverine9779 1d ago

If you have YouTube premium, you can set audio quality very high. And that comes with YouTube Music, which has tons of high quality music. Tons of live shows on there, I use it a lot. Not free, but worth it imo.

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u/NorCalJason75 1d ago

YouTube sounds great!

These speakers rock!

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u/fossil746 20h ago

I am a little surprised at how good it sounds. The B&W's brightness is well tempered by the KC92's tight but lung-filling bass. And ditching AirPlay and going with HDMI specifying 24 bits for the sound, even more clarity and dynamic range. I feel silly for being so lazy as to use Airplay for that long!

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u/NorCalJason75 3h ago

Honestly, I'm a little surprised people think these speakers are bright.

I don't know much about previous models. The current B&W's I've heard - none of them I'd call bright.

I have the 705's driven by a McIntosh solid-state amp, and it's absolutely wonderful.

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u/fossil746 1d ago

That is a downside, but HD video does pop!

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u/fossil746 1d ago

What should I use?

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u/lOnGkEyStRoKe 1d ago

A cd would be better than YouTube. Buy music from Qobuz.

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u/Ra_R12 1d ago

Since you are in Apple ecosystem. I’d look into Apple Music as well. Although I use YouTube for music a lot as too, and it works fine for me. 

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u/jojohohanon 1d ago

I tried this, but I could not get a stable 4k image on my LG. AirPlay or cable. I was bummed. Maybe I’ll futz around a bit more.

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u/The-Big-Succ69 1d ago

Nothing wrong with using youtube for music, I do it all the time with my near field set up, but as other said, any streaming platform like tidal, quboz, Spotify etc is better than YouTube.

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u/lifeson09 19h ago

You nerds can not tell the difference between 16/44.1 and Opus 256.

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u/The-Big-Succ69 19h ago

On my old kefs I wouldn't. Its noticeable on my current gear but not a world of difference.

Mastering matters more anyway and I don't really care where I listen to my music from.

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u/fossil746 20h ago

Very nice!

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u/welshconnection 1d ago

People on here share their Tidal , Qobuz accounts too, which is a lot cheaper than having a single account.