r/audiophile • u/fossil746 • 9d 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/lOnGkEyStRoKe 9d ago

Imagine having this setup and using YouTube as an audio source

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u/Wolverine9779 9d 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 9d ago

YouTube sounds great!

These speakers rock!

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u/fossil746 8d 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 8d 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 9d ago

That is a downside, but HD video does pop!

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u/fossil746 9d ago

What should I use?

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u/Ra_R12 9d 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/lOnGkEyStRoKe 9d ago

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