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RE: Advice Sought, Father to Son

After writing this up, I really see what an old school perspective I have!

Luckily both my kids are into music, playing and listening. What really snagged their interest in "quality" listening was getting them better sound than portable powered speakers... I dusted off old NAD integrated amps (a 32020i and 3225PE) and got recent model set of passive speakers that can really do justice to non-compressed sources (I got Paradigm Cinema 90s from eBay - Very musical!) that perfectly fill their listing rooms. As for portability, does a medium sized cardboard box count?!

Even using whatever headphone socket DACs are in tablet/phone/laptop the lossless really shine and the music is engaging... You can hear the difference from even high data rate compressed sources.

My thinking, the key is decent amp and quality speakers... then the sources will be exposed. My kids are more appreciate, better listeners, and players, of music... for little money.


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