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  1. Chris, Thanks very much for the lengthy reply--as the saying goes you exceeded my expectations. Speaking of sayings, I like to say that if I only talk with people who agree with me, I'll never learn anything new, so it's fine if we don't see eye-to-eye on everything. I also like to say that when I am trying to be persuasive, I should ask myself whether the comment I just made can apply equally well to all the alternatives. Since you asked for clarification on one point, it seems to me that any audio product that improves on the original can claim that it improves our enjoyment of music relative to the original. That doesn't mean it's a product worth buying. If your statement has any meaning, it has to be relative to available alternatives not to the predecessor version. The available alternative doesn't have to be an on-premise $100,000 system (which I don't have lol). For what it's worth, I had no objection to the topic of the review itself, or to your enthusiasm for a solution to your issues to listening to music on the go--I travel a lot too and have come up with my own compromises; my comments were limited to what I saw as word choice that undermined at least the appearance of objectivity. --Tom
  2. As a long-time visitor, this review prompts me to comment on a trend I've noticed--reviews increasingly seem like they quote untested information from the manufacturer. Your readers look to you for independent thought. I now read the info here more skeptically, and since your subjective comments rely on your readers' trust, this is a big loss. Worst examples from this review: 1. "The new Black and Red units only serve to improve upon the original and improve our enjoyment of the greatest music in the world.". Since the review invites us to look at other sites for information on any use case but an iPhone streaming Tidal, this statement is completely without any foundation in the review itself. It sounds like a quote from a marketing blurb, particularly everything after the word "and". 2. "The new products deserved so much more than a simple numerical model number increase, that AudioQuest named them the DragonFly Black and DragonFly Red." The name/version of the product doesn't affect performance; again, it's just marketing 3. "This thing just oozes quality." Appearance doesn't prove quality, performance and durability are what matters.
  3. I already use JRMC & dbPowerAmp as standalone programs. One of the things I haven't figured out yet is how to play classical compositions in shuffle mode without losing the ability to listen to an entire composition. Let's say I'm listening to a recording of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier where the prelude and fugue are separate tracks. I want to shuffle them in grouped pairs. Can I do this in JRMC? If not, can I do this in Sonata?
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