2psyop
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| Underspent on speakers relative to overall system? +1 yogiboy. I think he hit the nail on the head. Of course, for a great many audiophiles the need and lust to keep changing gear will always exist. I don't ever think spending more $$$ always gets you better sound. HoGwAsH!!! I looked at your comp... | |
| Any new turntable brands we should pay attention to ? Probably the company wants the table to appeal to a younger generation of audiophiles. How many people under 40 yrs old know what a phono preamplifier does? Not to mention the fact that for 30+ years HT receivers did not even offer a preamp as a o... | |
| Any new turntable brands we should pay attention to ? I don't know if they have been out for over 5 years but Shinola Runwell turntables look like a solid design to me. I think they partnered with VPI for the basic design.https://www.shinola.com/audio/turntable.html | |
| Anyone have any info on new music servers coming out soon ? See my post here...https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/dac-streamer-mqa-wireless-besides-bluesound. All of these companies will be offering a dac/streamer of some kind very soon (with MQA). As you will see, many already have but should add more... | |
| Best speakers for Pioneer SX-1250 receiver Klipsch Heresies would really rock (as oblgny stated) but might sound brittle at high volume. I would try them or maybe a pair of Bose 901s on stands. That would be a fun system. BTW I had the 901s and the equalizer help smooth out the freq band i... | |
| Curious about older "world class" D/A converters I think the coloration of the sound from any digital source component has to involve many factors. Of many factors, these four are what I think about most.1 The ability and expertise of the designer/engineer. (I think Mike Moffat of Schiit audio a... | |
| DAC>Streamer>MQA>Wireless besides Bluesound Goose - If you are looking for "a little higher level DAC solution" than the Bluesound I would read about and/or audition the PS Audio Perfectwave streamer with the Bridge II card. That combo will take you to a higher level and more refined sound.... | |
| Curious about older "world class" D/A converters check out this guys review of some older DACs, kinda interestinghttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AFvUyK1oQRQ | |
| Bluesound Node 2 question Look at the Western Digital My Cloud series. There are many, many options there and the unit was kinda easy to set up. I have the 4tb version. To give you an example of how the Bluesound products use files on the drive, my files look something lik... | |
| Just retired and want to get back to vinyl listening Hey if you like retro, look at what noromance has suggested.Line Magnetic Audio have based much of the design and engineering of the audio line on old Western Electric designs. I have the LM Audio 216ia, little push/pull tube amp. Point to point w... | |
| DAC>Streamer>MQA>Wireless besides Bluesound I am pretty sure the following audio companies have agreements in place to implement MQA into their current or upcoming hardware.Audioquest (Dragonfly)Aurender (A10)Auralic (maybe???)Bel CantoBluesound (Node, Vault series and Soundbar)NAD (M12, M5... | |
| Where to back up my library? I have a Bluesound Node 2 as my streaming device. But, not unlike you, I was worried about backing up all my digital files I play with the Node 2. I opted for a Western Digital MyCloud 4tb NAS device. This acts as your own personal cloud (basicall... | |
| Bluesound Node 2 question Yes the Node 2, for me, was the solution to my computer problem. I did not want to use my computer (Itunes and a library of music on a HDD) with my stereo. I wanted to play all my music, Spotify streaming, my digital music files (most of which cam... | |
| Anthem 225 vs Parasound A21 vs Emotiva Xpa 7 Gen 2 Mancub1 - just wondering from your last post "what kind of music system you are trying to build"? A home Theater add on amplifier or a two-channel stereo rig? On the one hand, you had mentioned sacd playback and later described many speakers of di... | |
| Good set of speakers for tube amp/preamp Just my two cents... quite a coincidence as of late here on agon that I have many of the gear mentioned on the forums. I have a tube integrated amp (Line Magnetic 216ia) and Magnepan MMGs and Vandersteen 2ce Sig II. I have the Vandys paired with t... |