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Another Vandersteen model 2 question
Good luck- let us all know what you decide to do and how it turns out! 
Another Vandersteen model 2 question
I'm fortunate to live a little over an hour away from Audio Connection and might have the opportunity to try the new models at home. Or I can take my amp and try it at the store.Yeah that is what I would do for sure. If they let you take a pair ... 
Bluesound Node 2
I have a Bluesound Node 2. It replaced an older Logitech Squeezebox that was glitchy but worked fine. I like the sound of the Node 2 and with it:1. I can bypass using my Macbook Pro computer to play music stored from Itunes on my HDD. Now I can pl... 
Another Vandersteen model 2 question
I have the 2CE Sig IIs. I have never heard the 2ci model. But I would like to add that although the Sig IIs sound good with my Line Magnetic tube amp, they sound much better with my solid state Parasound A21.  I suspect if one has a higher powered... 
Most achingly-beautiful music
Aretha Franklin - I never loved a man the way that I love you.Eva Cassidy - (really anything)Diana Krall - A case of YouJoni Mitchell - BlueJohn Lennon- ImagineMozart - (Piano) moonlight sonataBilly Joel - And so it goesNatalie Merchant - (also re... 
DAC or Music Server
Both! I have a Bluesound Node 2 and two external DACS. One for each system I have. 
Who listens primarily to Redbook CD?
I have many cds and have been buying them since 1984 since about the time Sony and Phillips introduced the first players. I have always liked red book cds. I have two cd players, an older Sony ES model and a Rega Apollo. With both, I can update ex... 
CD players = dead?
I think many people had thought (myself included) that turntables were obsolete when CDs and players came out. I bought an early Phillips unit around 1984 in Germany. But CD players kept improving as record albums became more scarce. Nowadays many... 
Best "RedBook" player out there
Another option: Get a Bluesound Vault 2. You can rip ALL your cds to FLAC files. Also have the ability to stream hirez files. I think Tidal, Spotify and other sites will be offering better and better digital sound files such as MQA. With this opti... 
Blue sound Node 2 vs Lumin D1
Earthtones- Hey just enjoy the Node 2 as it sounds now. Most analog fans would be astounding if digital sounded as good as their higher priced turntable, cartridge and tonearm. Like you said, for $500 (I have the Node 2 as well) and high quality h... 
Going from computer audio to dedicated streamer
I am using a Western Digital MyCloud 3TB HDD which contains some 14K songs ripped with Itunes from my own CDs. I have a Western Digital Passport HDD as a backup. The Bluesound Node 2 finds the MyCloud database just fine. This setup works much bett... 
Blue sound Node 2 vs Lumin D1
If you plan on having access to your own digital database of music you should know that the Bluesound Node 2 has it’s own tagging system for playback and album art. For instance, I own a Bluesound Node 2 and I wanted to be able to play a very larg... 
Bryston VS Odyssey
That is a good question....but in my opinion, there are some important additional considerations. I had a Stratos amp, a Tempest preamp and a Candela preamp. All products developed low spurious noise and hum problems. After sending the products ba... 
Bluesound Node 2 and great customer service
Correction: On the question of a random track with the Node 2- Yes the top menu allows the user a "random song" choice. 
Bluesound Node 2 and great customer service
BTW I did not know the SBT had all that capability. It sounds as if you really squeezed all the great sound and flexibility that could be had!! Sounds like a great system and a huge library of music.