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| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? This digital streaming thing is a strange science. There are those who insist that their implementation of a particular solution is the one and only parameter when it comes to achieving audio nirvana. I think that any music lover’s solution to hea... | |
| Curious to know your streaming and dac set up and the best recommended streamer under $15k @woots, first let me say that I’m extremely jealous of the difficulties that you find yourself having. The Nagra Tube DAC is a great piece of kit to build a system around. And I would assume that you actually want to hear how good it is without ad... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? Well @nyev, if you’ve already got the Gryphon Diablo 300 amplifier, which is an absolute beautiful beast of a thing, plus the Gryphon DAC module, then I wouldn’t sweat looking for another DAC. Try to keep things simple I always say, but don’t alwa... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @nyev, if you’re in the market for a $10k Grimm music streamer, then you’ve got better problems that I do. Lol. Yes many folks are looking for a one box solution to cut down on all of the plethora of accoutrements that can proliferate in a dedicat... | |
| Digital is far better than vinyl @ghdprentice, when I was a kid my parents had Basie’s Chairman of The Board LP that we played on our RCA Victrola home stereo console that had pride of place in our living room. I guarantee that if they were still alive today, and could play The C... | |
| Do Streamer only devices really impact sound quality? So @ghdprentice, you’re saying that if I put a $22K dedicated streamer somewhere in my listening chain, only then will I hear the benefits of what digital can do? | |
| Neutral Dac? @schw06, if I’ve read through this thread correctly, did you say that you’re prepared to spend in the neighborhood of $15K to get what you’re looking for in a DAC? Now that’s a nice problem to have because IMO once you get into the world above $10... | |
| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers @scottya118, IMHO having the best DAC that you can afford with the cleanest power is far more important than looking for a streamer that can supposedly do everything. I use a Chord Hugo TT2 DAC with a Chord M Scaler that use Nick Bacon’s excellent... | |
| Upsampling, Can there be too much? @brandonhifi, the first thing that I’d like to ask is what made you get an Aurender W20SE music server? Very nice! My go to audio gear guy in the Twin Cities since 1976 has been Bill Soderholm who owns Stereoland in Bloomington, MN. I bought my fi... | |
| Router for Audio Streaming @yoramguy1, I use a $100 Calix Aspire CAT6 router that was provided by our cable company, and it does its job without any fuss. My point being that you don’t need a fancy router to stream music and watch football at the same time. What you do need... | |
| Power cords or power conditioner @wheelndeal1099, if anything I’d get a half decent power conditioner with a good power cable simply to protect that $10,000 Luxman amplifier of yours. Some say you don’t need them. But what if the transmission lines or the pole pig outside your ho... | |
| Chord M-Scaler and Should I Want One? @tom23, Koji Ghafoor is a really knowledgeable guy when it comes to what audio gear is available on the market right now. I totally trust his opinions and insight. And I’m not saying that because he gave the TT2 and M Scaler positive reviews. The ... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 You’re very welcome @gregjacob. Well, I’ll tell you a story. Over ten years ago I had an inexpensive Peachtree DAC-iTx DAC, a MacBook Pro. and a small Woo Audio WA6 tube hp amplifier, where I plugged everything into a cheap hardware store power st... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 @gregjacob, I’m gonna be the guy who tells you that the Chord Hugo TT2 is an exceptional DAC that packs a considerable number of features in a desktop friendly and an esthetically pleasing package. The sound I get is very detailed and non fatigui... | |
| Chord M-Scaler and Should I Want One? @nyev, I use an AudioQuest Diamond USB cable going from my music server to an Audiowise SRC.DX USB to DX converter so that I can bypass the Amanero USB input in my Chord Hugo M Scaler because I get a better signal with a BNC cable. Some folks say ... |