alvinnir2
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| Got a Node 2i, what's next? @vinylzone. You have a lot of $$$ invested in your vinyl front end and I assume the rest of your system is of high quality as well. yet you are only thinking of investing $500 - $1000 on a DAC, it sounds like you have already delegated your digita... | |
| Got a Node 2i, what's next? I used to have a VPI Aries, JMW 10 Arm, Art Audio Vinyl One Tube Phono stage and various high end MC cartridges that rotated through the system. I also have a Node 2i and went through the same process you are going through now. I got the Musical P... | |
| What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital? I recently sold all my vinyl gear and albums and have gone completely digital. I could not justify having 2 formats anymore. My vinyl setup was worth about $12,000, yet my digital setup that I had only 1/3 of that amount invested in was for the mo... | |
| Speakers The single most critical component Audio has changed so much over the last 55 years that I have been an audiophile. Much has improved in all types of gear, speakers, amps etc, but back then most households had a crappy console stereo. You were an audiophile if you owned some Dynaco... | |
| VINYL SUCKS! If you like vinyl better, great. If you like digital better, great.I've run both formats for decades, each has advantages, and disadvantages.I learned that to do any format well, so it sounds like music, takes a lot of knowledge, experience, and a... | |
| Funny how streaming/digital still chases that analog benchmark. Why does everything need to be polarized. Why do we have to pick one or the other. Most of us can afford to have both digital and analog sources. Wouldn't you rather have 2 lovers than one? | |
| BS Node 2i: WiFi or Ethernet..? Not that I mean to hijack the thread as the OP is looking for a relative benefit for going Ethernet as opposed to wifi. User experiences seem to vary from it making a difference to little or no improvement and my take on this may be related perhap... | |
| Do different streamers really sound different when using an external DAC Interesting that you bring up the Tubadour, it is one of the DACs I was considering to hook up to the Node 2i before I bought the Musical Paradise DAC. Being in Canada it would be an issue with customs and such to buy and return it if I didn't lik... | |
| Do different streamers really sound different when using an external DAC @ianrmack I have also looked a threads where someone is compared the bluesound to the Lumin and could not reliably tell the difference. Hard to justify the expenditure. I perhaps see where you got the idea for the WLAN device. It's recommended wit... | |
| Do different streamers really sound different when using an external DAC @ianrmack So I think I understand now. The WLAN device replaces the wifi receiver part of the node 2i so I can then just use an ethernet cable to connect it to the Node2i. Was this improvement you had with this device worthwhile enough with the No... | |
| Do different streamers really sound different when using an external DAC @ianrmack Unsure why the device you recommended would be an improvement over my current wifi set up on the node 2i. It seems as if this is a wifi extender that I would then hook up via ethernet cable to the mode 2i. Would a unit like this somehow... | |
| Do different streamers really sound different when using an external DAC I wonder if the hard wiring benefit is for homes with a poor wifi ? My home has very good wifi and I never get dropouts.It would be great to get some input from Node 2i users who have directly compared wifi to ethernet hard wire without any other ... | |
| pops and ticks from DAC old thread but thought I'd put in my 2 cents. In my experience the node 2i has trouble with very hi Rez files going out via coax to an external DAC. I get those clicks as well but only with with 192khz files. | |
| Do different streamers really sound different when using an external DAC @sbank Thanks for that Spencer. Interesting to read about the Sonore. Unfortunately not a solution for me as my new DAC does not have a USB input and I really LOVE this DAC. The first thing I will do is switch to an ethernet connection, easy to im... | |
| Do different streamers really sound different when using an external DAC Thanks everyone. I think there are all valid points made. There is no question that a better external DAC improves on the internal DAC of the Node 2i. Seems like the streamer also is key but perhaps not as significant.YMMV!I suspect it might be a... |