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| Why does my old CD player sound so much better than my new streamer? F917 please tell me how good your 1988 Sony trinitron looks compaired to todays best TVs look. We have been replacing CD players for years with streamers and the better streamers sound way better. Go listen to a good flac file ripped on an Innuous... | |
| Need Perfect Speakers for Acoustically Hostile Placement Most centers are diapolito designs which will not work. Most inwalls are designed for free air space of a stud wall. A box speaker therfore is better. Also Kef Ref 1 has spectacular bass obviating need for a sub.Trudat we sell over 60 lines of pro... | |
| Trying to find someone with a cable cooker in Metro NY We got one.Dave and TroyAudio Doctor NJ | |
| Why does my old CD player sound so much better than my new streamer? Op use the line above and set PCM to DSD and then see how it sounds.If we are correct you own me a beer.Dave and TroyAudio Doctor NJ Lumin dealers digital audio specialists | |
| Why does my old CD player sound so much better than my new streamer? Yeti sorry to disagree, but there have been spectacular CD playback systems that were easily competitors to very high end vinyl playback.We had the Audio Aero, Remiyo, CD players and they were both spectacularly musical. If you ever hear a T+A PDP... | |
| Need Perfect Speakers for Acoustically Hostile Placement We are both a high end dealer and a custom installer so we have had experience with this kind of situation.Your best bet would be a set of Kef Ref 1 as they are remarkable sounding and have adjustable bass ports so you tune the speakers output. Yo... | |
| KEF R11 vs B&W 702 vs Golden Ear Triton 1.R vs? Op we sell both the Kef and the Golden Ear and have heard the B&W.Personally we feel that the Golden Ear Tritron 1R are an absolute steal and when setup properly will outperform any $5k set of loudspeakers on the market.The KEF R series are ve... | |
| Why does my old CD player sound so much better than my new streamer? Again OP have you tried to run the D2 with DSD transcoding engaged?Are you using a stock power cable?How many hours are on the piece?Are you using a stock ethernet cable?All of these settings will affect sound quality. The DSD setting gives the D2... | |
| Why does my old CD player sound so much better than my new streamer? f917025 what cool aid are you drinking? Do you honestly think that the thousands and thousands of audiophiles accross the world are getting rid of their CD players because their new streamers suck?We have been at this rodeo for 30 years, and oft... | |
| Why does my old CD player sound so much better than my new streamer? It has nothing to do with the switched mode power supply. The Lumin D2 actually sounds quite warm and should have far greater resolution than the old Muse Cd player. A couple of questions: Have you played with the Lumins setup menu and tried the t... | |
| What's a really great Streamer/DAC box for just streaming Tidal? chip if you really want to experience what your Chord can do, listen to an Innuous Zen you can upconvert PCM files to approximate high res and accomplish much what the Mscaler can do and you get a Roon core to boot.The quality of the signnal being... | |
| NAD M10 Streaming Integrated Snackeyp, we have one on display and it is a very nice piece however, the amp definatly sounds like the clean uncolored digital amp that it is.We think for you loudspeakers the Naim Uniti Atom would sound signifgantly better its 40 watt Class A/B ... | |
| What's a really great Streamer/DAC box for just streaming Tidal? The blue sound nodes usb connection is for memory sticks input only. | |
| McIntosh vs. NAD vs. Audio Control Gee Caphill we must get together some day, love your perspective.Yeah we tested a lot of processors and the service and sound quality fo Audio Control are in an class by themselves.Dave and TroyAudio Doctor NJ | |
| What's a really great Streamer/DAC box for just streaming Tidal? Chip the Chord is an excellent dac but the Blue Sound will not perform optimially with a superior dac that shoudl be run via USB especially for the higher sampling rates.Interesting Rbsterno, we had the Auarlic Aries and found its sound quality to... |