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| USB to Dual Coax Bridge for Qutest DAC @drlou77 The M3 is in a different league from the Qutest. Top to bottom much more refined. Lower noise floor, more effortless sound and more detailed without being harsh. Treble is pretty sweet on it. About the MDx board…all Bricasti M3 DACs have ... | |
| Recommendation for speaker cable to use with Magico speakers I use and really like the Audience AU24SX speaker cables. There’s a used 2m pair on USAM now. Great sound, and you can probably knock few bucks off the asking. https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650029052-audience-au24sx-speaker-cables-spade-to-s... | |
| Aurender or Lumin streamer only? mazian 311 posts 01-01-2024 at 06:56pm If you stream mainly classical music forget the Aurender app as it doesn't know what a composer is. None of the streamer apps can sort qobuz or tidal by composer. But the search works well. | |
| BEST TUBES FOR AUDIO RESEARCH PRE-AMP (LS-16) If you like the Gold Lions, just use them. Not a bad tube at all. For new old stock, hit up Brent Jesse. NOS can get expensive. As to the upgrade…the newer ARC stuff is good. It will be quieter than the LS16. It is a cleaner, less tubey sound tha... | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference I didn’t read the entire thread but I saw this post and it didn’t stop me from trying the N200. The test conducted by the OP is flawed in several ways. 1. As already mentioned above the N200 is optimized for USB. The spdif out sounds fine but it’... | |
| DAC RECOMMENDATIONS PLEASE TMR has Schiit for $1799. Try it. They have a good return policy. | |
| Aurender or Lumin streamer only? @goose I had the same question. No one seemed to have had a shoot out between the U2 and the N200. I ended up getting the N200. Lumin gives you roon endpoint capability. Its native app is just not good. Despite being a Roon user I wanted to try th... | |
| What use to burn in power cords? I used the adapter to burn in my last power cord on the instant pot. It worked like a charm. I swear the stew was just insane with layers of flavor and amazing separation between the carrots, potatoes and the meat. The meat was dead center and was... | |
| Beethoven Symphonies @rvpiano thank you! Added to my list. | |
| Keb Mo Awesome track. Suitcase album is great too and the title track is my go to for Keb | |
| Lumin U2 or Aurender N200 Cool. I will start with the Diamond and see what it does. Everything I read about points to it being really good. I’ll report back when I get it. No ETA yet. | |
| Aurender N150 vs N200 TMR has a black N200 now https://tmraudio.com/components/music-servers-streamers/aurender-n200-network-streamer-server-1-4/ I have one in black too and it looks great! | |
| Aurender N150 vs N200 @saulh no idea how N150 sounds. I think you have a weak link there and it’s your DAC. I think it’s out of its league there. The streamer will definitely improve the sound but that bottleneck will remain. | |
| Lumin U2 or Aurender N200 I looked into the kimber hybrid usb cable. @lalitk by any chance have you compared it against the AQ Diamond? | |
| USB to Dual Coax Bridge for Qutest DAC Yes. Rob Watts is a digital genius. I love the Chord sound. It’s remarkable what he’s been able to accomplish there. I have two minor gripes there with the Qutest and the TT2… 1. Power supply - wall wart? Really? Advantage is, minus one power co... |