bar81
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| EMM Labs or PS Audio? The XDS1 v3 is old architecture. The DA 2 V2/DV2 are so far beyond the old architecture there's no point in making a comparison. | |
| Ditching Lumin T2 - Lumin U1 Mini or Bluesound Node 2i The Node 2i is a solid choice generally at its price point but in your case given your budget and your experience with a good streamer, I think you'll be happy with it only if you upgrade the power supply. This makes a substantial difference for ... | |
| Step-up from Node2i for native AmazonHD streaming? Agree with crn3371. What exactly are you trying to do? If you’re bypassing the DAC in your CDP and trying to use the DAC in a separate piece of equipment, then why do you need digital outputs from that piece of equipment? Conversely, if you’re usi... | |
| Step-up from Node2i for native AmazonHD streaming? The Node 2i is a great streamer value (no real competition anywhere near its price range) particularly if you connect it to a good DAC. If you want to up the performance, there are non-destructive mods that allow you to use a higher quality SMPS f... | |
| Streaming: WiFi or wired?? Yes. Don't believe your lyin' ears! | |
| Streaming: WiFi or wired?? Bluesound wireless code is a trainwreck. The Node 2i I'm trying out drops off the wifi network every few hours requiring a reboot to show back up. No issues with any other wifi components on the network. After conducting some research, this app... | |
| support for heavy PC? @rsjm80 This will do what you want with added performance as a bonus (or so I'm told - I have one on hand but haven't had a chance to try it yet):Furutech NCF Booster Bracehttp://www.furutech.com/2019/09/13/18748/The booster brace uses adhesive pa... | |
| High end units in the U.S. market that are not black? @roxy54 Agreed. This is a troll thread. All of my audio components are silver except for the grounding gear. EMM Labs, Ayre, D'Agostino, Shunyata, even my MIT cables - all silver default or only silver in the case of MIT. It actually takes mor... | |
| EMM LABS DV2 @jakesnakThe explanation in the manual should mean that the DV2 display will show the original lossy 24/192 resolution of the file (for informational purposes I guess?) but the NS1 will only do the first unfold of the core lossy 24/96 stream and p... | |
| EMM LABS DV2 Not sure why all the guesswork - the manual is online.The NS1 will accept MQA content via ethernet and USB stick input but:When playing MQA through the NS1 coupled with MQA-enabled DAC, the NS1 will output MQA Core decoded signal. The MQA-enabled ... | |
| Emm Labs DV2 No worries. We've just had a couple of ridiculous people in the past and so everyone is now sensitive to it. Based on my experience, it's a great brand (at the very least for digital - I haven't tried their amps) and wish you success. | |
| Emm Labs DV2 Yeah. That was a very late announcement of a financial interest in the product. The thing is that the product doesn't need testimonials from dealers - the reviews have been consistently stellar. | |
| EMM LABS DV2 Couldn't tell you. Something to think about is why do you want to try other gear if you think the performance of what you are testing is "wonderful". The grass is rarely greener in my experience. | |
| EMM LABS DV2 The N10 and NS1 are different products. An alternative to the N10 might be something like the Innuos Zenith MK3 (with Innuos Phoenix) and an alternative to the NS1 would be the dcs Network Bridge. There are a lot of options out there in the mark... | |
| EMM LABS DV2 What's your budget? |