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| Auralic Vega 1 vs Auralic Vega 2/2.1 There are much more expensive streaming products out there. Many people spend more than $2600 on their digital front end.Auralic makes good stuff that is priced competitively. You can often find bargains on used Auralic gear. Spend what makes s... | |
| Will a $700 turntable outperform a CD player? I picked up a SL1200 MK2 a few months ago for about $500. I have way more than $700 into it now, probably close to $2K. It came with the KAB RCA jack upgrade and had no dust cover. I bought a new dust cover for it and have since added the KAB f... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ornette Coleman Double Quartet - Free Jazz | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Cars - Shake It Up, MFSL | |
| Indoor FM antenna I think one antenna might work better than another depending on your location. Most of the towers are either 46 or 50 miles from my location. In my case the less expensive SR-100 worked better than the ST-2.Another antenna that often works surpri... | |
| Why would I need Roon? @pratorious BubbleUPnP will do that for $5. Or free, if you don't mind some ads. | |
| Indoor FM antenna I have tried a few indoor antennas, including the ST-2, Terk, and some others. The one that has worked best for me is the Magnum Dynalabs SR-100 FM Antenna. | |
| Ditching Lumin T2 - Lumin U1 Mini or Bluesound Node 2i @dtximages If you use all 4 subs, you're going to have a lot less issues with bass management, basically set your levels and crossover points, make sure nothing is out of phase, and you should have great bass. That's probably over-simplifying a l... | |
| Ditching Lumin T2 - Lumin U1 Mini or Bluesound Node 2i @dtximages What kind of subwoofers do you use? They typically provide controls to allow you to shape their sound. I use 4 subwoofers and don't use any type of bass management. Of course using multiple subs helps eliminate the need for those con... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? I dont like filler! | |
| Ditching Lumin T2 - Lumin U1 Mini or Bluesound Node 2i The Anthem is a nice piece, and ARC is kind of cool, but it doesn't sound natural to me when engaged. If you can't bypass all that crap in the Anthem, I would consider a different integrated that lets you enjoy the high quality source you have rat... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? @uberwaltz I just started listening to it. I thought it sounded really good. Not sure I'll sit through all the live stuff. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition), Qobuz Hi-Res |