billzame
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| For those that use an external DAC with node 2i I have a very different take on all this. I have a Node2i which I have tried with the internal DAC and with external DACs. I also tried the streamer/DAC combinations in the NAD M10 and M33. I have tried Amazon HD, Idagio, Qobuz, Tidal and now f... | |
| Help! Spakers damaged during shipping?Paid insurance (with proof)being told not Insured? Here is part of what the Audiogon Insurance webpage says:Loss, damage, or non-arrival of any package or its contents which (a) is addressed, wrapped, or packed insufficiently, incorrectly, or contrary to carrier's packaging requirements; or (b) be... | |
| Schiit amps, freya preamp Schiit warrants the Freya+ and Vidar for 5 years. That is a lot longer than most manufacturers warrant their equipment. It is a little hard to believe that they could do this if their build quality was crap. | |
| Not Thrilled with Vandersteen 2CE Sigs - where is the first place to work on? +1 mvrooman. I had a problem w/ my 2Ce's too close to walls, moved them 8 ft into the room and the sound is completely different. As for efficiency: for a while I was driving them with a 25 wpc tube amplifier and reached unpleasantly loud sound ... | |
| Does Age Matter? Over 70. Digital only. I am not sure it is an audio preference so much as it is a physical constraint: there is simply no place in my listening space(s) where I could place a turntable to be both accessible and free from vibrations. Mostly I li... | |
| Any advice? Parasound A21, Ayre V5xe, Benchmark AHB2, or Bryston 4B3? Just a small addition to kingbarbuda's post: Benchmark also makes speaker cables with NL2 and NL4 terminations. See their website. | |
| BlueSound Stinks(!), anyone? My Node 2i was very buggy for the first 2 days (literally). By the 3rd day, it had upgraded itself twice and since then I have had no problems (except network problems -- my LAN is very stable; my connection to the internet is not.) When I read ... | |
| High Eng Audio Auctions on Ebay does not honor their deals I have some experience with ebay auctions - not for audio equipment but for items of various values. In every case the seller either quoted a flat rate for shipping to various locations or stated explicitly that shipping costs would depend on loc... | |
| *WHITE PAPER* The Sound of Music - How & Why the Speaker Cable Matters The abstract defines the "error" as the voltage drop between amplifier and speaker. Isn't that determined solely by the resistance of the speaker and cable? So the "lowest error" would be obtained with a speaker cable of least resistance? | |
| I DON'T GET IT!!!!!! Digital connections are not the same as analog connections. If analog cables are not connected quite right, the sound may be distorted; if digital cables are not connected quite right, there may be no sound at all. It sounds like your optical ca... | |
| Amp repair cost — is this right? I think this is the wrong question. I think the right question is "Is this repair shop honest?" If the answer is "yes" then the price is reasonable; if the answer is "no" then the price is not reasonable. The brake job analogy is imperfect, bec... | |
| Advice on CD transport I have an Audiolab 6000CDT transport and love it. | |
| Charging A Fee To Demo An Amplifier In A Brick & Mortar Store It was suggested that this is equivalent to a restocking fee; I disagree. If I buy equipment from Schiit or Tekton and I don't like it I have to send it back, probably pay shipping both ways, and pay a restocking fee. But ... I have auditioned t... | |
| What is missing here? I would make a different point about the problem with the review. I am not in the market for a low power amp or for $15,000 amp of any power. The knowledge that this is a low power amp that costs $15,000 would very likely inform my decision abou... | |
| Node 2i VS Lumin D2 Has anyone compared the Node 2i with the Audiolab 6000N? |