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| T+A's new R 2500 R integrated amp @cundare2 Having personal experience with both brands, as well as having the AP20 on the floor, all I can say is that T+A will have slightly better harmonics and soul. The AP20 is an exceptional unit nonetheless and satisfies those looking for a p... | |
| T+A's new R 2500 R integrated amp @doyle3433 Being both a T+A and Aurender dealer, I would love to hear your early thoughts on the differences in the sonics of these two rooms. I was the first dealer to purchase the AP20 in the USA and recently wrote a really lengthy evaluation of... | |
| Shopping for a DAC at AXPONA @jmeyers The DACs you mention have different sonic characteristics. MSB for example will be more organic and harmonic, where the Bartok and Lumin tend to be more technical. If you think about what qualities you want, you will likely be able to nar... | |
| Aurender n200, talk me out of signing on the dotted line @signaforce Though I’ve heard other Rogue preamps, I have no experience with the RP-1. In this case, you’re talking about 12AU7 vs the OP’s 6922 (and complements), so sonic qualities are a bit different. The Brimar CV4003 is one of my favorite 1... | |
| Aurender n200, talk me out of signing on the dotted line @tvad As I mentioned, it’s not available to all beta testers. In the email I received, there are instructions on how to request for the support team to install it on my floor units. They have to manually remote in and update the firmware. I will b... | |
| Aurender n200, talk me out of signing on the dotted line @tvad I am using Conductor 4.10.8 on my N30SA. I have not yet submitted a request to upgrade it to Roon Ready and will try to do so this coming week. Per Aurender’s email to me, it requires 4.10 to work. | |
| Aurender n200, talk me out of signing on the dotted line @audphile1 and @tvad it looks like you have to be an Aurender dealer or industry partner to enable Roon at the moment, and it requires submitting a support ticket with validating info. So this is still not available to all beta testers yet! | |
| Aurender n200, talk me out of signing on the dotted line @wlutke The N200 presents sonics in a very linear, neutral way with lots of snap and dynamics. As a dealer that has had one on my floor for years, I have not heard it be grainy, but you also do get considerably more tonal richness and organic pres... | |
| Aurender n200, talk me out of signing on the dotted line @fastfreight Aurender finally announced that Roon Ready capabilities are now in the beta versions of Conductor, at least for partners/dealers, but perhaps all beta testers. As a reminder, Aurender cannot be run as the core. Roon Ready mode will be... | |
| What About LiFePO4 Batteries and Pure Sine Wave Inverters? I’ll take the credit for telling @vonhelmholtz about how I took my whole system off the grid and implementing a battery supply. I got the idea myself from @ricevs replying to an inquiry of mine on GAN amps (thank you, Ric!), which led me to anothe... | |
| S/PDIF coax to BNC @deone Many cable manufacturers can build RCA Coax to BNC without the use of an adapter. I am a dealer for DH Labs and Cambridge Audio, and I know the DH Labs D-750 is one example of a cable that can be built to this configuration. I'm sure there ... | |
| Best USB cable upgrade for around $1000 +1 @jerrybj I happen to be fortunate to be able to have the SRX in possession. If my post was “pushing” this cable, I don’t think it’d be too effective. I don’t know of many people who would swing the cost on the cable just because I say it’s one... | |
| Alternative to Sonos. @n80 This may be too obvious, but have you looked into Bluesound? It’s a very similar ecosystem to Sonos, and comes from a partnership between NAD and PSB, two very well respected audio companies. Bluesound has had a solid track record, around 10 ... | |
| Best USB cable upgrade for around $1000 @classicrockfan You’re absolutely right about me. With audio, the sky is the limit. I absolutely love audio and am heavily invested. Looking at your posts, you have been overly negative about other people’s investments into high end cabling, so ... | |
| Best USB cable upgrade for around $1000 Sounds like the OP already landed a cable, but out of all the USB cables I’ve ever tried (and I’ve tried a lot), the only two I found myself being able to live with are the Synergistic Research SRX USB (very expensive) and the FTA Sinope, which po... |