blisshifi
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| Sound quality of Roon And @sonicfanatic what exactly do you need corroborated? That the quality of a streamer / server will advance the quality of the final sonic outcome? | |
| I think I just smoked my Amp The D400 is a fairly old unit and given its high-current design, I’d be willing to bet that it’s the transistors that got exhausted vs a capacitor going bad. If transistors start to fail they will leak current one way or another and drive the amp ... | |
| Streamer Upgrade @dinov You’re welcome. I’m going to reach out to you via PM to share some thoughts more directly with you. | |
| Streamer Upgrade @willg1985 Innuos’ Sense platform is compatible with Spotify Connect. If you can swing for it, the Innuos will be a better performer overall as well than the two units you mention. | |
| Audio Mirror Preamplifier Thank you Vlad @audiomirror for providing accurate guidance and a solution for people with subwoofers! | |
| Streamer Upgrade @willg1985 Yes I am. Using the N30SA, which is their reference streamer. I came a long way in the last 10 years or so. Upgrading to it made a bigger difference in sound quality than spending even more on a DAC upgrade. After buying the N30SA I sli... | |
| Streamer Upgrade Depending on how much you want to invest, it could be a huge leap in improvement. I went from a whole Bluesound house to in the end having one with a power supply upgrade, moving to a NAD M50.2 streamer which is now discontinued, but was leaps ahe... | |
| Direct Drive There are some incredible direct drives, but their notoriety was largely due to motor noise and vibration. If you are open to user gear, you might want to do a search for an older Technics SP10 with a custom plinth. Other marketplaces have some go... | |
| Audio people you've had contact with that proved to be good people. Two folks that put their customers and passions first: Tri Mai (Tri-Planar Tonearms) Dan Wright (Modwright Instruments) | |
| Recommendation for low to normal level listening a 13.5' x 21' x 8' room @lorenc1 How much room can you afford to give between your speakers and the wall? If 5’ or more, your thought on Magnepan is not a bad one. If less, consider Scansonic MB-5B. They have the tonal balance and openness of a Raidho (both were mostly d... | |
| Recommendation for Headphones +1 @soix on Audeze. For what you de@mlapenta you might be really happy spending much less than the amount you specified. The Audeze LCD-2F costs significantly less than the LCD-3, but it might suit your sonic tastes better if you like it a bit on ... | |
| Audio Mirror Preamplifier @hilde45 I'll let Vlad know about the thread and see if he can comment. Given how compact the unit is, I don't know what's going on inside and whether he can make a second set of unbalanced outputs, though I know it doesn't take up much room. This... | |
| Audio Mirror Preamplifier @tvad Thank you for correcting me on the transformer-coupled balanced outputs. I forgot about that. To add more, there are both the single ended outputs and this pair of transformer-coupled outputs, but a switch is installed to toggle one or the e... | |
| What is the best Headphone rid upgrade @zerozerofire In full transparency, I am an authorized Aurender dealer. While ghdprentice suggests the N100, I would like to clarify that it has been discontinued and replaced by the N150. I’d also like to suggest the N200, which has better compon... | |
| Anyone else feel like it’s the Wild Wild West? @rbstehno But what about the hardware of the streamer/server? The software is only a small part of any streamer’s sound quality. Also, I would say that I have heard bigger improvements at times upgrading streamers/servers vs upgrading DACs. A high... |