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| Tube Preamps that work well with SS amps? McIntosh C220 into an Arion Audio S500. Even with a 15 foot run of IC between them, I get great, non-soggy sound. But it's not earbleed bright, either, thank goodness. | |
| To DAC or not to DAC ? I have owned a McIntosh C220 for about 10 years. Absolutely love it. | |
| Capital Audio Fest Notes @mapman Yes, the big ones. I like Fyne speakers. I heard their smaller towers at the VPI house just before Covid hit. Nicely voiced with only a slight trace of glare in the upper mids. Nothing I would trade my Ohm's for, though. | |
| Capital Audio Fest Notes I liked the GTT audio room. Also enjoyed meeting Andrew Gillis of Small Green Computer. He makes very affordable Linux based servers and sells Sonare products like the Rendu line of renderers. His stuff was the digital source for GTT. He eschews t... | |
| Help me pick one of four music servers/streamersreqi Well, SGC's cheap USB to S/PDIF adapter is no longer available. I am not dropping $400 on their remaining adapter just to keep using my old DAC. The Sonore Tonedac is $300, but I haven't been able to find any reviews on it. It is returnable, so... | |
| Anyone dislike Ohm Walsh speakers? @lagunamike...very interested to hear what the rest of your system is. My experience has been a bit different than yours. I did have a peaky brightness around 5-7kHz which I assumed was the 2000s, but a new amplifier made that vanish completely.... | |
| Help me pick one of four music servers/streamersreqi First of all, thanks to all who offered help.Right now, I am leaning towards the Small Green Computer package of i5 Transporter, Ultra Rendu and LPS. It is cost effective, Roon core capable, but can run without Roon. SGC's USB to S/PDIF adapter ... | |
| Sweetvinyl Sugarcube - SC1 and SC2 @andysf Consider the SVNR upgrade, s hardware upgrade Sweetvinyl will do for $500. IME, removing the clicks and pops reveals more surface noise. SVNR does a good job of masking that noise. | |
| Anyone dislike Ohm Walsh speakers? About to hit year 12 with my 2000s. No desire to change these for anything anywhere near the price, even the new higher price. FWIW, I bought them without hearing them first. Once broken in, they are fantastic, IMHO. | |
| Help me pick one of four music servers/streamersreqi @grannyring which Innous do you own? Are you using their LPS or Phoenix reclocker? Thanks. | |
| Help me pick one of four music servers/streamersreqi @fuzztone... I agree with you on the DAC. Please explain what you mean by "something you can do yourself". Do you mean assembling your own computer based music server? Or simply spinning CDs? I am curious. I know some find music library mana... | |
| Help me pick one of four music servers/streamersreqi Thanks, folks! Not a lot of love for Melco or Innuos? | |
| Help me pick one of four music servers/streamersreqi @david_ten I have only heard good things about Wolf Audio. But equipped as I need it, their entry level price is a budget buster. | |
| Help me pick one of four music servers/streamersreqi @ everyone above... Thanks! I should have put the SGC package on the list. I originally started out with a VB appliance from SGC in 2011, and was pleased, although I did have a HD failure about 4 years in (thank goodness for backups!). I would p... | |
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