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| What do I need? @tochsii Vinylshadow is right. Look for a used Classe SSP 800 av preamp surround processor in used markets. The SSP 800 originally retailed for $9500 but it’s been discontinued since 2017 and nowadays a used one can be had for around $2k. The Cl... | |
| Is Apple Music lossless/uncompressed? Tell your friend to go with Tidal and Qobuz instead of Apple Music as they sound better than Apple Music and will always be lossless no matter what device you are using. Tidal now offers Tidal MAX, which is hi res FLAC files up to 24/192 just like... | |
| Bookshelf speaker recommendations A used pair of PMC Twenty 22 bookshelf sneakers if you can find them in used markets. These have been discontinued and a used pair can be had for around $1400 without the stands. They originally did retail for $4k a pair without stands back when t... | |
| Solo streamer Agreed with mdalton. A $6300 streamer paired with $1900 DAC won’t make any sense and is disproportionate. The OP will have to upgrade his DAC as well. And of course we don’t know the rest of the OP’s equipments : speakers, amp, preamp, cablings, e... | |
| Looking for a CD / SACD player. Also, tell me about Esoteric Marantz and Esoteric players aren’t in the same league. Marantz is great at their asking price or is great for the money and most of Marantz CD/SACD players can be had for $3k and under with the exception of their Reference series SA-10 player. E... | |
| Looking for a CD / SACD player. Also, tell me about Esoteric I highly recommend a used Cary CD 306 SACD player (professional version) if you can find a used one which is rare today. This is an older and statement flagship CD/SACD player from Cary Audio circa 2008 thru 2015/2016. It did retail for $8k when i... | |
| Looking for RCA cables from preamp to amp? Since this is for home theater use or movies you don’t have to get expensive ones, just good quality budget interconnects would do just fine. | |
| Why Preamps Thump on Turn on Agreed with audioman58. I would always turn on the source components first, then preamp, then power amp last. And when shutting down my system I would always power off the power amp first, then preamp, then source components last. it’s dead silent... | |
| Intermittent audio dropouts when streaming Qobuz Hi Res files on Lumin streamer @chrisoshea I do have turntables in my main dedicated listening rooms aka main dedicated systems (see above post) but I don’t hava a turntable in my living room setup as it is my secondary system and is more for casual listening. | |
| Intermittent audio dropouts when streaming Qobuz Hi Res files on Lumin streamer I should have bought the Aurender streamer or Linn or Naim streamer for my living room setup since I don’t have any physical media player in this living room setup. How is the Aurender app? Pretty reliable? Or are you using Roon instead of the Aur... | |
| Intermittent audio dropouts when streaming Qobuz Hi Res files on Lumin streamer Couldn’t agree more. That’s why the majority of my listening is physical media discs : vinyl, CD, SACD, and reel-to-reel master audio tape. But I mainly stream Tidal and Qobuz in this living room setup since it is not my main primary dedicated lis... | |
| Intermittent audio dropouts when streaming Qobuz Hi Res files on Lumin streamer @yyzsantabarbara Hi there, Today I’ve just tried streaming the George Harrison’s 50th anniversary All Things Must Pass album particularly on that Hear Me Lord song on Qobuz Hi Res 192/24 and didn’t get audio dropout at all. Everything seems to ... | |
| Intermittent audio dropouts when streaming Qobuz Hi Res files on Lumin streamer Thank you all for all the responses. I did reboot my Lumin streamer and my internet network modem/router, I rebooted everything and now it seems to be doing fine so far but I need to give it another couple weeks and see how it goes. But so far no ... | |
| Intermittent audio dropouts when streaming Qobuz Hi Res files on Lumin streamer @erik_squires I highly doubt it’s my internet connection because I also stream Tidal MAX (Tidal Hi Res FLAC) up to 192/24 and is flawless and not a single audio dropout at all. Tidal MAX (Tidal Hi Res FLAC) streams at exact same resolutions (sam... | |
| Intermittent audio dropouts when streaming Qobuz Hi Res files on Lumin streamer @yyzsantabarbara The audio dropouts are intermittent and random, not on any particular track or album but it only occurs on Qobuz Hi Res material - especially 192/24 & sometimes on 96/24 too, but the CD quality streams are fine. The issue pe... |