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| Anthem STR or Lyngdorf TDAI 2170? @jwh2 First if all, using splitter is not advisable and will degrade the sound quite a bit. Second of all, in general B&W does not pair well with a small powered tube integrated amp such as the Rogue Cronos ii cause your Cronos ii isn’t able t... | |
| Amp for Sopra 2 Parasound Halo A51 five-channel amp. Or a combination of the A21 & A31 amps. You can use the Halo A21 stereo amp to power your front LR speakers and use the A32 three-channel amp to power your center & surrounds. These are great performing... | |
| Help with picking new integrated for under 3k @sammyshaps Musical Fidelity M6si ($3k new), Rotel RA-1592 ($2500 new), Parasound Halo Integrated (HINT) at $2500 new are all awesome and have decent DACs too. Or the Rega Elicit-R analog integrated ($3k new) no DAC though but Rega makes a standal... | |
| Best multi channel amp and processor good for 2 channel listening. @maguiar102 Did you already buy the Lumin T2? Cause I just realized that the Lumin T2 is actually a digital streamer that has internal DAC and it does not have coax digital or optical digital audio inputs. It only has Ethernet & USB inputs. So... | |
| Best multi channel amp and processor good for 2 channel listening. @maguiar102 The Lumin T2 is highly regarded by many and received good reviews but I personally haven’t heard it yet. But I have heard the PS Audio DirectStream DAC and I highly recommend it to you. You will be able to find a used one for $5k and l... | |
| Best multi channel amp and processor good for 2 channel listening. @bwguy You should try out the Lumin T2 or if you can find a used PS Audio DirectStream DAC I highly recommend that. Good luck and let us know what you end up getting and how they would compare. | |
| Best multi channel amp and processor good for 2 channel listening. @bwguy Highly possible and very likely since the Lumin T2 is a dedicated stereo DAC/music streamer. Although I’ve never tried it but the Lumin T2 seemed highly regarded and received very positive reviews and feedbacks. Give it a try. I highly reco... | |
| Netflix audio quality playback does not compare to DVD or Blu-ray disks! Both audio & video qualities on those streaming movie services (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Hulu, Vudu) are compromised and cannot compare to that of bluray & 4K UHD bluray discs. The only thing that is of equal qualities (audio &... | |
| Best multi channel amp and processor good for 2 channel listening. @maguiar102 I happened to stumble upon this thread today and I’ve been absent from Audiogon forum for a while.All the equipments you are looking at or are intending to purchase are great and it all comes down to system synergy and personal tastes ... | |
| Need DAC/Streaming Advice @puppyt What are the rest of your associated equipments? I would highly recommend either Linn DS (digital streamer/DAC) such as the Linn Akurate DS or the Linn Klimax DS if you can afford them or any Naim streamer/DAC if you can also afford them a... | |
| Recommendation on power amp @newtoncr Not sure if it’s too late for you to demo the Naim NAP 500 DR power amp with a separate external Naim 555 PS DR power supply unit. I know they are above your budget but a used ones can be had for $20k and less. The NAP 500 DR & the 5... | |
| Review ATC SCM 40 A floorstanders.....finally ATC speakers would pair well with Naim gears. | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming @bo1972 You still haven't answered my question. So to you the Lumin is an absolute best (best of the best) and the all the other brands are garbage or is Lumin the best in their price points? | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming @bo1972 Based on your comments above, so to you Lumin seemed to be the absolute best (best of the best) or best in its price range? Cause there are other excellent options out there that offer highly musical sound with excellent musicality, musica... | |
| Esoteric K-03Xs Player In addition to EMM and Esoteric, the DCS and the Vitus Audio also make excellent digital front end players as well. MSB Technology is another excellent digital front end components such as the MSB Select 2 DAC, MSB Reference DAC, etc. Tidal, MBL, ... |