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MAC Book Pro Computer vs Aurender N100h vs Aurender N10 Music Servers
Following the posts, the sound from the Aurender n10 was preferred over the n100h.  Was the n10 using spdif and the n100 using usb? 
Question for Rowland aficionados
I have been into hifi for 40 years and have not enjoyed it, truly, as much since I have heard (and purchased) Jeff Rowland gear.    
ARC or Jeff Rowland pre-amp?
I have the Esoteric K03 and was using an ayre preamp into my magtech amps (actually external digital crossover).  The ayer preamp was a low priced one so I wanted to move up.  I ended up going with the Jeff Rowland Criterion and COULD NOT be happi... 
With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you
If you love your Maggies as you should, the only improvement possible are Sanders 10D stats.  With Magtechs for the panels...wow~ 
rush hemispheres great music
Permanent Waves was the beginning of Commercialism...and the end. I have not puchased a new Rush Album since Permanent Waves (yes, saw the show).  Went to see the Vapor show but compared to 2112, Fly By NIght and the older shows, it pretty much SU... 
rush hemispheres great music
Fly By Night... ARCHIEVES...  All The Worlds is a Stage.   2112! 
Active Subwoofer Crossover
Keep in mind, the only way your amps can ever communicate directly with your speakers is with an external crossover.  With an internal crosover, your amps communicate with the crossover.  With an external crossover, there is nothing between the am... 
Spotify Premium vs Tidal ... opinions?
Before just settle on USB to dac (note, many dacs DO NOT have USB so you need to add yet another device in the line, and more cables.. more expense for a poorer interface-an interface effected by every single function your PC will perform, and USB... 
Spotify Premium vs Tidal ... opinions?
You really want to keep away from USB.  Pono is great but it is not a streaming service.  It is a digital walkman.  You need to store music on it, it cant stream - but its sound is SOTA.  I love mine.   
Best speakers for Pink Floyd?
CERWIN VEGA D-9. I dont ever thik I could listen to the whole side if Dark Side without my neighbor banging on my door.  Paranoid is definitely a fight for #1 for me.   
Tidal vs. Spotify
Yep.  Reading Stereophile and having access to the music you are readng the reviews on uncompressed, with Tidal, is sweet.    
I was thinking the other day about all the audio stores that were around when I was a kid
I lived in Brooklyn, NY. Mid to late Seventies, my FUN Saturdays were spent taking the Train into the City to Times Square and walking over to 'Harveys' on 45th Street off of 5th Avenue.  Then I would walk down to Stereo Exchange in Greenwiich Vil... 
The one piece of gear you will never sell
I shall never part with my Jeff Rowland Criterion preamp.  EVER. 
Im over Tidal
Tidal streaming issues are your internet provider/modem/router isues, IE, you do not have a fast enough throughput.  You may be paying your provider for 50 mips but unless you check it yourself, you do not know what you have.  I had Tidal problems... 
Reel to Reel uses -
China.  Yes.  Awesome selection.  www.abcrecords.com   (you will get a warning message as its china but it is  safe site).