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| ifi Neo Streamer @colpgmrguy I consider the iFi streamers a bring-your-own-app streamer. iFi supports most protocols, but they notably lack the Chromecast protocol, which would be important to cast directly from Qobuz or Amazon HD apps. On my Zen Stream, I've no... | |
| CLASS D Have you considered bi-amping? I haven't heard your speakers bi-amped, but I've recently heard fantastic results bi-amping Q Accustics and Sonus Faber. | |
| B&W 705s3 vs Kef Meta R3 @b_limo Your experience at Best Buy matches mine. B&W outshines KEF at my Best Buy too. I’ve lived with 2 sets of KEF speakers a 1 set of B&W. Like AudioTroy, I also question Best Buy’s receiver pairings. And, I wonder about the switching ... | |
| Peachtree Gan 400 @maverick2108 Interesting to hear you like the Carina GaN more than GaN400. I'll keep that in mind. I haven't heard either yet. I am surprised at your experience with the Orchard comparing so favorably against the AGD Audions. I haven't heard th... | |
| Peachtree Gan 400 @smargo What speakers and pre do you run? I’m using the Peachtree Nova300 with Sonus Faber Sonetto V’s. I would say the pairing works really well. I tried some Orchard Audio GaN mono blocks recently, and they sounded wimpy compared to the Peacht... | |
| Primaluna tube rolling 12AU7 Notes Great info | |
| A nightmare regarding streaming? @lovehifi22 I think you will need to update your new saves to Soundiiz every so often. I believe only the "automation" section is auto-updating. I may get on Soundiiz every 6-12 months to update my diverging Spotify and Tidal saves with each other... | |
| A nightmare regarding streaming? I’m a third vote for Soundiiz. With Soundiiz, you can keep track of saved artists, albums, songs, and playlists across music services. And, you can transfer these saved items from one service to another whenever you migrate. Soundiiz serves as a m... | |
| Stack Audio-SmoothLAN Network Filter- WOW! My understanding is that uncompressed 4k blu ray rips require 80-120Mbps. So, unless you're ripping your own video content to stream locally, using kaleidescape, or Bravia, then 100Mpbs is sufficient for now. Here's to hoping that lossless video c... | |
| Stack Audio-SmoothLAN Network Filter- WOW! The only video streaming service that benefits from 100+ Mbps is Sony Bravia. All the big streaming services compress their 4k streams down to 15-25Mbps. | |
| Stack Audio-SmoothLAN Network Filter- WOW! I haven't tried it yet, but iFi also just came out with a $300 "LAN iPurifier Pro." It does support Gig internet, which can be useful for 100Mbps+ video streams. I'll eventually compare it to my TP Link optical converter boxes. Recently, I did t... | |
| Coax Internet Cable: If I have to build one, what am I looking for exactly? @macdude I was using the Phat Satellite cable for the last couple years. I switched over to the Blue Jeans RF cable this year along with an AudioQuest RF cable that's not currently in the AQ catalog, and I liked the results. As a disclaimer, I di... | |
| Best power cord for Audioquest Niagara 1200 I can add my own experience. I picked up a Niagara 1200 to use with my TV and KEF LS50 Wireless II's. I used stock PC's for the KEF and 1200. I later moved I moved an extra Hurricane source cable from my main system over to the TV system. I put th... | |
| The $10,000 Question One tube amp-speaker pairing that impressed me in your price range was the PrimaLuna Evo 300 with the Dynaudio Heritage. I don't recall whether they excell at classical music specifically though. One reviewers favorite amp pairing with Dynaudio ... | |
| Value of a preamp? Besides the items you mentioned--impedance matching and volume control--receiving multiple inputs and switching among the inputs is another important function of preamps. But, I would consider the other side of the coin. If you're not using anal... |