crn3371
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| Ditching Lumin T2 - Lumin U1 Mini or Bluesound Node 2i The Anthem STR integrated is still going to benefit from a good DAC, this coming from a happy STR owner. I’m currently using a Bel Canto e.One Stream feeding a W4S DAC-2DSDse and love the sound. I briefly tried the Node2i but returned it as I pref... | |
| Rel T7i matching up with Monoblocks I don’t understand why you can’t use the high level Speakon connection. | |
| Time for a new DAC? Upgrade your streaming service(s) first. You might be surprised at how good your current DAC can sound. | |
| Step-up from Node2i for native AmazonHD streaming? I have the STR integrated and can assure you that it doesn’t support streaming. | |
| Educate me on music streamers, please. There are many streamers that will act as Roon endpoints. Realistically, Audirvana is computer only in my opinion, they say it’s DNLA compatible but that doesn’t seem to be the case in the real world. Plus, I can’t see why anyone would want to use... | |
| Educate me on music streamers, please. Tidal and Qobuz are pretty much universally available on any dedicated streamer, while Deezer is more of an outlier. In my opinion EVERYTHING has its own sound, streaming service, streamer, cables, DAC. If it’s in the audio chain it can affect the... | |
| Step-up from Node2i for native AmazonHD streaming? Have you tried Qobuz? If you do some searching you’ll find Qobuz hi res is generally preferred over Tidal. I don’t doubt that the E30’s are a great value, Topping is a brand that punches above its weight class. I was only commenting on the logic o... | |
| Step-up from Node2i for native AmazonHD streaming? Like I already mentioned, I’m sure there’s something that meets your needs, but Amazon HD is going to be your Achilles Heal. Any particular reason you’re tied to Amazon? I’m sure the NAD M30 is a nice piece of kit, but using a $4k streamer to feed... | |
| Step-up from Node2i for native AmazonHD streaming? I’m a little confused at your input and output requirements. You have digital inputs, but also digital outputs, am I missing something? | |
| Step-up from Node2i for native AmazonHD streaming? You may have painted yourself into a corner with all your requirements. What you’re looking for is a streaming DAC, plenty of those out there but I think what’s going to severely limit you is native Amazon HD. I’ve heard this a lot regarding Amazo... | |
| BluOS server with USB out? No Bluesound device with USB output. I would try the optical output and see if that fixes your problem. | |
| What's the best non-DAC streamer? I’m happy with my Bel Canto eOne Stream. | |
| Seeking a Tidal full MQA streaming DAC OP, while it might be problematic to try before buying you can certainly purchase one to try with a 60 return policy. PS Audio, and any number of vendors offer 30-60 day returns, giving you the opportunity to audition at home. | |
| Thinking of selling my BLUESOUND VAULT Best I can tell all vaults have both coax and optical digital outputs. | |
| How to improve sound coming from a laptop? Another vote for Audirvana, it really can improve SQ. Also, use a decent USB cable and run it through one of the USB decrappifiers from W4S, iFi, Uptone, to name a few. |