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| Move from Parasound A23 to A21/A21+ or Something Else? I have two A23s in boxes that I should sell. I much preferred the A21. I'm now using an Ayre VX-5 Twenty in one setup, JC 1 monoblocks in another. db | |
| Ayre Acoustics MXR-Twenty and KX-5 Twenty owners... I use an Ayre QX-5, KX-5, VX-5 Twenty series with KEF Reference 1s augmented by a pair of Velodyne HGS-15s below 80 Hz and high-passed by a Marchand balanced passive filter. The QX-5 Twenty serves as a Roon endpoint; a DX-5 DSD plays discs. I thin... | |
| Audioengine for Surround Sound BS my ass! A pair of 2+ sit on pads at the foot of LS50 stands for TV audio. I'm often amazed by their audio capability. I've heard lots of speakers I've liked less. db | |
| I'm not sure what I need HDMI-Audio to AVM, HDMI to TV, monitor, or projector. db | |
| I'm not sure what I need Start with one and add a second later. Two usually smoothes the bass. I think Darko suggests if only one it might be placed between the mains. Mine are placed on Auralex pads at the bass of the KEF stands, but the pads may not be needed -- I j... | |
| I'm not sure what I need Yes! I use a pair of KEF KC62 subs to augment LS50s and they pair very well, as they were designed to do. It’s amazing these little hi-tech subs can deliver both felt and heard pipe organ pedal notes, and can also high-pass to the LS50s. You migh... | |
| Moving Roon from Mini to Nucleus: PITA With a lot of help from Ryan at Ayre, Roon is playing via Ethernet to the QX-5 Twenty, and sounds superb. The MESH network is up. I’m a happy camper. db | |
| Wanting to upgrade my streaming sound quality. There’s a used N100 on eBay asking under $1800. I like to buy high-quality stuff used. If you could find a used Ayre QB-9 Twenty, that’d be a fine DAC to present balanced input to your MAC preamp. It’s Roon and Qobuz for me, I rarely spin anythin... | |
| Roon confusion sbank, I think I haven’t been downloading the QX-5 OS update properly to the flash drive, so Ayre is downloading it to a flash drive they will ship to me. That should get the QX-5 certified again, plus a bunch updates Ayre has made that I’m missin... | |
| Roon confusion Thanks for the clear statement, thyname. I’ve been using Roon for several years, and I'm often confused about what’s doing what. I recently moved Roon core from a Mini to a Nucleus. Roon in the Mini played with my Ayre QX-5 endpoint, but Ro... | |
| Is anyone using a large-screen TV/music setup as your personal computer setup as well? In our living room I occasionally use a Mac Mini connected to a Sony 65 XBR, but the video resolution leaves something to be desired. The keyboard is comfortable on my lap, the mouse on the arm of a chair. But I've use that mostly to set up the ... | |
| Moving Roon from Mini to Nucleus: PITA I’m having a problem updating the QX-5 so it’s certified, likely an error in loading the flash drive used to transfer the update. I’ll try to fix tomorrow. HDMI from the Nucleus to a Bryston SP3 that passes balanced analog to an Ayre KX-5 pream... | |
| Moving Roon from Mini to Nucleus: PITA erik, Roon core ran on a Mini downstairs on a MESH network. The router and QX-5 are upstairs and were connected to a MESH node via Ethernet cable. Both now connect directly to Ethernet. The QX-5 takes in Ethernet and outputs balanced analog. Call ... | |
| Mixing Ethernet Cables You might want to look into a Goggle MESH network. The nodes feed ethernet cable to the components. Our router is upstairs, the Mac Mini server that runs Roon core is downstairs; one streamer is upstairs, the other downstairs. The sound quality is... | |
| Cheapest way to enhance SQ with digital streaming sns, I'm still confused about the distinction between server and streamer. To be specific, my router, Roon Nucleus, and Ayre QX-5 (Roon endpoint) connect to an Ethernet switch. So is the Nucleus the server and the QX-5 the streamer with a builti... |