dinov
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| Streamers and software I was at the same point you’re at now a couple of years ago, wanting to get rid of my Node and it’s frustrating software. My shortlist of streamers were Innuos, Lumin, and Esoteric. I finally landed with the Esoteric and while I enjoyed everything... | |
| Doozy of an amp question I must admit I’m a McIntosh fan so with that would be my recommendation, both for sound, build quality, resale value, and being able to be repaired. Since you already like the sound I think you’ll be happy with the amp for a very long time. Also I... | |
| MusicDirect,, Do I didn’t get the usual thick catalog. | |
| Chet Baker vs. Miles Davis I really like Chet as well. | |
| The end of physical media is neigh I really hate this. Even though I’ve ripped all of my cds and SACDs to a NAS, I’d still have a hard time getting rid of my collection. I’ve thought about it and it makes sense considering the huge amount of space it takes up. Then there’s the Blu-... | |
| HOW DID YOU END UP WITH YOUR DREAM SYSTEM? Through many years of purchases and upgrades. I don’t think you are ever really done, you just reach a level of satisfaction with what you have and the list of upgrades and wants is much less. | |
| Vintage JBL Floor Standing Speakers L100s or L65 s | |
| Anyone else having trouble with Roon? No problems here. | |
| Looking for High Quality Streamer Only Options (NO DAC)? Innuos was on my shortlist when I was in the market for a streamer without a DAC, However, in the end I purchased an Esoteric with a DAC. Unless your DAC is something really special, I’d suggest purchasing one with a DAC, that is also special. | |
| Do you have a perfect digital marriage? Esoteric NO5 streamer/DAC fed by fiber optic ethernet from NAS into McIntosh C2300 tube preamp, MC500 SS amp, Tannoy Churchill’s | |
| Need help: Tannoy or B&W? I’ve had both and both are excellent speakers. IMO you can beat Tannoys for soundstage and imaging. In my main system I’ve settled with Tannoy Churchill’s with super tweeters. I can literally walk around the room and get great stereo imaging. They... | |
| Bose buys McIntosh I felt kind of sick when I heard this but then I realized that McIntosh was as owned by Clarion in the 90s. Point being, that really didn’t affect their products at all, and as time went on so did Clarion. They are truly an American survivor. No b... | |
| Reliability - what’s your experience been? McIntosh | |
| Who knew? +1 @jwei | |
| Which of my components has the better built in DAC? C2700 |