djones51
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| Recommendation for DAC needed. I can't tell the difference between CD and MQA streaming from Tidal on a node2i so I pulled the card and went with the Benchmark DAC 3 B. | |
| Recommendation for DAC needed. The benchmark DAC 3 B is on my short list but I could use some strictly neutral so it's good to know that about it. | |
| All in one Pre/Power/Streaming/DAC or Streaming Preamp/DAC combo ~$2k-4k recommendations There is a thread, Micromega M100/150 Field Reports, you can refer to. I used to own one and sold it when I bought some Ohm Walsh 2000 speakers and no longer used the room correction. I also used it with a wireless repeater and would have dropouts... | |
| New $24,000 inter-connect Is that for a pair or a piece? | |
| All in one Pre/Power/Streaming/DAC or Streaming Preamp/DAC combo ~$2k-4k recommendations Micromega M100, integrated amp, streamer with built in tidal support, room correction but no hdmi. Can be found used around $3000. | |
| Snake oil came first. By a likely ~ +50k years The study was intertesing adding snake oil to it wasn't . 50K years ago it wasn't snake oil it was how we began to understand our universe , today the shaman, prophet, holy man, witch doctor, whatever you want to call them peddle snake oil and kn... | |
| Snake oil came first. By a likely ~ +50k years I still disagree it is not the oldest professionalism. Training, passed on, has name and shape, formal...yes, yes, yes, yes all buttons clicked. | |
| Snake oil came first. By a likely ~ +50k years I have to disagree , shamanism is not the oldest profession. | |
| TIDAL-Who knows what you are hearing? Don't Ask, Don't Tell. When I look at the song playing it says CD or mqa . Whether I can only search for mqa I don’t know. | |
| Cabinet clearance for Audio Acoustics LS16 tube pre-amp? One way to get an idea of how hot it gets is make a box out of scrap wood about the size of the opening you want the preamp to fit in, set it over the preamp and run it for a few hours and see how hot it gets. That's the way I was thinking about t... | |
| Cabinet clearance for Audio Acoustics LS16 tube pre-amp? I deleted my post I noticed cleeds already linked to the company that makes the airplates used in av cabinets I was thinking could be used in a false wall. They are flush mount you can google , airplate, to see the flush mount fans. | |
| Questions about Node 2i If you get frequent drop outs using wireless I would use a wire. I run the node 2i on the 5ghz band and everything else in my house on the 2.4 ghz. I also set the channels in my router so I am the only one within my area using them and will perio... | |
| Affordable integrated pure class A? Unison research used another option. | |
| Questions about Node 2i Yes , I only use the 2i wireless don’t have a wire in my living room. One of the reasons I waited for the 2i to come out was the improved wireless | |
| Questions about Node 2i I think a lot has to do with wireless not only better wifi with wifi 5 but 2 way bluetooth and airplay 2. I have no first hand experience but I believe it works with any bluetooth speaker and headphones according to the review on nerdtechy. The b... |