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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... 
Help with choosing music server
If you’re comfortable getting in your routers settings check how many are using the same wireless channels as you and switch to a channel no one else is using. Most people don’t bother with changing it, they leave it on the default, might help . 
Affordable integrated pure class A?
If you can find a used Vincent SV 700, it does 50 watts in class A at 8 ohms or you can switch it to A/B  for 100 watts at 8 ohm , 200 watts at 4 ohm. New they are about $4000.