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| Anthem STR preamp or integrated OR Parasound P6 @audiotroy Thanks for the input. I don't need a cd ripper or a NAS as I have zero downloaded files and I only stream. It seems like for the money, using the Bluesound to stream to the STR DAC would be just as good as the much more expensive Innu... | |
| Anthem STR preamp or integrated OR Parasound P6 @erik_squires excellent info and good points. I do like the sound of the Anthem.I think one thing that's holding me back is the lack of MQA support for its DAC. | |
| How much would I lose going to a Bluesound Node 2i I'd like to hear yall's thoughts on where the Cambridge CXN v2 fits in this conversation. Seems like it ticks most of these boxes and has a better DAC structure. | |
| What equipment upgrades or tweaks will improve the sound of drums? Huge Elton and Nigel fan here. I've never found Eltons recordings to be worth a crap except for his newer and awesome Peachtree Road album and his live albums. His older recordings are just bleak on anything other than vocals IMO.However if you'... | |
| Best phono player for newbie with good 2 ch system mijostyn, what am I going to put it on? I knew this was going to take me deeper than I anticipated ha..I was just going to put it on a solid side table or on a marble fireplace base.I guess I'm unaware of how much the table mattered.I did find a ... | |
| Best phono player for newbie with good 2 ch system Thank you all. Since this is new to me, I dont want to spend thousands. I was looking at the Pro-Ject to dip my toe in the water as I accumulate albums... | |
| How come Horn + woofer designs are not more popular? There's a charm to a good horn. Like driving a vintage car. Sure performance isn't the same as a sports car today, but there's something sweet about it. Keep in mind, good sound is ALL subjective. Even concert halls sound different. Instrument... | |
| Acoustic treatment Or just buy more subs. I don’t see anything magical about the AK Swarm. What I gathered is that 4 subs, semi-carefully placed will essentially do a better job of EQ-ing itself than room correction software. | |
| Stream quality: Spotify Connect = Airplay Mcintosh MX122 Ok so, what I'm gathering is that using Tidal/Qubuz on ANY non Tidal/Qobuz equipped player/dac is useless. I might as well stick with Spotify Connect because the Tidal/Qobuz quality will be degraded to CD quality at best anyway. | |
| Does Qobuz Work With Apple Airplay? I've yet to find a way to adequately stream at higher quality than Spotify though. Sure the source material is higher quality but once the Tidal/Qobuz signal is sent through Airplay, Bluetooth, or Chromecast, it's degraded to a comparable bitrate... | |
| Stream quality: Spotify Connect = Airplay Mcintosh MX122 It's not what sounds better to my ears (it is - but hang on).. I want to know the quality of which I'm streaming. Is there not a cool tool that can tell me in real time my bitrate? Or do I just assume I'm getting 320kbs or whatever because that... | |
| Stream quality: Spotify Connect = Airplay Mcintosh MX122 Thanks for your reply. The DAC in the MX122 is the AK4490EQ which I read about and it seems to be very well liked and found in players ranging from cheap to $20k+. Do you think my Cambridge CXN v2 wolfson DAC is "better"? Also, knowing that Spo... | |
| Shocked removed spikes, used blue tack, what other non spike footer You people so easily succumb to snake oil. My Gaia II and III's will be here tomorrow to figure out which ones I like best. | |
| Shocked removed spikes, used blue tack, what other non spike footer My gosh these GAIA are expensive for what they are! I wonder how they compare to the SVS Soundpath feet. | |
| McIntosh MX122 or Cambridge CXN v2 for Spotify streaming Interesting and thanks for your input. I cannot find hardly any information on the Mcintosh's DAC or its streaming capabilities. It sounds great to me, but it's so hard to A/B that I'm not 100% sure there's any difference what so ever. |