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| DAC RECOMMENDATIONS PLEASE Gustard r26 can be had new within your budget. Adding the r26 did great things to my system with KEF R5 speakers. It might not have much brand cache or visual appeal, but the sound is so pleasing to my ears - just a great balance of warmth and det... | |
| Preamp vs Av receiver preouts I recommend adding the preamp if you have room. I run a Parasound P6. Pre outs from a Denon 4700 receiver to the bypass input on the P6. And the AVR sub out to the sub bypass on the P6. All stereo inputs go straight into the P6. If I need HT input... | |
| WiFi Streaming Versus An Ethernet Cable Connection I don't doubt hardwiring makes a difference in some systems, but I run $50 Chromecast Audio pucks throughout my home, and I've noticed zero material differences when tested against wired connections in the same dac/amp/speaker chains. My streami... | |
| Should I steer clear of class D amps No experience with NAD class d, but I'll throw out a positive recommendation for the hypex amp by ATI I run in my mixed HT/HiFi system. I keep expecting it to be the weak link when I do critical music listening, but it has proven very scalable in ... | |
| CD TRANSPORT THAT MAKES AN AUDIBLE DIFFERENCE This digital rabbit hole is tough to navigate in my system. For that reason, I'm biased towards CD player with purpose built onboard DAC analog out. | |
| Name 3 songs where audio quality and song quality completely align 3 personal faves, which is how i interpret the question: Beck - End of the day Lucinda Williams - Something about what happens when we talk (2017) Ween - You were the fool | |
| Ripping CD's to hard drive Use a computer application to rip from an attached cd drive to a storage drive. Do you have a computer? What kind? No need to worry about fancy equipment on front end for ripping. | |
| what cd player ? Rotel CD11 player was a revleation in my system using internal dac. It's well within your budget brand new. |