fuzztone
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| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? @carlsbad You honesty is refreshing. And you could have almost made it there simply with PS improvements and/or an ENO etc. FOr $4500 you got snob appeal. | |
| What are/were the best sounding cheap components you have ever had? I only buy cheap. Just got a new 5 year warranteed SVS Micro delivered (Sunday), FedEx for $766 including 7% sales tax. It's pretty good with the app on an old phone. | |
| Request recommendations to purchase a streaming device Audio and video? Apples and oranges. | |
| Suggestion for $10K soup to nuts digital? Get a music player. | |
| Silver Speaker Cables Start and probably finish with silver coated copper. They are reasonable. | |
| Its not vinyl The only "quest" is to find hardware that is faithful to the music. The rest is gobbledegook. | |
| Walk me thru upgrading from my BS Node Although a wifi extender often helps there is no substitute for a mesh router/Ethernet for a dedicated connection. As others have noted I think a one box solution is misguided as far as price AND sound quality. Unless your home wifi network is r... | |
| IFi Zen Stream with Qobuz Don’t bother with mConnect, at least for Android. I have not touched it after using BubbleUPnP (free) that works with Tidal and Qobuz. For me the increased sound quality trump’s the convenience of a Connect system. Kind of like Spotify and Tidal b... | |
| Recommendations for the best headphones with equalization after severe acoustic injury DSP might not alter the room sound sufficiently. I like Kennerton Magni's for EQ since all ranges are present. You could play all of your files in folder or genre shuffle on a Topping M50. It allows you to create a custom EQ. Easy enough for ... | |
| Advice for Streaming Newbies - Best Bang for Our Bucks @marco1 I have 2 DACs going into the PA5 and the E50 holds its own with the $6K one. Remote volume (ir or rf) is a must for me. I run the PA5 at about 90% and adjust volume with the DACs remotes. CbLocking bananas work fine into the PA5. The Top... | |
| Network Bridge/Streamer only for Qobuz USB will pass higher resolution but might not sound better. The iFi Zen is praised as possessing better sound quality (than a Node) for less. It might not be suitable for a beginner. Lotso luck | |
| Advice for Streaming Newbies - Best Bang for Our Bucks Change the DAC to an E50 (with a LPS) for remote control volume and form factor match. Monoprice TRS jumpers are fine, proaudiowiring an upgrade. As an added bonus you can parallel a SPDIF connection to hear which sounds better from the streamer (... | |
| Walk me thru upgrading from my BS Node You never made clear if you require a built in DAC (not recommended.) | |
| NODE as just a streamer / Airplay device AirPlay passes Redbook played by Apple. I might prefer 320 kbps played by a decent streamer. Amen to the wired requirement. | |
| SL-1200G/Hana ML Best Headshell I like the Soundsmith wooden one. I believe in low resonance for mounting a transducer. Especially LOMC. |