ghdprentice
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| Do I need a streamer? It really depends what you are after. Good sound that you enjoy or great sound… the best you can achieve with your budget. So, it gets complicated… what is your budget… <$10K? Then it is going to matter on your components. But once you break a ... | |
| Shunyata PC Shootout OP, Amazing isn’t it? I have two direct lines… one for my power conditioner and one for my amps. The power cord on my amps made a huge difference. Much more than the rest. What is your system and venue? There is a place to show it under yo... | |
| Shunyata PC Shootout OP, Thank you for your post. I had gotten a couple of Shunyata Venom power cords a few years ago… just needing some and not having the time to do any research. I found them to be no better than stock cords. I was really disappointed. It is not li... | |
| Turntable isolation Given the weight I guess I would see why you would want to get this right the first time. However, my personal rule is to set up and get to know a piece of equipment completely before experimenting with additional vibration control. You want a ba... | |
| Do I need a streamer? Streamers come with many terabytes of memory down to no memory (usually with empty solid state storage slots). Most have USB ports to connect USB drives and they can access Network Accessible Storage though the network. The high end audio indu... | |
| Audio-Technica Reissues Anniversary Portable Sound Burger Turntable That is hysterical, can I get fries with that? | |
| Do I need a streamer? In capable high end systems MACs and PCs cannot compete with dedicated streamers. They are far superior and can sound as good or better than vinyl. Of course you have to carefully choose them and make sure they conform to your values in sound. ... | |
| Share Experiences with Ethernet Switches, Ethernet Cables and USB Cables used in Streaming You can get lost in the endless threads on this subject. My experience suggests that there are a couple courses. Either a high quality streamer or an inexpensive streamer and all sorts of network upgrades, gizmos, and fiddling. Given the ca... | |
| Aurender N20 Streamer & Holo May DAC vs Analog Congradulations on the Aurender. It is a truly high end streamer. If you want to give your analog rig a better run for it’s money it will probably take a different DAC. The streamer is probably capable of getting really really close. . | |
| DSP vs New Cables ?? I’m not sure I understand the question. I have always kept my HT separate from my two channel system. My two channel system always takes priority over the Home theater. The impact of a small change (improvement) is always much greater in my two ch... | |
| Streamer Upgrade Bluesound Node To Aurender N10 To avoid the wifi issue. Get a cheap wall wart wifi extender and plug next to Aurrender. Connect extender to Aurender via Ethernet. Works wonderfully and sounds great with high quality streamers like the Aurender. Both my systems work that way, I ... | |
| Looking at best option for 20-25k for DAC Streamer combo Oh yes. I agree, also listen to the Linn Klimax DS Katalyst ($27K). It is a streamer / DAC and sounds amazing. I guess Linn really put a lot into R&D over the last decade. Their digital stuff sounds great. | |
| Looking at best option for 20-25k for DAC Streamer combo Typically at this price range one would do a different DAC and streamer. I think if I was doing this I would do a Audio Research DAC 9 and a Aurender N20. If you like detail over musicality I would try the Berkeley 3 Alpha DAC and the Aurender N20... | |
| Pass labs upgrade path @laaudionut I will admit that I have not heard of Pass preamps being the preferred preamp of other amps. While, I owned a Pass preamp… it was eclipsed by the Audio Research preamp I bought. I have a huge respect for Pass amps, and Audio Research... | |
| Streamer Upgrade Bluesound Node To Aurender N10 👍 |