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| Streamers rabbit hole I did just notice that the ICON went up in price about $100 (this week) on Crutchfield dot com. | |
| Streamers rabbit hole I agree with others that it makes sense to go with the Bluesound Node ICON. You would have the advantage of using the ICON's XLR output to your Anthem's XLR input. The ICON is said to sound best using the XLR ouputs. When I take the streaming pl... | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please The Chord should handle the timing, but Blue sound suggest COAX if there is a question of driver support preventing that. Using Coax and investigating whether you are getting asynchronous in the BlueOS app should be obvious. You are not getting a... | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please @knownothing I was in the same boat for a few years with Schiit Yggy DAC. I had purchased the original Yggy many years back (2016?) and it took a couple of years before the Unison USB board became available. The Unison USB board was what provide... | |
| Is Burmester 232 worth the price? You get your pick on output tubes you want to hear (tonal change) by selecting one over the other via a toggle switch on the rear of the LTA Aero DAC: The LTA DAC Aero has a toggle switch on the back panel primarily for changing between 6SN7 and... | |
| Is Burmester 232 worth the price? @madhusudan_ramaswamy Congratulations! I'm jealous! My next preamp & DAC are from LTA, should be able to pull the trigger early next year as a step up - and likely final - upgrade to those two components. If you don't want it, I will buy ... | |
| Is Burmester 232 worth the price? @madhusudan_ramaswamy Aero DAC by Linear Tube Audio, located in Maryland. If you upgrade the tubes, this DAC comes out to $4,500. It would sound great with your integrated. 30 days to try; small restock fee if you decide to send it back. (No... | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please @knownothing The Bluesound NODE ICON - sorry, I thought you had that one! - can connect via the USB-C port directly with a computer - which would be far better to manage your files while having a visual viewpoint and better the sound (asynchrono... | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please @knownothing My theory for why there is a difference in sound quality has to do with the drive drawing current from the Node to operate It is possible that the external drives you are using are older and "underpowered". In that case, a USB po... | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please @dogearedaudio I guess it will be a fight until the end. Using my investigative powers, I found that Qobuz is the defacto - audiophile choice - as well as the profound best place to listen to classical music. Also ran across Deezer, which must b... | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please @larsman No doubt she is swinging her weight around. I don't stream but I cannot imagine a service not having her on their artist list. And it's likely she has broken records in streaming regards, so figure she gets Bobby Bonilla money! Ever sin... | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please @redlenses03 The number of musicians who have decried streaming services is lengthy, including Prince, Jay-Z, Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift, Joni Mitchell, Thom Yorke, etc. Taylor Swift - somehow - was able to reach a new deal after her protest, wh... | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please @audphile1 Good God ya'all, I have paid musicians so many numerous times over my 50 some years that it has manifested into some "irksome" dislike for some of my music heroes. Some of it feels like a corporate scam okay'd by millionaire musicians... | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please @ronboco 1K song playlist is about right. I have been burning CD's for many years and when I first started, I created a number of playlists separated via genre or decades. Then I became aware that multiple playlists will require more work, so th... | |
| Changing Of The Guard at McIntosh Sign of the Times.. Erosion of our institutions, albeit the Mcintosh fans have had a good ride. Now let's break it down and repurpose the parts that have value. Mcintosh needs more influencers who have tribal instincts. Bose needs a lifestyle co... |