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| Streaming: WiFi or wired?? @mlsstl, future proofing is a good point to bring up and one I really wasn't thinking about. | |
| Streaming: WiFi or wired?? I run wireless and have no issues but I also have a good router and strong signal at the location of my streamer. I have a Bluesound Node 2i and a Benchmark DAC 2 HGC. No issues with signal dropping out when streaming Tidal or Qobuz. I have pulled... | |
| Passive Bookshelf Speaker Selection For a speaker that punches way above its $350 price point you might look at these.https://www.chanemusiccinema.com/index.php?route=product/product&manufacturer_id=14&product_...If you dont mind the basic black boxes these are a great value. | |
| Hand me down audio equip- upgrade advice That list is hand me downs? For f@$*s sake... Save some more cash and spend a little more on your next towers, the rest of your system can handle it. $3000 to $5000 opens up a lot of possibilities, especially on the used market. The $1500 market i... | |
| Best debut album Van Hallen, Violent Femmes, FearEach one of these albums is still a great front to back listen almost 40 years after the fact.The debut Danzig album also still holds up well. | |
| Best DAC for around $2,500 or less I am very partial to my Benchmark DAC 2 HGC but I have not had the opportunity to compare it to any other DACs in this price range. | |
| Streaming from Bluesound Node2i I have a node 2i that i stream Qobuz and Tidal to a Benchmark DAC2 HGC via the coaxial connection (audioquest cinnamon). The Benchmark is connected to my Arcam SR250 via RCA cables and it all sounds pretty fantastic. | |
| Youngsters these days. I'm fairly young (38) and I love my LP collection. My father turned me onto vinyl as a kid and in the last few years he has got us both back into playing and collecting. At this point I have a considerable amount of money wrapped up in my turntabl... | |
| Fully upgraded Rega P3 vs P8 I was in a very similar situation. I had a current model planar 2 that I upgraded with an rb330 tonearm, GT subplatter and derlin platter, JA Michell Tecnoweight and Rega Ania cart. The upgrades as a whole made the table sound amazing even if it d... | |
| Suggestions for $2k budget You might be able to find a pair of used Revel Performa3 F206 towers below $2k if you are patient. Super detailed speakers. I'm extremely happy with my F208's and listen to similar music as you. | |
| Best bookshelf loudspeakers under 10,000 for the pair Holy $h!t Kenjit. Look at you being helpful. | |
| Any one else using DIRAC or silimalr for 2 channel set uo? My system is dual purpose (tv and music) in our main family room so wife acceptance factor is important. So no bass traps or sound diffusers on the walls. DIRAC really improved things for me overall. I was pretty happy prior to running DIRAC but I... | |
| Why do you think Bi-Wiring improves the sound ? The only benefit of bi‐wiring is the increased speaker wire gauge equivalent you get running two sets of wires. Running a twin set of wire is equivalent to increasing the speaker wire guage by 3. For example, running two 14 guage wires is equivale... | |
| Any one else using DIRAC or silimalr for 2 channel set uo? Very nice. I wasn't aware Roon had any room correction capabilities. I recently dipped a toe into streaming with a node 2I and a Benchmark DAC 2 HGC but prior to the Arcam was in the multichannel AVR camp. I have yet to dig deep into Roon as an op... | |
| External DAC connection for Bluesound Node 2i (after "Another streaming newbie" thread) Node 2i running to a Benchmark DAC 2 HGC via coaxial cable and I am very happy. Substantial improvement over just the Node 2i in my set up. Also tried a friends Teac UD-501 DAC snd again was impressed by the improvement. |