hgeifman
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| Switch from AB to D @vinylrecord61, I purchased 2 different class D power amplifiers and, in my opinion, NEITHER Class D amplifier was ready for prime time. I was not happy with the way they sounded, they were not musical and I eventually took the loss and sold them.... | |
| Bricasti M1 vs new M3 @ddafoe, Great decision and congratulations. I also sold my SimAudio 380D Network Player / DAC and purchased the Bricasti M3 DAC. Excellent sound quality. Enjoy. | |
| Luxman 509 or McIntosh 8900 I had the Macintosh MA6900 integrated amp several years ago and, based on my retailers advice and demo, I finally purchased the Luxman L-590ax II. The Luxman amp was more detailed, more musical, clearer, warmer and I enjoyed it very much. My next ... | |
| ... WHAT POWER CORD(S) ARE PLAYING IN YOU SYSTEM TODAY? I used Clarity Vorte Power Cords for my Aurender, SimAudio 700 V2 amp and Bricasti DAC. The Aurender is plugged direct into the wall and the Amp and DAC are plugged into the Nordost QBase Mark II (QB-4) AC Distribution Unit. I do not use a power c... | |
| Lumin or Aurender I own the Aurender N10 Music Server and like it very much. I listen to Qobuz Streaming for their outstanding sound quality. My stored CD albums also sound excellent. The Aurender Conductor App (free) is very easy to use. It is easy to switch betwe... | |
| Qobuz or Tidal? Please see these links for more information on Tidal vs. Qobuz:https://www.audioholics.com/audio-technologies/tidal-vs-qobuzhttps://www.soundstagesimplifi.com/index.php/feature-articles/63-hi-rez-streaming-tidal-vs-qobuzIf you need more informatio... | |
| Qobuz or Tidal? I had both Tidal and Qobuz and eventually switched to Qobuz only. I like their hi-res content and other options. I find the sound quality on the Qobuz 24/96 and 24/192 coded albums excellent and better sounding than Tidal’s MQA coded albums. You c... | |
| Why does a Music Server require high processing CPU power? Thanks. Yes. My original question was about a home music server/streamer. For example, please see below: Innuos ZENITH MK3 1TB BLAAurender N10 Music ServerLUMIN X1Aurender N100hSGM ExtremeAURALIC ARIES G1 STREAMER / MUSIC SERVERInnuos StatementAnd... | |
| Why does a Music Server require high processing CPU power? @djones51 and Everyone else, Thank you very much. You answered my question and I understand. Audiogon is amazing. You ask a question and receive many responses with excellent answers. Thanks again to everyone for responding. I appreciate i... | |
| Why does a Music Server require high processing CPU power? @lalitk, Sorry, I do not understand and need more clarification. Let us assume a normal ‘single' purpose MUSIC streamer (no ROON, DAC or Preamp) that needs to support an input stream of albums with File Formats of FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, MP3, AAC... | |
| Is Anyone using the Aurender add to library feature? @rockrider, Thanks for the information. Based on my current thinking, I also prefer to KEEP my libraries separate and not all combined together. For some reason, I like my streaming favorites to be together and not mixed in with everything else. ... | |
| Why does a Music Server require high processing CPU power? @mlsstl, Neither do I and that is why I asked the question. | |
| Why does a Music Server require high processing CPU power? @mlsstl, I have no clue if unusually powerful machines are or are not needed. I found one music server that has dual Intel Xeon Scalable 10 core – 20 thread CPU’s for 20 cores – 40 threads in total and Twelve 4Gb custom order industrial memory mo... | |
| Why does a Music Server require high processing CPU power? @cleeds, My Aurender N10 uses a FPGA-based All Digital Phase-Locked Loop System This is "An All Digital Phase-Locked Loop system (ADPLL) incorporating Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) with OCXO clocks precisely times digital audio data tran... | |
| Bricasti M1 vs new M3 @draaglah, I think the cost to upgrade the Bricasti M1 DAC to the Bricasti M1SE DAC is $1,000. Please call Bricasti or your Bricasti retailer and ask.@rsf507, I am also interested in hearing what you decided. Did you purchase the Bricasti M1SE... |