hgeifman

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MQA and the "Pre Ring - Post Ring" Hoax
As posted above, there has lots of positive and negative comments on Audiogon about MQA coded albums.  Of course, everyone is entitled to their own opinion that I enjoy reading.  I listen to Tidal MQA coded albums since I feel they sound slightly ... 
Problems streaming Tidal-Terrible distortion
Streaming around 25 mb/sec may not be fast enough. I do not know and hope others can advise. In my case, I have gone from 50mbps to 100 and now 250mbps. My Tidal streaming is working fine and I have no problems. I download my Netflix movies ver... 
Problems streaming Tidal-Terrible distortion
I have had similar problems with my Linksys router caused by it dropping packets.  It occurred during the high demand usage by Tidal streaming.  I replaced the router and was okay.  You might have have other streaming issues as I documented below:... 
Aurender N10 or X100L
@audioabc, I brought 3 albums to my dealer and listened on the Aurender N100h Music Server.  After 20 minutes of listening, I felt it sounded compressed, not natural and I did not like it (my opinion). I then played the same 3 albums on the Aurend... 
New Aurender Software Released on March 5th, 2018
ANOTHER NEW RELEASE:  Aurender App 2.9.4.1 Released on March 12th, 2018.* New Features" Qobuz and Internet Radio are now available in Spain.  * Bug fix* Connectivity issues under specific conditions corrected.  
New Aurender Software Released on March 5th, 2018
Thank you lalitk for telling me about this new Aurender feature that I was not aware of. After the addition of the new Master Search feature (from the above new software release), Tidal on my Aurender now shows 10,346 MQA coded albums. If you do ... 
Chord Dave or Ayre QX5 Twenty DAC???
@czubero,  As you noted, experiencing random signal drop outs with Tidal is an issue when listing to music.I also upgraded my ISP cable speed from 100Mbps to 250Mbps and have had no problems since with Tidal Streaming.  I cannot prove this but I w... 
Chord Dave or Ayre QX5 Twenty DAC???
@czubero, For the very BEST Tidal Steaming sound quality, you have to connect your MP3100HV to your router using a wired ETHERNET Connection.   In addition, several people on Audiogon have reported signal problems when streaming Tidal.  In my case... 
Ayre QB-9 DAC - alternative connections?
@whitestix, I also suggest you consider the Ayre Codex DAC.  it has both USB and optical (Tolink) inputs.  I own the Codex DAC and like it very much.  As was noted above, several people, including me, like it over the Ayre QB-9 DSD DAC.If possible... 
New Aurender Software Released on March 5th, 2018
Please note this.  For me, after I purchased the MQA License, I had to delete the Conductor App and re-install it.  My friend reports he did not have to do this. In any case, after you purchase the MQA license, go Settings and enable MQA Unfolding... 
New Aurender Software Released on March 5th, 2018
I updated my Aurender N10 to the new software and purchased the MQA license. The entire upgrade took about 10 minutes including the N10 and Conductor App (delete and re-install). On the Conductor App, go to Settings and select Purchase MQA Licen... 
New Aurender Software Released on March 5th, 2018
Aurender Customer Support reports “We are working on an auto-update feature that will eliminate the need for customers to manually delete and reinstall the Aurender Conductor App”.  This is great news. 
RE: Suggestions for Tidal Streaming problems caused by Internet Connection Problems
My Apple Airport Extreme Router stopped working again.   This is the third broken unit and so I give up (one unit was DOA direct from the box).  My daughter also had to replace her Apple Airport Extreme Router since it stopped working (random sign... 
Interested in listening to Antipodes.
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What other streaming services do you recommend besides Tidal?
@uberwaltz, Congratulations. It is great news that you have all the above Internet activity going on and there were no signal drops, or related performance issues.It is very interesting, to me, that we BOTH had similar ISP Cable issues that were g...