hickamore
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| Rogue RP-7 vs. PrimaLuna Dialogue Tube Preamps soix, appreciate your further information. You're right; for a large investment in the key piece in the system the buyer should consider every reasonable candidate. Will definitely have a look at these. The trial period is a real plus, and thanks ... | |
| Can I cheat and not get caught? Why does Accuphase conceal the highly relevant fact that their gold-plated connectors are still idiosyncratically designed for bare wire entering the third decade of the 21st Century CE? | |
| Rogue RP-7 vs. PrimaLuna Dialogue Tube Preamps A strong argument always, agreed. It seems what PrimaLuna provides instead is an exclusive, and remarkably helpful, U.S. online dealer. Upscale Audio doesn't build the device (now updated to EVO 300 from DiaLogue for another $500), but represents ... | |
| Rogue RP-7 vs. PrimaLuna Dialogue Tube Preamps Helpful enough for me on the Rogue side, thanks! | |
| Rogue RP-7 vs. PrimaLuna Dialogue Tube Preamps jaybe, I'm sure you are right, but knowing no dealer willing to let me audition both devices in my own system prior to purchase, I'd just be guessing. Maybe the question is phrased too abstractly. I'm actually soliciting the experiences of those w... | |
| Tube Buffer Thanks all. Obviously some worthy and affordable options for the purpose I had in mind.Further reflection leads me to see that, needing a new preamp anyhow, I might as well just go Rogue and be done with it, much as I admire the M8. RP7 changes th... | |
| Tube Buffer uber, what a find! Will definitely check this out. At last a wager one could afford to lose. Thank you. | |
| Why stream? lalitk, I agree, USB, as you say, more dynamic and cleaner than WiFi. mike, will definitely test other variables like running CD through Cambridge into preamp Aux. Macbook Pro with Jitterbug is the source for USB and all WiFi. May also mount TV ab... | |
| Tube Buffer tomic, stereo5, kalali, many thanks for sharing your knowledge.I'm pleased to know the Rogue RP5 beats the Peachtree sonically. I had been thinking more of functionality, but this is more than a bonus. And I will never quite be ALL balanced in the... | |
| Tube Buffer Herron. Hmm, not familiar; will read up on it and be ready when the time arrives. Thanks. | |
| Why stream? Very helpful. Thanks to above explanations I'm getting my bearings in this new (to me) world of streaming. All digital sources are played through the streamer/DAC with balanced XLR output to preamp, and all streaming is for critical listening exce... | |
| Why stream? Thanks, everyone! Very helpful on all fronts. Yes I am one who can hear (and dislike) compressed formats, yes I am of the over-60 generation, and yes I will compare Qobuz -- maybe today or tomorrow as time allows.Now, as for discovering new music:... | |
| Why stream? Believe I was misled by a sales pitch implying higher-than-USB fidelity. Thanks to you I now see that streaming hi-fi has only been playing catch-up, and everybody else knew this. Gracias for the orientation, which is exactly what I had come looki... | |
| CD Player vs. music streaming Given your particular situation, why not have your cake and eat it too with https://www.audioadvice.com/cambridge-audio-851c-dac-cd-player-digital-preamp+color-Silver. CD, Dac, Streamer in one box. Forget the preamp section and run it through your... | |
| downloading music worth listening to on a computer To be fair, iTunes library from Macbook Pro through Dragonfly Jitterbug to good Pangea USB cable to Grand Pre X-1 onboard DAC is more than tolerable. Not equal to FM tuner, but has its merit when Grand Pre tube buffer is active. Now toying with Ti... |