jazzman7
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| CD player recommendation with good built in dac under 1k new or used? please and thanks Used Bryston BCD-1. Bought one in 2012. Still use it as a digital transport. But the built in DAC is very good in it's own right. | |
| Holographic DAC With Air And Decay Might I suggest the Rockna Wavelight for consideration. I've had one in my main rig for a year and a half now and am very happy with it. Replaced a Chord Qutest and was a definite upgrade. TMR has one on hand in silver at the moment. | |
| Streamer between Roon Nucleus Plus and DAC @tcutter Yes. Most definitely, do consider getting a better Roon-ready streamer. | |
| Streamer between Roon Nucleus Plus and DAC @tcutter I too am a Roonaholic. When I first started with Roon, I had my Roon Nucleus with Sbooster LPS streaming to itself feeding a Chord Qutest via Curious USB cable. It made for an enjoyable combination. A few years later I acquired a Brica... | |
| Suggestions on improvement +1 for venturing into streaming. A Bluesound Node and Qobuz subscription is well within your budget and opens the door to a ton of music discovery and enjoyment. | |
| Solo streamer @old_ears Your welcome Glad to be of service. On a more serious note. The advantage of I2S via HDMI is that the clock signal and the data are maintained in separate lanes within the same cable, and that I2S speaks more directly to what is na... | |
| Solo streamer @old_ears Whatever the digital connection, synchronous or asynchronous, both the source’s clock and the DAC’s clock will both be in play. There will be a handshake between the two of them. It’s just a matter of which clock will be the controllin... | |
| HOW TO REPLACE THE CHORD QUTEST POWER SUPPLY WITH THE S BOOSTER MARK II Sorry to contradict, but I believe the Chord Qutest requires a 5 volt power supply. As far as amperage - 2 amps or greater. And I do own a Chord Qutest. Have used IFI Ipower Elite 5v power supply with Qutest. Use Sbooster 19v power supply wit... | |
| HOW TO REPLACE THE CHORD QUTEST POWER SUPPLY WITH THE S BOOSTER MARK II More than likely the external power supply you purchase will come with a cable and a set of nibs. It's just a matter of selecting the right nib for the Qutest. There will be no need to cut any wires. You will simply be replacing the stock power s... | |
| Hunting for an integrated for thiels cs 2.3. Anthem, Hegel, Bel Canto? If you can find a Coda CSiB integrated amp within budget, perhaps used, that would be a delicious pairing. I currently employ a Coda CSiB v1 (150 watts into 8 ohms, doubling down as you halve the impedance, with first 18 watts in Class A) to driv... | |
| Solo streamer @moonwatcher Just an fyi that I2S is synchronous. With I2S the clock in the streamer will be the boss clock. And unlike AES or Spdif, where the clock and data transmissions are multiplexed, with I2S the clock and data lines are separated from e... | |
| Solo streamer @rvpiano If you set up a simple Mesh Network, a Mesh access point with ethernet ports can facilitate using wifi to connect to a component that does not support wireless. | |
| Coda #8, Pass XA25, or Schiit Tyr to replace PS Audio M700 Suggest you call Coda and talk to Doug Dale. See what he thinks in terms of what product and bias match up with your needs. As you are probably aware, the Coda 8 can be biased 3 different ways depending upon how much power you actually need in Cl... | |
| Is Bill Thalman man still working on Conrad Johnson's? Sorry to report that Bill Thalman passed away in January. | |
| Coda Csib V1 Integrated amp Congrats on the CSib. Great amp that can drive and do justice to just about anything. I have had mine for something over 2 years now (also a V1) happily mated to a pair of Thiel CS 2.4. Neither the Coda nor the Thiels are going anywhere. Welcome t... |