jazzman7
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| Coax or Toslink, Which is better? All things being equal, in most cases would vote for coax.However, it very much varies from use case to use case, the vagaries of the particular components together with the quality of the particular cable employed. | |
| Beware of SACD Transports -- they probably will not work with your favorite DAC GeerFab Audio offers a $1000 solution that allow you to play SACD's with it's D.BOB (Digital breakout Box) sitting between your SACD player and your DSD capable DAC of choice.HDMI out from SACD player to D.BOB and then Coax or Toslink into the DAC... | |
| Thiel Owners TMR has also listed a few other Thiel speakers in cherry. Looks to all be pieces of a Thiel home theater system. https://tmraudio.com/speakers/center-speakers/thiel-scs3-center-channel-speaker-cherry-scs-3/ https://tmraudio.com/speakers/center-sp... | |
| Thiel Owners In case anyone is interested, The Music Room just listed a pair of CS 2.4in cherry finish for $1849 + $249 for shipping anywhere in the US.Listed condition as 8 out of 10. https://tmraudio.com/speakers/floorstanding-speakers/thiel-cs2-4-floorstan... | |
| Best budget reliable wifi bridge to convert home wifi to wired for an old TV. Typically, you interface with your Roku device via your TV and Roku remote. Not so typical, would be to attend to the Roku device as an attached device via your router. In my own home theater setup I can access Netflix and Amazon prime via eithe... | |
| Best budget reliable wifi bridge to convert home wifi to wired for an old TV. Yes ... you set up a Roku account, connect to the Roku device, and then in your case provide it with your Netflix credentials. | |
| Best budget reliable wifi bridge to convert home wifi to wired for an old TV. uberwaltz, here is another possible option.You mentioned that you had a Blu Ray player hooked up to your TV.Many Blu Ray players also support streaming services such as Netflix.Any chance that the Blu Ray player you already own might be one of them. | |
| Best budget reliable wifi bridge to convert home wifi to wired for an old TV. Concerning Roku option. Can check them out at roku.com. https://www.roku.com/products/players Players are relatively inexpensive. No monthly fees. I've been using them for years to supplement first my Comcast box and then my Tivo.Netflix, Am... | |
| Best budget reliable wifi bridge to convert home wifi to wired for an old TV. uberwaltz, have you considered going with something like Roku instead.i.e. allow Roku device to take over the smartness functions.Connect to Roku device either wired or wirelessly, and then connect Roku player to your TV via HDMI. | |
| Thiel Owners fitter468 and jonandfamily ... my thanks to both of you.This is exactly what I was looking for.. | |
| Thiel Owners This post is addressed to all who participate in this thread, but more than likely mostly to Tom Thiel for assistance.I was thinking that it would be nice to have a timeline of Thiel product development. A list that would provide the years of ma... | |
| Time for a new DAC? Hello dsands!The Bryston BDA-1 is still a very capable DAC. It’s only real limitation is that it’s USB input is limited to 48K. I had one in my main rig for years, and now have it in my second system. If you are not venturing beyond Spotify in ter... | |
| Wisdom of buying high priced digital gear (given new advancements underway) One's perspective is very much based on one's budget ... so I don't think there is any one "right" answer. Given the rapid rate that the technology has advanced, especially with respect to DACs, that I view DAC years very much like dog years. Th... | |
| Is Roon Nucleus the best choice for Roon Core and as server? I have been using a Roon Nucleus as a server/streamer since November and am very happy with it. It has a bay where you can install an SSD or HDD. I'd go with an SSD. You can also just hook up an external storage device via USB. Connect it via e... | |
| Bluesound node 2i The Bluesound Node 2i is a nice piece and good value for the money.Like most of its competitors, more often than not, it will behave and perform better using a wired connection. There are few streamers that actually are designed to perform better... |