jazzman7
Responses from jazzman7
| Are There Roon Ready I2S Streamers? Sonnet Hermes does I2S via RJ45. Silent Angel M1T does I2S via HDMI. | |
| High Current Integrated Options for Manger Speakers No experience whatsoever with Manger speakers. However, very happy using Coda CSiB Integrated amp to drive a pair of Thiel CS 2.4 speakers which are notoriously hard to drive (nominally 4 ohm impedance, but dropping to under 3 ohms at 600hz). Th... | |
| Thiel Owners @prof Nice setup! Looking at your pictures, are you doing most, if not all of your listening, in the near field? | |
| Thiel Owners @amscott Recommend contacting Rob Gillum, former long time Thiel employee, at https://www.coherentsourceservice.com/. He specializes in the servicing, maintenance and repair of Thiel speakers. | |
| Thiel Owners Coda amps are also a good sonic match for Thiels. And I’m sure it’s no coincidence that this may have something to do with the fact that the folks behind Coda Technologies, Doug Dale and Eric Lauchi, worked with Nelson Pass when all three were tog... | |
| For those that have separate Streamers & DACS For what it is worth , I am currently using a Roon Nucleus with Bricasti M5 as Roon endpoint in my main rig, and can very much vouch for it. Real happy with the M5 since acquiring it back in March of this year. Considerable jump up in sound qual... | |
| Bluesound and BluOS @yogi42 I have streamed both Tidal and Qobuz hi res material successfully without issue using Bluesound devices (as well as other devices including Roon Nucleus and Bricasti M5). However, I could see where Qobuz hi res material could be more p... | |
| Roon Nucleus as a Streamer I have a Roon Nucleus and have utilized it as a server/streamer. In my opinion, it was decent, very enjoyable, but not great. Together with an Sbooster LPS in place of the stock power supply and a decent USB cable (in my case Curious), I thought... | |
| Point of diminishing returns for a Network Streamers? +1 for the Bricasti M5. Picked up one 3 months ago to use as Roon endpoint in my main rig. Big jump in SQ over using my Roon Nucleus as a Server/Streamer. | |
| Thiel 2.3 @audiodwebe I've owned and enjoyed Thiel speakers for years. I have a pair of CS 2.4 speakers in my living room (the very next iteration of the model you own) very nicely driven by solid state gear. But it is not untypical for Thiel speakers t... | |
| Thiel subwoofer I suggest you contact Rob Gillum (a former longtime Thiel employee) at Coherent Source Services. He has the expertise you are seeking. https://www.coherentsourceservice.com/ | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? @robert1976 I too had been using my Roon Nucleus with Sbooster LPS as a server/streamer; in my case via Curious USB cable into a Chord Qutest. The sound was good, certainly on par if not a smidge better than my Node 2i. Then this past February ... | |
| Ripping CD's to load onto a new Aurender N20 Server/Streamer Recommend using dBpoweramp to rip CD’s as FLAC files with zero compression (i.e. as uncompressed FLAC files). dBpoweramp works with both MAC and PC. Been using it for years. | |
| Choosing a network player/streamer In my opinion there is one other option to consider, and that is if you were interested in pursuing Roon. In that case the Bryston BDP3 would make for a superb Roon endpoint. And if willing to make the investment ... Roon makes for a superb inte... | |
| Thiel Owners Enjoy the Music has posted a nice review from 2009 revisiting the CS 2.4SE. https://www.enjoythemusic.com/superioraudio/equipment/0409/thiel_cs24se.htm |