jbuhl
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| HELP!!!! Newbie looking for a decent 2 channel power amp in the $1,000 range I have a Sonos Port that will serve as a pre amp.... If you get some extra $ and want to doll up the port check this out. I upgraded a ZP90 many moons ago , still running strong and use it as a ROON endpoint on my HT setup. | |
| HELP!!!! Newbie looking for a decent 2 channel power amp in the $1,000 range Might consider a PS Audio S300 (class D). You can pick those up for ~$1k used. And +1 on The Rogue Suggestion and Parasound. | |
| Convincing your local dealer to let you try speakers at home My dealer has let me demo speakers, turntables , subs, DACS. They even let me demo a pair of Focal and Sonus Faber at the same time. But I dont ever do it unless I am committed to buy from them and they know that. I would never demo and then bu... | |
| Advice for bookshelf speakers Nice pair of Dynaudio Evoke 20 over on USAudiomart. I push s pair of Evoke 10s with my Denon AVR and I like the way they sound and look. EVOKE line also has a center channel | |
| More Roon Questions Lets say I want to listen to Dark Side of the Moon... Is it easier to grab the album from a pre downloaded file off of the SSD card than it is to just stream it off of Qubuz? Regarding the above question: Somebody tell me how you can download a... | |
| New DAC or New Streamer? just a suggestion: SGC Sonic Transport ROON Optical Rendu into the Hermes SGC | |
| Is the PS audio M1200 D class amp worth buying or should I stick to A/B class mono amps I can't speak to the 1200 but I had the entry level S300. Ran cool and provided years of trouble free service. | |
| Digitest @mahler123 What did you move to after the BDP-3. Had my sites on that unit but its footprint is wrong for me. Been looking at the Moon Mind 2 or an Optical Rendu. I keep waffling on staying/abandoning ROON. | |
| Digitest The Wadia is an ESS Sabre implementation. | |
| PS Audio M700 with the Vandersteen 2ci I don’t know about the 700 but I ran the s300 which is similar class D design. I fronted it with a tube Pre and it gave me years of trouble free enjoyment. Ran nice and cool. | |
| Digitest @curiousjim yep . I know it’s controversial and I put it in there as full disclosure. When I upgrade this DAC I proly target one that is not. | |
| Digitest Thanks @fuzztone . But maybe somebody else might be?If anybody is interested in owning a Bryston streamer they will be running it or someone who is considering working up a home grown streamer using available open source applications. | |
| Qobuzz - Spotify If your ok with current SQ just get a iPAD mini and dedicate it to your rig as a streamer and just use the Spotify and Qobuz apps as you do now. I think you can still buy iPAD touch online at Wal-Marts and the Amazons. Are you going digital into ... | |
| Combination streamer and music server…without DAC You can find Bryston BDP-3 for good prices used. But I think the storage has to be external (attached or nas). I have their BDP Pi and switch between Roon endpoint and standalone. SQ is really good for such a small device. It will also contro... | |
| Help recommend a good tube preamp Looks like the BP17 output impedance is between 340 and 420 Ohms as measure here: |