jbuhl
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| Wyred 4 Sound vs. Roon Nucleus +1 on the Small Green Computer. Mine has only hung up a couple times. Generally very solid. Will run other media software programs as well. Can the W4S DAC2v2SE act as a ROON endpoint? If not you gonna need one.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Wx... | |
| Digital upgrade: new disc player or better streamer? Yeah get a good DAC first. I did similar journey. DAC first. Then upgraded my Sonos Connect toWyred4Sound Mods for a nice little SQ bump. Then found a used Bryston BDP pi to replace the Sonos. I am a big fan of separates as there are so many confi... | |
| Budget External DAC Recommendations Might throw in the Peachtree iDAC. ESS 9016 Sabre implementation. Compared well with other $1K DACS of that day. Can be found for <$500. Is an upsampling DACThey also made the Sona DAC/Pre that was a 9018 and did DSD. Dont know what those go f... | |
| Another great gone, this time its Charlie Watts Some drummers have said. What makes you a great drummer is what you dont play. | |
| What I’m looking for in a streaming transport Used Bryston BDP Pi or BDP 2. Comes close. Saw a Pi (with SGC LPS) and a 2 (with upgrades) over on usaudiomart the other day. Manic Moose is certainly spartan but it works and the SQ is up there with the best. My Pi has been discontinued but I sti... | |
| Another great gone, this time its Charlie Watts Richards made the comment in his book. " Watts is the essence of it all..." I liken his importance to the band to Pick Withers of Dire Straits. After he left that band was never the same. Like Watts , Withers had a distinctive style , subtle preci... | |
| Sonos Connect through Bryston BDA-1 to my Rogue Magnum continue II:Strait from Brystons BDA-3 Manual:"The question of which available input offers the best sound quality is not easily answered since it also depends on the quality of outputs on the source unit. Among S/PDIF inputs, BNC is favored for h... | |
| Sonos Connect through Bryston BDA-1 to my Rogue Magnum Continuing:Try the COAX input. If it cuts out the problem could be deeper in the BDA. If it doesn’t you might just have a problem with the Optical port. Have another cheap optical cable laying around? or buy one and try a second cable. Once you na... | |
| Sonos Connect through Bryston BDA-1 to my Rogue Magnum Not sure why its "less Loud". Have you really critically compared both configs. I would be willing to bet the BDA 1 just sounds better. I think its debatable the benefits of Toslink vs S/PDIF. I think it is very much device dependent. Other i... | |
| Wadia 321 - anyone listened to this dac ? Couple other notes:The iDAC at the time was no slouch. It was a dedicated design and compared very favorably to other $1K DACS of that time. Again, the 321 was a bump up as should be expected.The Wadia 321 is an upsampling DAC and the only way to ... | |
| Wadia 321 - anyone listened to this dac ? I been listening to this DAC for years. I can’t compare it to anything other than my previous DAC (Peachtree iDAC). Which it was an improvement over. I think its very similar to the Mcintosh D100 DAC as they were owned by the Mcintosh Group durin... | |
| Advice on a streamer The Teac is a good suggestion as well as a Raspberry pi. There is a Bryston BDP pi over on usaudiomart for $700 (With an LPS) but you will need an external DAC But you can get a good used one for $700. You can pair the Bryston with a off the she... | |
| replace Mcintosh with Luxman The thing is that they definitely sound very good on their own. But whenever I compared them to what else I could get in the market, I always found another brand that offered the same or higher sound and build quality at a much lower price point.... | |
| Tube based phono stage Another vote for Rogue. I have the RP-1 and the phono stage built in to that pre is purdy good for the the money.An alternative if you’re open to NOT tubes is PS Audio new Stellar Phono Stage. I think you can do a try and buy with that product as ... | |
| Apple TV Set Up +1 on dumping ATV, its junk, especially the older stuff.I used it for years and it was a never ending headache. Take the recommendations here and get a dedicated streaming device.Had a friend going through same issues with ATV and I finally got h... |