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| Octave V70SE vs Qualiton X200 For Posterity:I sat in on an Octave demo at the RMAF. The Octave amp (can't remember which one) was the most impressive piece of gear I saw at the show. The control of the Dynaudio speakers they had matched up with was fabulous. | |
| Solid state amp to go with tube preamp; used ok; budget: $3k max yep missed the "steering away from monoblocks" Wyred4Sound might work SX-1000R might be an option, gets good reviews. Never owned there amps but have had some of there other products with satisfaction.The PS Audio S300 is also a solid piece (sing... | |
| Solid state amp to go with tube preamp; used ok; budget: $3k max +1 on the PS Audio M 700s. YOu can do a try and buy and they take trade ins. I ran and S300 for several years and like it very much . Sold it to a person on here who was very happy to get it. I moved to a Quad Atera Stereo and that amp can be had ... | |
| Qobuz iPAD app and high rez Same behavior on phoneI’m starting to suspect some compatibility issue with my DACHopefully Qobuz gets back tomorrow. | |
| Qobuz iPAD app and high rez @soix Qobuz default setting is set to 24 / up to 192 Khz.I select a high rez album. When I click the "HiRes Audio" badge I get a modal pop up that reads:"How to Listen to to 24 Bit with Qobuz. Offline streaming and import in 24 Bit are available t... | |
| iPhone/iPad good as a source, or get a streamer? I just been messing around with this on my iPAD when I discovered that on Qobuz app to get anything better than CD quality you have to download the track local. I am using lighting to USB A connector and Pangea cable. to DAC. The local files (>... | |
| Best Mesh WiFi System For Posterity: I ended up with the Linksys Velop 3 node. Hard wire node 1 directly to router/modem and place in in line of site of 2nd node that sits at other end of house. Then 3rd node at the rig and in line of site of 2nd. 3rd node is hard w... | |
| Bluesound Node vs Wyred4sound moded Port Cool, I got an old W4S-ZP90 that is still in service as a Roon endpoint. The stream goes through DSP whiplash: I am streaming Qobuz FLAC 88/24 and Roon steps it down to 44/16 for Sonos then the W4S mod takes it back up to 96 :). Still sounds purd... | |
| Streaming virgin @dagery Correct. All you need is a streamer digitally connected to the amp. As suggested a Bluesound Node is what many people start with and an end for some. If you want to get something that is comparable in quality with your current gear you mig... | |
| Streaming virgin OH! @dagery if the Moon 260 is a "D" it should have a DAC as well. Does the CD player have digital inputs on the back? Or was the unit $2,000 or $3,000? | |
| Streaming virgin @mrklasYes that Amp should have a ESS9018K2M according to the user manual. That is why I was recommending going digital in.Then as a subsequent step you could fire up a trial subscription of Tidal or Qobuz and try hi rez to see if its worth th... | |
| Streaming virgin That integrated has an 1/8 inch mini jack input on the front of it. Have you tried using that with the kindle? you mentioned you were using earphones. Of course this will be using the crappy DAC in the kindle. | |
| Streaming virgin @dagery Does the kindle have digital out? If it does you could go digital out to the USB B input on your integrated amp. If not, you could purchase an Apple iPad (or any pad that has digital out ) and use the Spotify app and go digital out from th... | |
| Krell K-300i (with its optional DAC) vs. McIntosh MA7200 (with DA1) vs. ? (including DAC) I auditioned the RÖST for a few days. I liked it very much, smooth and warm but powerful for small integrated. If I can ever scrape together the cash I might go for one of their power amps. Another suggestion would be to try and get in front of... | |
| Is The FM tuner obsolete? Nice tuners a really cool but commercial radio not so much. I will go with streaming. |