jbuhl
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| What's a real upgrade from LuminT2 Yep , first step I would take is audition external DAC. Mcintosh D100 over on ebay for $1.2k. Be a cheap way to try something out that you could easily sell. Wadia 321 over on Usaudiomart which is basically the same thing. | |
| HiRes lossless FLAC Radio streams @pjb255livecom To what purpose would pushing a lossless program thru a compressed medium like Bluetooth gain? Phooey. If their app runs on an iPad should be able to go digital out to a DAC | |
| New Streamer Transport Budget? | |
| Low budget vintage preamp or new Consider this https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649775314-rogue-audio-rp-1-preamp-barely-used/Rogue good outfit. You get a very respectable phono stage as well. | |
| HiRes lossless FLAC Radio streams I am a dedicated RP Flac streamer and financial supporter. Bill does excellent curation at RP. If you like the station be sure and donate $$ or buy products from their page. They even have a facility where you can upload images that display along ... | |
| Budget Phono preAmp Make sure you get a demo/audition. I brought in the Moon 110LP v2 and compared it to my internal preamp stage and it was not worth the spend. I was going to have to move up the line to get improvement. | |
| Streamer vs. new mac mini for 2 channel system Today I am happy owning a dedicated streamer. It does want to do its firmware updates from time to time, but that’s it. It’s built-for-purpose and I don’t have to deal with the extraneous ’stuff’ of OS X. Plenty of people on this site , me include... | |
| Streamer vs. new mac mini for 2 channel system +2 on buying a used dedicated streamer and compare to Mini. I had roon core running on a mini and just got tired of all the upgrades and garbage affecting my rig. Bought an SGC ST to run the Roon core and put it in my cabinet and barely have to... | |
| Wyred 4 Sound vs. Roon Nucleus There is a Bryston BDP pi over on USAudiomart with a LPS for ~$750. The interface is Manic Moose and the player is open source MPD. I think it sounds a bit better than Roon and it has native access to Tidal and Qobuz. The units are discontinued no... | |
| Wyred 4 Sound vs. Roon Nucleus If sound quality is your primary consideration, Roon may not be your best choice. Which brings up another question, what is your music source? Ripped files,music service , both? | |
| 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... |