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| 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... | |
| What is the reason for this? (Digital vs Vinyl Question) I have a Rega P6/Ania, Respectable Tubed phono stage with matched Mullards and equivalent+ investment in amplification and speakers. This also is proly considered entry level. I also have been building/tinkering with my streaming configuration fo... | |
| Tube preamp for my Bryston 7B3 PS Audio BHK Signature Preamp has input stage tubes. And they might even have a try and buy on that model.https://www.stereophile.com/content/ps-audio-bhk-signature-preamplifier | |
| Tube preamp for my Bryston 7B3 If you have not done so you might check here at the Bryston forum on audiocircle.com https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?board=57.0 | |
| Tube preamp for my Bryston 7B3 Might look at Rogue RP series. Good value stuff. I have had the RP-1 for several years and really have enjoyed it. Put in matched Mullards from Andy at Vintage Tube Services. Match that with class A/B solid state amp and Focal 926.There is an RP-5... | |
| Rotel RA-1592 MK II or something else to deliver around 200W to B&W towers around $3000? There are a set of Wyred4Sound - SX-1000 monoblocks (ICEpower) over on usaudiomart for $1200. Pair those with a $1000 used Rogue RP-1 and a set of Mullard matched tubes and your flying high. Do some searches on here about users who combine... |