jbuhl
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| Streaming Transport without DAC- few choices Mac mini may sound purdy good. But dealing with all the patches/security upgrades is a headache. Go for a dedicated streamer. +1 on the Raspberry Pi. I found a Bryston BDP Pi used for $500 (basically a Raspberry Pi). Manic Moose interface is spart... | |
| Need a DAC Recommendation. Wadia di122 over on Ebay for <$1K. It's a good implementation of Sabre ES9016S. Mcintosh shelved the line but support is available via 3rd party. | |
| Rogue Audio Stereo 100, Atlas Magnum III anybody running them? Sound signatures? No phono stage on the Freya + Little bit of "PRE" digression:RP series has purdy well regarded phono stage. I have the RP-1 (Mullards) and compared the phono stage against a Moon 110LP v2 and did not think the Moon warranted the spend. my TT is P6... | |
| Rogue Audio Stereo 100, Atlas Magnum III anybody running them? Sound signatures? Does the Freya have a phono stage? | |
| Class D for a Tube Lover +1 for the PS Audio S300 combined with a tube pre. I ran an S300 with a Rogue RP-1 that was upgraded to Mullards. I just recently sold the S300 for a QUAD class A/B that runs a little bit warmer than the s300. Im not sure it sounds that much bette... | |
| Novice Tidal Question… Yep just put the Tidal app on your phone and log in with your account info. Then either bluetooth to car radio of use Aux input (hardwire) . I have to use the later as my car is 13 years old. | |
| Streamer question " That's interesting. What you describe was my experience with Aurender. I dumped it in favor of the Bryston BDP-3, which has worked very well for me. I do use Rigelian. "@cleeds Can you configure Rigelian to stream a music service like Qobuz?... | |
| Small green computer sonic transport i5 I gots the ST i5. It's a solid no doubt. I think its a great way to go for running The Roons and always recommend it as a solution. I have a Bryston BDP pi as an endpoint and the combo sounds and works good.I am always amazed how good Radio Para... | |
| New Speakers $10K -$20K You FLAX'r you! I demoed the Focal 926 vs the same price range model SF. The SF won it with strings , female voice etc but for my overall selection of music (rock, blues, world ,etc) the Focals were the choice. Never really got over the chea... | |
| Anyone have a HD connected to the rear USB of Teac NT-505 I dont know the details of you extender but the one I had was horribly unreliable. I would consider getting a mesh network and hardwire the PC and the NT to Mesh Nodes. | |
| Anyone have a HD connected to the rear USB of Teac NT-505 Im not familiar with Your server software but you could do a ROON trial. Fire up the Roon server on your PC. It should see the Hard Drive and see the TEAC as an endpoint as the NT 505 is Roon Ready. | |
| Streamer question what @ jjss49 said. Even Bryston a respected hardware supplier of streaming devices , IMO, struggles with the software side of their streaming devices. Having said that their streaming devices sound great. On the flips side look a Sonos; midfi... | |
| Help buying first analog rig - Clearaudio Concept or Rega P6 I gots the P6 and I really like it. only knocks are you can't use your own phono cables. And the way the dust cover operates. If you don't lift it all the way up ....it's a guillotine. Everything else is + | |
| Hearing aid suggestions I have had a fair amount of experience with this, unfortunately. I have had Oticon and now Widex. Make sure you check with you health insurance provider to see if you have a hearing aid benefit. I usually spend for the middle of the road models as... | |
| Looking for an amp that punches way about its weight and I can grow with After owning some Mcintosh products, talking to support and having a short conversation with a rep at a store demo. I'm not sure if I will ever purchase any of their gear again. |