jbuhl
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| Speakers costing range of 2500-3500 per pair I own the Aria 926 I think they come in around the $3.5K mark. I compared them in my house directly against the Sonus Faber in the same price range, The SF might have been even a few hundred $$ more. My setup is class D amplification, Tubed Pr... | |
| A lot of hype about PS Audio, deservedly so ? Just to clarify the manufacturing part. PS Audio is just down the street from my house. I been in there a couple times to purchase products and I don't think I have seen any manufacturing going on there, design and assembly yes. Correct me if ... | |
| RadioParadise streaming FLAC Good support as well. Sent a crash log last night and had response email from the developer this morning. | |
| RadioParadise streaming FLAC I just compared Peter Gabriel songs ( had to wait a couple songs before comparing). I think the Lossless sounds a bit better than my upsampled version. Getting some interrupts and the app crashed once so I think I need to play with the cache set... | |
| Newbie Looking for Advice on Streaming Music One avenue to take is getting a Sonos connect off of craigslist to get a bump start, plug that strait into primaluna . There are about 3 on Denver craigslist from $175 -$250, they should be easy to find about anywhere. That will get you bump sta... | |
| Wadia 321 DAC, anyone have any experience with it? For future reference. I picked one up for $1500 from my local dealer and I am pretty happy with it. I upgraded from a peachtree iDAC (which was a decent implementation of a Sabre). I got it primarily because of the price and the reviews about the ... | |
| Wadia Amps . Any Good? Not much info out there on this amp but I would like to know more about it myself. I don't even know which switching module they use or if it's a proprietary I have the 321 DAC and like it much. I have the 321 paired with a PS Audio S300 (Ice... | |
| Still looking for a DAC I can demo at home. . . PS Audio offers in home audition on some products. Check with them on the details. They always answer the phone.http://www.psaudio.com/products/directstream-junior/ | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? I listen to a lot of red book quality streaming so I went with a tube pre, a DAC that had reviewed characteristics of "warm" and a modern class D implementation Amp. I am pretty happy so far. | |
| looking for the best cd transport only, without dac My Denon CDP crapped out so I employed my Sony BDP-S350 Blu ray player and didn't notice a drop off. I go digital out to a Wadia 321 DAC. I demo'd a CXC and compared it head to head with the Sony and could not notice a compelling difference to ... | |
| Best DAC for my situation...Read on! +1 on @robelvick recommendation. I have no experience with w4s DACS but am totally pumped on the mods they did to my Sonos zone player and the phone conversations were confidence inspiring. If I ever decide to change out my Wadia 321 this will b... | |
| Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile? It’s certainly has a respectable position on the audiophile spectrum if you ask me when you consider what modern technology components can do these days. Use your high dollar transport, TT and a fine bottle of scotch to deliver the full on pleasur... | |
| Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile? I use Deezer and have been a customer for several years, Deezer library is massive. It also streams at 16/48 but you have to have a Sonos player. I did the Wyred4Sound upgrade ( total ~$800) and now the Sonos up samples to 96Khz and my DAC indic... | |
| Choices narrowed Rogue RP-1 and Primaluna Prologue Premium Preamps I is also a very happy RP-1 owner. As other posters have noted it's nice to call up a company and get a enthusiastic person on the phone to talk about the product. I can't say much about sound details but the unit was a huge improvement over my ... | |
| Is it possible to buy a decent tube amplifier in the $2000-3000 range? I went hybrid Rogue RP-1 Pre (tube) and PS Audio S300 class D amp. Wyred4Sound also has a dual mono Class D that will get you in at about $3K with an RP-1 |