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Jazz for aficionados
Had not had cable TV service for years and TV set dark for much of the time.  Then when I realized all the good content on The Youtubes I started assembling a modest HT setup just to stream moves and watch music concerts.   Then realized how much ... 
Re: streaming recommendations for newbie
@aheydorn    Just register for a free trial of Tidal and Qobuz.  Install the app on your computer and stream out to your DAC.  Make sure you set it up to stream the highest resolution you can configure.   I think it also possible to get Jriver t... 
Tune of the Day
April 13th 50 years ago?  First Native American band to break into the Hot 100 and #5.    
Re: streaming recommendations for newbie
Couple of Blue Sound nodes over on TMR for around $300 and a Bel Canto DAC 1.7 over on USAM for $550.        
If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments?
Quagmire Central  
Aurender is finally Roon Ready?!
Use Roon for non-critical listening, using its world leading music discovery algorithm, then once a song requires that last (you pick the percentage increase in sq) flip over to a different app, in my case squeeze, to hear it in all its glory. ... 
Replacement Woofer for Polk TSI 100
@gkelly Thanks for the tip After dragging these out i remember that both woofer cone appears to be frozen in place and when tested no sound comes out of either speaker.  What happens to cause a cone to be frozen? These speaker were connected to a... 
Amp hum.
Charles Mingus: Amp Hum Sorry, couldn't resist/  
Aurender n200, talk me out of signing on the dotted line
@wlutke add the below link for the RadioParadise FlAC link with Metadata. http://stream.radioparadise.com/flacm   mother earth converts vinyl to high res digital https://motherearth.streamserver24.com/listen/motherearth/motherearth    
Please help with Roon server/core issue
@mapman  Why not judt buy a decent fedicated streamer ?  I like this:  combination between federated and dedicated. 😎  
Noob question about streaming . . .
Listen to Tidal for a bit before making any more moves just to get a baseline. Helps to understand the improvements in each addition, if any.   How is the Tidal stream getting to the Pre?   Note: ROON ain't a streaming service. Its just softwa... 
Please help with Roon server/core issue
When I first read OP post I suspected router.  Maybe you can open a ticket with service provider and have them run a check on modem/router to see if its kicking errors at their end.  Other good suggestions here about connections as well.  If possi... 
Roon vs OS and Native Players - Impact on SQ?
Another cool thing about ROON is the control app can function as an endpoint. Sometimes I will take a set of blue tooth headphones to bed a listen to a little music via the iPAD to relax. The desktop app the same, it sees my little Audio Engine D1... 
Streamer only
@pal If you have an apple iPAD or iPhone you can go USB into the 585 and use the native Qobuz app to test out streaming to see if you like it before letting the peoples here talk you into spending a wad of cash just because you got a nice integrat... 
BAT VK3500 vs. Hegel H590
I had one of the Hegel entry level integrated in my house for a weekend and thought it sounded great.  If I was going to collapse my separates Hegel would be at the top of the list.