jmarshak
Responses from jmarshak
| Will streaming ever be "audiophile-worthy"? I find my self moving more and more to streaming. Like mentioned above, the streaming SQ can be 'spooky good' already. Also, there are more ways to tweak the sound | |
| spend on the streamer or on the DAC ? OP: From all the above posts, and is fairly well agreed on by many:1) The Streamer is not more important than the DAC. It could be just as important in some cases but usually less important. More often the DAC is more important so focus on that ... | |
| Need New 2 Channel System for under 25K @coffeeman - You are 100% right about that volume knob, its got to be close! :) Regarding the sub, we will need to see. Good point that the system should have the option to add that sub in lower hz are required for correction. Its a ’small’ room ... | |
| Need New 2 Channel System for under 25K Hi, As an update, My friend is shying away from active monitors. Wants to have more options with using different components with time. I get that.So right now, we are narrowing down the Integrated Amp to be one of the Pass Labs models. I persona... | |
| Need New 2 Channel System for under 25K Makes sense @oldhvymec thanks for emphasizing that room impact is 101. In my original point, I mentioned what’s in the room to underscore what would need to be overcome. I have a little experience in treating rooms fairly inexpensively, so I did n... | |
| Need New 2 Channel System for under 25K Good point @arion. Agreed. | |
| Need New 2 Channel System for under 25K Interesting, and I was suggesting to him to minimize number of components, to 2 max 3 if absolutely necessary, just because its a small space. Streamer/DAC and Preamp/Amp. Unless ofcouse he goes with Active speakers, in which case it might be ju... | |
| Need New 2 Channel System for under 25K @tomic601 Thanks. Really good points. No fatigue is really important. That's why I started with Simaudio stuff. From my experience, very light on the pressure to head. And you are right, it is a fun budget, one can own more than one car for th... | |
| Need New 2 Channel System for under 25K @arion Mike thanks you for elaborate proposal. I understand your motivation for having me look at these products and would need more people (none dealers) to opine on the same. @dejones - thanks for the further details on the monitors. Interesting. | |
| Need New 2 Channel System for under 25K Thanks for clarifying @djones. So they even have their own DAC, nice! So both these speaker will work direct with (for example) Aurender N10 or Lumin U1 and handle output fidelity from these server/steamers well? I have not tried roon yet. Just Jr... | |
| Need New 2 Channel System for under 25K @lancelock thank you. I think those speakers are larger than can be fit optimally in that room. | |
| Need New 2 Channel System for under 25K @djones, the active speakers just need a front end + Dac to compliment them? Can I assume the Kii 3 already have an analogue preamp as well? I was thinking about trying to use active speakers form Focal before. My concern was that they would be... | |
| Need New 2 Channel System for under 25K @djones, active speakers is definitely a good option in this case. Thanks | |
| Where do you go after a BlueSound Node 2i? I believe the Bluesound Node need not be upgraded as a ’steamer’ in the next step. And, I agree that the DAC can be upgraded very significantly with many various products (some of which have already been mentioned). However, the digital cable runn... | |
| Small space listening room Hi @mewsickbuff, Since you have a small space to work with, have you considered an high-end (or perhaps even an ultra-high-end) headphone system? Sound quality can be hard to beat. |