jnehma1
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| Does this exist? Preamp/Streamer/DAC with MQA, Roon and more @david_ten Feedback is appreciated. Although if $2,500 buys a very good receiver, why can it not buy what I'm looking for if you remove the 7 (or 9 or 11) channels of amplification and all of the fancy video processing and Dolby/DTS/whatever audio... | |
| Does this exist? Preamp/Streamer/DAC with MQA, Roon and more HDMI is desirable since there is a TV in the family room along with my stereo setup. Ideally I would use the same speakers for the TV sound. All I need is a place to run my HDMI sources through. It doesn’t need to do any processing, just capture t... | |
| Need DAC/Streaming Advice I don’t have personal experience with them but NAD (which is part of the same company that makes BlueSound) makes several products with BluOS built in. So you get the exact same functionality of the BlueSound products but in a much "better" (highe... | |
| A DAC that can make digital sound analog? I've never been a vinyl guy but I'll throw in another vote for PS Audio. I recently got the DirectStream Junior and it sounds incredible. I stream hi rez from Tidal and FLAC CD rips from my computer and I've never heard anything sound even close t... | |
| Advice on bookshelf speakers (Sierra 2, Buchardt, Monitor Audio, LS50) Thanks to everyone for replying. I've been furiously reading about all the above mentioned speakers!@b_limo Yes I thought the same thing about the S400's waveguide tweeter. Everyone seems to indicate that you can move about the room with little to... | |
| Advice on bookshelf speakers (Sierra 2, Buchardt, Monitor Audio, LS50) Interesting, thank you for educating me on some of those technical details. The room is wide open so there is open space behind the couch for at least 6 feet. But the funny thing about this is that I tested the LS50s in both the family room and in... | |
| Advice on bookshelf speakers (Sierra 2, Buchardt, Monitor Audio, LS50) @mzkmxcv thanks for the feedback and other options to look into! The 30 foot distance is when we are in the kitchen, which is open to the family room. It's not the normal distance but we listen from there and from in the family room around 15ft aw... | |
| Advice on bookshelf speakers (Sierra 2, Buchardt, Monitor Audio, LS50) Hi mdelrossi1, thanks for your reply. I'm hesitant on this approach for several reasons. First, I already am predisposed against the sound of the LS-50s, and I know the powered ones incorporate DSP, but I still have a lot of doubt that the speaker... | |
| MQA is Legit! This thread reads like a political argument. It's clear people have chosen their "camps" and are digging in. I for one just got back into this hobby fairly recently and barely knew what MQA even was. I purchased a PS Audio DSJr to facilitate strea... | |
| BluOS versus Roon library question Thanks nutella for that feedback, it's exactly what I was looking for. Given your experience, and the fact that Roon 1.6 was just released with a killer new Radio update (Roon Radio now plays tracks that aren't in your library - awesome!), it's de... | |
| BluOS versus Roon library question It's not a Vault thing. I already have my CDs ripped and I can attach them to a Node via USB storage. The question is about my music collection, which Roon calls my Library. It shows me all my music, whether it's my ripped CDs or the Tidal albums ... | |
| SQ : Anthem receiver vs. processor Sorry to hear about your work situation. I just wanted to throw out there that if you are using a 2.1 setup for music, keep that subwoofer connection in mind. If it's connected to the receiver you end up buying, it won't be part of your stereo set... | |
| Advice Needed: Bluesound Node vs Vault Thanks big_greg, I was thinking sort of along those same lines. I've already ripped some of my CDs a couple years ago. Not a ton, but maybe around 40 or 50. I already went through the process on my PC to get the album art and they are all neatly a... | |
| Advice Needed: Bluesound Node vs Vault Thanks everyone for the detailed responses! Since Roon was brought up, let me add that to the question. I had thought about album art potentially being an issue but if I used Roon in conjunction with the Node, wouldn't that automatically show all ... | |
| Prepro into a Preamp into an Amp?? Thanks for the response, Reubent. Can you recommend any good solid state preamps with HT bypass that I should check out? |