jonathangreene

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Looking for suggestions for a network capable DAC/Streamer
KEF LSX fits the price and is wired.  I'm using mine in a home office setting and they are excellent in the room.  I airplay, spotify direct and use Roon natively with them regularly now and it's been awesome.   I had the Audioengine 2+ in their p... 
kef applications
not exactly an EQ but you can make some adjustments if you want based on your room ... Here's what you get - https://imgur.com/a/C34hRKN 
B&W Formation Flex vs. KEF LSX
I've had the LSX for a few days now and it's been a very impressive upgrade in my home office!  I had the Audioengine 2+ running from a Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ here prior.  Now I have the LSX receiving Airplay 2 from my MacMini and Optical for the TV ... 
CD ripper
EAC all the way.  FLAC is a lossless compresses format and the perfect end state ... WAV is uncompressed so just larger files for the same quality.  If you have SACD discs you can rip an iso to DSD using iso2dsd  
Does this exist? Preamp/Streamer/DAC with MQA, Roon and more
Think budget is the obvious challenge as has already been discussed.  I’ve got a Marantz AV7702 (newer are available) plus the Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ linked with a USB from PC running Plex and Roon and it does all you want, but 2500 is a tricky mark ... 
Qubuz feedback and membership Plan Suggestions
I've been using it for a few weeks and think it's pretty great. Sound quality is excellent and to my ears often better than Tidal.  The trick is the catalog ... there've been some tracks not playable but there which I think is a regional BS thing.... 
Need DAC/Streaming Advice
I'm not entirely familiar with the Bryston kit, but FWIW if you already have a ripped collection going from that machine via USB to your DAC (I run a Win10 machine into the Brooklyn DAC+) and stream via Roon which does Tidal as well as Qobuz in ad... 
Streamer/DAC combo or stand alone DAC with Node2?
I have the Node2 and today got the Mytek Brooklyn DAC+  I was running Roon over network to the Node 2 and generally quite happy but started playing around with the Pro-jectPre Box S2 Digital over USB from my Win10 PC / Roon Server and noticed a pr...