kendrick2
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| Music Streamer Quality I have not listened to the Aries Mini and cannot comment on the sound quality. My guess is that with a linear power supply (e.g. Sbooster) and a good dac, the sound would be very good. You can probably find some discussion here or elsewhere that... | |
| Music Streamer Quality You are welcome. The IFI SPDIF iPurifier re-clocks and regenerates the signal before being processed by your dac, so I would think the benefits from a W4S upgrade would be marginal and probably not be satisfying in the long term as a primary music... | |
| Music Streamer Quality Falconquest - There is no reason to upgrade your dac at this time... the Sonos is the weaker part of your system. If you want to keep the Sonos, an external re-clocker or Wyred4Sound modification will make a big difference, especially if used wit... | |
| Mytek Brooklyn+microRendu -or- PS Audio DS Junior? For what is worth, my suggestion would be to focus on both sound quality AND ease of use. I'm not the most IT savvy and found the streaming feature of the PS Audio DS Junior challenging and never got it to work. If you are more proficient, this... | |
| Harbeth P3ESR or Monitor 30? Tony - Glad to share a few thoughts. Both of your amplifiers are certainly high quality products, so the "issue" may be more about synergy than anything else. I glanced at a few reviews of the impressive Rowland Concentra, which seems to be hi... | |
| Harbeth P3ESR or Monitor 30? Tony - It has been my experience that the bass response of the Harbeth P3esr speakers, if new, will get better with time. I have also found that the bass can further improve with proper set-up and a well-matched amplifier. Depending on the set-u... | |
| Rega Apollo-R The Rega Apollo-R is an excellent music source. It sounds better than my other two sources: a Wired4Sound modified Sonos and an IMac with expensive USB cable and asyncronous dac. | |
| Sonos or Mac Mini? A Sonos Connect with a re-clocker can provide very good sound. IÂve compared the standard and Wyred4Sound modified units using a good $1,300 Dac, and the W4S Connect is much better. Another option is using the standard Connect with an Empirical A... | |
| Sjofn the Clue v. Fritz Carbon 7 or other Fritz Both are good speakers, so I've read. While I've not heard either, I do have personal experience with room of the same exact size as yours and it was not well suited to music listening. My system sounded great in two other houses but moving it to ... | |
| Totem model 1 with svs sb13 ultra or Forest I meant to say (above) that that Totem Forest speaker is probably too much speaker for your room. You may have to place the Forest 5-6 feet from the rear wall to sound best, as indicated on the Totem Website. Do you have that much flexibility in y... | |
| Totem model 1 with svs sb13 ultra or Forest You currently have a small listening room well suited to the Totem 1 speakers. They may be short on bass but should sound great in that setting with proper amplification, which you have. Most people who know Totems would probably say it's too much... | |
| Small Room, Large Speakers... Help I agree with the previous poster. Try your system in the new house then decide if any changes are needed. With a dedicated room, you should have some flexibility with speaker placement, which should help minimize some of the speaker/room interface... | |
| Anthonyn Cordesman on Edward Snowden Anthony Cordesman lived near a business that my best friend from high school owned. He would occasionally drop in the store to shop, talk a little about stereo, and leave some cables that he had finished auditioning or reviewing. I ended up with s... | |
| Music Server +1 for Sonos. Easy to use and excellent interface with tablet or phone. As for sound quality, I would say just okay as an analog source and much better with a good quality Dac. I initially used the Sonos Connect with a Rega Dac and was pleased wit... | |
| small speakers for small room Some good advice here. I would add the Dali Mentor Menuet to the list. Yep, there is one for sale on Audiogon at this moment, though the price is too high, IMO. One thing to keep in mind is that almost all bookshelf speakers will need stands to so... |