kren0006
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| Integrated under $2000 for Focal Aria 926s Rega Elex R | |
| Not streaming yet and considering Bluesound Node 2i? What you need to know. Yeah, I have Bluesound Node products and they can directly stream, and are configured to natively support, Tidal, Qobuzz, Amazon, Deezer, etc., not merely Spotify. I mean obviously you need an account with those streaming services to access them, ... | |
| Spendor D7.2 Preamp-Amp Pairing Good luck with the D7.2's. I own the D7's and adore them. I drive them with ARC DSI200, which is a solid state integrated that was released 10 yrs ago but which I bought the lightly used demo unit from dealer about a year ago. It sounds amazing... | |
| Another Analog v. Digital Thread? Not Really If someone already had amp/pre and speakers, and had $10k to sink into combination of digital streaming/dac and analog table/cart/phone stage, and their criteria was 50/50 listening to each and they wanted the best compromise of best sound from bo... | |
| Great Qobuz streamer. Upgrade from Bluesound Node 2 Teac NT-505. $2k. | |
| Upgrading my blusound streamer If you can run ethernet cable to it, you’ll get a monumental improvement for $2k by going with the Teac NT-505 streamer dac.Dual monaural design, fully balanced, AK4497 dacs in dual monaural, full MQA, DSD512, etc., etc... Teac is the parent comp... | |
| Audiophile Magazine Recommendation This isn't related to current mags, but for those who loved Audio magazine, which I always thought was the best, all of the old mags are available digitally here:https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Audio-Magazine.htmEnjoy - | |
| When can we expect to see a new PS Audio Directstream junior DAC? I think it'll be awhile because PSA is currently developing a dac that exceeds DS Sr, they call it TSS. You can read about it on the PSA forums at the PSA site. Development is taking longer than expected. Was supposed to be done 2018 I think an... | |
| Which AV Receiver? Yes, amp in 758 is class A/B, so I would disregard my previous suggestion that it may be brighter than ideal, as that was based on an incorrect assumption that the 758 may use same class D amps as later NAD amplifiers.That's not to say the 758 may... | |
| Which AV Receiver? Here's a thread discussing those two same amps - can't vouch for correctness of things there but relevant anyway:https://www.avsforum.com/forum/90-receivers-amps-processors/2967780-should-i-swap-marantz-sr7011-nad-t758-v3-just-access-dirac.html | |
| Which AV Receiver? Come to think of it, however, my guess that the NAD may be a bit bright may be off-base, if the 758 is a class AB amp as opposed to the more recent class D NAD amps that had the reputation of some brightness.Like I said, I haven’t heard the 758 so... | |
| Which AV Receiver? Hi laher,I don’t have specific experience with that NAD model, but I believe that it has been around for several years, and 7011 has also been around for about 3 years I think. I owned an NAD T770 AVR for 18 years (purchased in 2000) and it perfor... | |
| Streaming music Teac NT-505 is excellent for $2k or less, uses Lumin interface program.Dual monoraul design; AK4497 dacs; full MQA; fully balanced throughout, including two torroidal power supplies, etc. Punches way above it's weight class.Lots of trickle-down t... | |
| To power strip or not riccitone,I bought that W Audio unit for my main home theater system. I don't use the system too much and just got it a couple of weeks ago so I don't have a ton of feedback, other than1) it is well built and relatively heavy - has a good heft to... | |
| 30 Amplifiers Totaling $428,740.00 In Search of Audio Nirvana Well you realize you have to give a sonic summation of each one, right? Comparative references to others would be great too : )Please list what rest of listening system comprised of as well. Thanks!I'll start you off with a query: BHK 300 (fyi,... |