kren0006
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| Seeking Streaming Receiver Recommendations I see you have stand mounted speakers. I also use bookshelf speakers in my BR (Integra) system. Had you instead had full-range floorstanders, I might have been able to give Integra a better recommendation because it has a mode (Direct, or Pure Dir... | |
| Seeking Streaming Receiver Recommendations I have the Integra DTM-7 (2 ch, class A/B receiver) in my BR system and Marantz SR5012 (7 ch. class A/B receiver) as HT hub in my main system.Both are 100WPC into 8 ohms. Both have streaming and I have used both extensively to stream Tidal before... | |
| Under $3K streaming dac suggestions, Roon Ready? david_ten, great list, thanks for posting! I have been looking for a list like that. Funny when I got my Teac I naively thought I was at mid or higher end of streamer food chain, cost-wise ..... nope! | |
| Only $800 to work with streamer/power for 3rd system Well I'm still sitting on my hands waiting and haven't pulled trigger yet.Really trying to stay low budget here with this rig and getting tempted by the Yamaha WXA-50 streamer/amp for $500 new or $400 refurb. Significantly cheaper than Powernode ... | |
| NAD M10/BluOS - Please Help Congrats on getting the M10! How does it sound for music that you have been able to play? Meeting your expectations? | |
| Name 3 classic mini-monitors worth keeping- Why? Spendor SA1 from 2009. Fantastic tonal speaker, sealed-box (acoustic suspension) so usable in applications where the much more widely used base reflex ported speaker would be problematic (e.g., close to walls or in cabinet, among others). | |
| Under $3K streaming dac suggestions, Roon Ready? The dac chip in the LUMIN D2 is only 24-bit and was released in 2007, right? That is the same year iPhone was released! Ie, stone ages for fast moving tech area (at least as fast moving as audio gets). I havent listened to it and I’m sure it’s gr... | |
| Under $3K streaming dac suggestions, Roon Ready? Of the streamers mentioned, the only one that is price competitive (though still $300 more) with the Teac is the LUMIN D2, but its Wolfson dac is nearly 10 yrs old (perhaps older, couldn’t find exactly when 8741 dac was released). The Mytek costs... | |
| Under $3K streaming dac suggestions, Roon Ready? +1 on the Teac. I’ve had mine for a couple months, and use it with Spendor D7’s (saw u have A4). My amp (int) is ARC DSI200. I posted my review on the Teac thread. Good luck and let us know what u get | |
| TEAC NT-505 - How good is it? As I was mowing lawn today I was thinking about how I’d describe difference heard between Tidal Masters tracks and regular Tidal cd quality tracks 16/44. Best way way I can describe it is I can just “hear” the added resolution, not unlike seeing t... | |
| TEAC NT-505 - How good is it? I think you’ll like it. When I compared its dac chip spec wise to others 2k or below I couldn’t find anything else that beat it. That plus the great user reviews and esoteric lineage convinced me to pull trigger. Downside for some might might be l... | |
| TEAC NT-505 - How good is it? The Teac nt505 uses dual monoural mode AKM 4497 dacs, while my marantz uses AKM 4458 and Integra uses AKM 4438. All are 32 bit dacs, but s/n ratio on the Teac dac 128 dB, while 115 and 112 on marantz and Integra, respectively. Of course lots of ot... | |
| TEAC NT-505 - How good is it? I’ve had my NT-505 for about 2 months and really enjoy it. Build quality is excellent. Has some definite heft to the box - feels very solid. The “handles” aren’t really necessary like they are on the ARC DSI200 integrated amp that it feeds, but no... | |
| Question about internet connection to streamer I was using either a Cat5 or 6 (not sure), 10 ft, and experiencing occasional dropouts (maybe once every four hrs). Switched to a 3 ft Cat7 cable and haven’t had a dropout since. You can get an Amazonbasics cat7 for $8ish so just get shortest leng... | |
| Streamer choices $2k budget gets you new Teac NT-505 with dual AKM 4497 DACs. I like mine a lot. |