mahler123
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| Solo streamer I use mConnect on my iPhone. Update the OS on the ipad | |
| Streamer observation / question to those who know I am not denying that streamers are networking computers optimized to play audio, and encased in a box to make them look more like an audio component than a PC. I used Apple Mac Minis, Apple Mac Books, and bog standard Dell laptops provided by my... | |
| A DAC for the Oppo 105 We had a power surge recently that ‘stunned’ my Bryston DAC-3. It ultimately responded to a factory reset and is working fine, but while I spent an hour or so messing around I listened to the Oppo 105 with its native DAC for the first time in year... | |
| Ethernet Switch Congratulations on your new digs. I tried an expensive Melco switch and compared to the bog standard Linksys I couldn’t tell a difference and fortunately was able to return it for a small fee. There will be many posters here with different exper... | |
| Solo streamer Classical Music is a Bridge to far for most app developers. Has the OP tried mconnect? If he prefers the CA Stream Magic app, mconnect is similar and it’s easier to make playlists with | |
| Is the "tray error" issue on an Esoteric X-03 CD player worth fixing? Did the Esoteric CDP have a digital input? If it does then you could try using the DAC in the X-03 with the Vault. I have to say that going from an Esoteric CDP to the Vault was a curious recommendation on the part of your dealer. It was no d... | |
| It Pegged the Needle on My "BS Meter". Now, I'm A Believer. Ever Happen to You? My first up sampling DAC, by PS Audio. I bought it for other reasons, but when I used the up sampling setting (which as described sounded like pure snake oil-how can creating digits out of thin air work?) it just amazed me. Previously acceptable... | |
| Streamer observation / question to those who know To return to your OP, in the last paragraph you query whether a high end streamer can best a PC. My answer, as someone who has compared them, is an unequivocal yes. PCs simply aren’t optimized for sound reproduction. They don’t have the power s... | |
| The Psychology Of Collecting Are collecting and hoarding the same thing? There are some members here that have every single reissue of a favorite record album. That’s collecting. Hoarding would be having a home filled with cases of T.P., or so filled with random junk that ... | |
| John Mayall has passed away I didn’t mean any disrespect, but when I plugged JM name into a search engine (I hadn’t heard his name in 50 years or so), the SE spat out an article on Toots etc. another example of AI run amok. That gave me a laugh. I remember someone in my ... | |
| The Psychology Of Collecting My mother in law died recently and we have been cleaning the home out to get it on the market. She wasn’t a hoarder, thankfully, but we have interviewed different Estate Sales vendors and some of the stories they tell about homes that they have b... | |
| Streamer observation / question to those who know I disagree with Jason . Many high resolution FLAC and in particular well done DSD will sound notably open and realistic than Redbook. This however is a generalization. If the original recording isn’t up to par playing it in a higher resolution ... | |
| John Mayall has passed away I really enjoyed Toots and the Mayalls | |
| Sony or Panasonic 4K Player vs. Magnetar or Reavon Universal Player If you are waiting for the 105 to die it might be a long wait. If the priority is for video I would spend a few hundred for a nifty Blu Ray player that isn’t a Universal Player. If you play SACD/DVD-A/Blu Ray Audio continue to use the Oppo 105 u... | |
| Solo streamer I think that AirPlay on the Cambridge streamer is very good-and Chromecast is excellent-but given the price differential between the Aurender and the CA I would have hoped that they would at least been equivalent in AirPlay |