mahler123

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NAS/Streamer or server/player?
I recommend Melco.  It's a great NAS and can also be a server.  It sounded much better than the Synolgy NAS that it replaced  
Sound output from TV to Denon AVR-X2400H
AV is needlessly complicated   
Feel free to talk me off the ledge
I’m with the others that aren’t fans of the Heresy.  I am a fan of the Paradigm Founders the OP mentioned   
48kHz vs 96kHz: audible?
I have some Blu Ray concert discs that are inexplicably cut off at 48.  They are clearly inferior to their 96 bretheran   
Berkeley CA audiophile is desperate need of help
Have you tried the DAC with other digital sources, such as a CD player?  If so, and it seems to work, then your problem is either: 1) Internet; 2) The server; 3) the hand off from server to DAC.   Servers are networking computers that are gussied... 
Protecting Equipment from Children
I can't get angry at the grandkids.  After all, we have a common enemy, their parents  
Protecting Equipment from Children
My grandson stuck Play Doh into the rear port of a speaker and ran off.  Only his three year old hand/wrist could fit into the port and he wasn’t interested in retrieving it.  On the other hand, the Pay Doh was revelatory, as if a veil had been li... 
Is a cheaper DAC + Reclocker better than just an expensive DAC?
OP   I tried the route you went, and the answer is “No”  
Apple iPad music streamer
Node will be an excellent upgrade from the ipad  
If you’ve heard an iFi Zen stream, anything better under $1k?
No one has mentioned the Node yet?  
Anthem AVM 60 vs McIntosh MX 122
If you buy McIntosh, you get those nice blue meters.  Otherwise, I would go Anthem   
Upsampling PCM or DSD in 2022
I love DSD.  My Oppo 105 outputs the DSD layer of SACD over HDMI into the HDMI input of my Bryston DAC3.  I also have some DSD downloads but most of my DSD listening is SACD.    
Help wit my EAD T 1000 Transport!
I use Midwest Audio in Arlington Heights.  I last was there in mid 2020 and it took months to get my item fixed because they were so backed up as people had rediscovered their systems during lockdown   
Which NAS should I choose?
I’ve used Synology.  No real complaints except that the Melco N100 blew it away sonically and is easier to use.    
I'm confused on HR 24bit VS A Parasound C2 Processor at 16 bit
Didn’t that processor have some sort of “bass enhancement “ feature?  Maybe that’s what you are missing when you use something else