mahler123
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| LG Electronics will stop making cell phones with DAC 'S built in!!!!!! I seem to get updates about once a month. Regarding reliability, I haven’t had any problem whatsoever, outside of the BT pairing, with reliability. I definitely had issues with iPhones although Apple Support is pretty damn good. My biggest comp... | |
| LG Electronics will stop making cell phones with DAC 'S built in!!!!!! They do, or did, make phones. The predecessor to their current lineup used a high quality DAC and got reviewed in Stereophile. At the time I needed a new phone and I was interested in getting a quality portable music player. I was looking at th... | |
| Bluetooth Pairing Nice to know it isn’t just me. I went back to using my wired Oppo PM3 phone, which wasn’t getting a lot of use. The other annoying feature with my newer phone is that Google seems to dropped the music player app that I had been using to play the... | |
| LG Electronics will stop making cell phones with DAC 'S built in!!!!!! That’s nice, I just bought one a few months ago and paid the usual price. What site has them for $69? | |
| Roku Streaming Stick Plus - using integrated amp Oppos are great machines. They solve a lot of connectivity issues | |
| Separate Amp for AV receiver I like AVRs with room correction. I would check out Anthem or NAD, which uses Dirac. RC can really make a difference with mid priced gear. I didn’t pay anywhere near $3K for that Denon—more like a Grand, and that was new | |
| Streaming transport suggestions I own the Bryston DAC3, which is terrific. I thought, why not pair it with a Bryston player? I bought the BDP3. Terrible player. Just because a company makes a good DAC doesn’t mean their expertise will carry over to other areas | |
| Better to buy a high end network player with a DAC? Melco is indeed a player with a NAS. No DAC included, which was the point. I’m talking about their player NAS combo, not the switch, so that comment is a non sequiter. Regarding iron lung, what do I need to defend? I merely said that many play... | |
| Separate Amp for AV receiver What is the amp? I mean if it is an old Krell or Bryston that the OP is calling cheap, it might make a difference. The ultimate question here is the separation of pre amp and power amp. For the sake of argument let’s say we are in the 2 channel... | |
| Better to buy a high end network player with a DAC? The premise is flawed. Plenty of great players out there come minus a DAC. Melco, for one | |
| So how can a great system solve less than great recordings My goal for a system is accuracy. If the original recording source was poor, I prefer the system that reveals that.if I want a system that buries that under a pile of distortion and artifact, I would go back into vinyl | |
| Sonic differences between servers OPI would look at Melco. Half size components, excellent player/server, and a Roon endpoint | |
| Streaming transport suggestions If you want to play multi room then consider a server. I use the the Melco N100. In my two channel system the Melco is both player and server. In my other systems the Melco serves as the NAS | |
| Does anyone have an opinion about the Audioengine D2? Not with this unit. I have one of their Bluetooth DACs and I am very impressed | |
| Sonic differences between servers I switched from a Synology server when something happened to it a Melco N100. The Melco is also a player. I had been running the Synology with a Bryston player, and the Melco sounds very different than the Synology/Bryston combination. I have tw... |