mahler123
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| Streaming Atmos on Netflix vs BluRay I tend to stream music that I don't have on CD, so it's hard to make direct comparisons, and then there are the equipment variables--are your streamer and CD transport roughly comparable in price? are you using the same DAC for both?--so who know... | |
| What is the average life expectancy of a DAC? It's a great question that I've been wondering about. I love my DAC, the Bryston DAC3, and it has a feature set that isn't common-4 HDMI inputs. I think I've had it now going on 5 years. I get curious about newer DACs but between the HDMI featu... | |
| Looking for a DAC under 2k I would have said the Myth Brooklyn, but apparently Myth is undergoing a major change. Benchmark | |
| Please help. Why would higher power amp require gain? Marantz/Adcom I don't think the wattage has anything to do with it. There are different technologies involved in volume control, and I wouldn't expect the volume control of 1 manufacturer to correspond to another, and I am surprised that your 30 year old accom... | |
| Downmix Dilemmas I disagree with MC. Streaming as a source isn't as good a Blu Ray, (see other posts I have made today) but the gap isn't that far. 2 channel just isn't good for video. It works, but most video was mixed with the idea that a separate middle chan... | |
| Streaming Atmos on Netflix vs BluRay I am not sure that is a reasonable expectation currently. I am not a IT person but I would think that it has to be harder to incorporate information in a stream, and have it successfully decoded at the other end, than with physical media. Especi... | |
| AVR, AMP and Processor..... +1 for the Anthem I used it for a few months when I got the first 520 for my living room system and it worked well. However I added a second 520 for my basement system and the app doesn't distinguish well between the 2, even though you can desig... | |
| X Box or Bluray dvd player? Sony Universal Players cost about $400, if you need to also have decent CD replay and other audio formats as well | |
| Need to replace aged Arcam AVR 600----looking for suggestions I am the dissenter. I don't care for the Arcam House sound that I've heard from their DACs and and Integrated Amp in the past. It's smooth but thin, narrows off the edges, just not satisfying. I much prefer Anthem, especially with their ARC.I a... | |
| Enjoying New CD Transport Purchase I’m more of a Salsa guy myself... | |
| Universal disc players as CD players. I use an Oppo 105 as a transport into my Bryston DAC3. The transport is important but the DAC is more so. Lately I’ve been experimenting with using my Melco as a transport via USB into the same DAC and it may sound a tinge better but it’s defi... | |
| Need help on a new CD/SACD player If SACD (and Blu Ray) was important-you said it wasn't, but if you have a change of heart--I would get a Sony Universal Player( generally $3-400) and consider adding a good DAC for around a $1000. If the DAC has a usb input, and you want to dip yo... | |
| Need thoughts on how to Best Max SQ when Streaming? 1) Room correction. I’ve found it made a really significant difference in my 3 systems, particularly if paired with a ....2) subwoofer. They aren’t necessarily just for explosions in movies.Even if your speakers are full range, letting the sub h... | |
| To Roon or not to Roon? Like dude, what’s the question? It sounds like you know the answer. Roon is just a software application to help you play and categorize your music collection.It is a tool to increase your enjoyment, but if another tool gets you to the same end p... | |
| Streaming Atmos on Netflix vs BluRay I don’t see why music streaming has to be better than CD, if you are using the same DAC and comparing equivalently priced streamer vs CD transport. Both CD and streamers are sending 1s and 0s to a DAC. And then there is the variable of Internet q... |