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| Best DAC - Preamp Combo $5 to $10K Budget I used to own the Mytek Manhatten. I used it mostly as a DAC but for a month I had to use it as a Pre Amp. In the latter capacity I found it a bit to hard and with glare, and was relieved when my Pre Amp reentered the system. It is a superb DAC... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I just purchased a used set of Haitink’s Shostakovich cycle, which was split between the Concertgebouw and the LPO. I had owned a couple of them on lp, none digitally. All I can say is wow. Not only is BH inside of DSCH idiom, but the late seve... | |
| The Modern DAC killed High Resolution Music - has Stereophile proven it? I refer to one recording that I own as both a Redbook CD and a High Rez download. It is Andris Nelsons conducting the Boston Symphony in Shostakovich Symphony #10. The CD is very fine, up there in SQ with any other CD that I own. The download ... | |
| The Modern DAC killed High Resolution Music - has Stereophile proven it? ErickWhat if someone came up with a killer MP3 player that extracted every single iota of audio information from an mp3 stream. Would the value of 16/44 then be diminished? | |
| AppleTV high noise floor / better alternative? I have 2 Apple TV’s that are dead silent. Have you tried complaining to Apple? Perhaps a different unit can solve the issue.If you want to upgrade the streamer, try the usual suspects....Bluesound, HEOS, it depends on your budget and there are m... | |
| Digital Assistance Required I am also wondering if your old Pioneer is capable of passing a High Resolution signal through the digital out | |
| The Modern DAC killed High Resolution Music - has Stereophile proven it? Agree with Mayor Adam here. I currently own a Bryston DAC3 and formerly owned a Mytek Manhattan. Yes, both DACs got more out of Redbook CD than I had ever thought possible, but Redbook still can’t compare with a really good high resolution downl... | |
| Multi-room streamer (alternative to Sonos) I don’t know if for multi room options anything sounds better than Bluesound, which will play High Resolution recordings. As usual with them the DAC is the weak link. For a while I was had resurrected an old DAC, a PSAudio DLink III, for one of ... | |
| Diminishing Returns I mean, if you don’t wish to post and read other comments, you could just stop doing it, without making a grand pronouncement. Doing so implies that in your own mind, you are an indispensable Grand Poohbah who has minions hanging on your every pr... | |
| Music Server buying considerations I’ve done both, PC and Music Server. You can achieve good sound either way. Personally I prefer not to be using a PC because I get sick of working with them and prefer to have an audio component. If you are uncomfortable however with paying “ex... | |
| APTX HD My apologies to Melvin, I really thought the OP was discussing headphones. | |
| Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations. Ok, I looked it up, and naturally the Cellist that I recommended didn’t record it. I do see a version by French Cellist Gautier Capuçon, and I did hear him play it a few years ago in Chicago. Another one that caught my attention was on the Naxos... | |
| Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations. Btw, it’s Janos Starker...The two recordings that you reference are the two standard recommendations and have been for about 40 years. However, every significant Cellist with a recording contract has recorded it, given that the repertoire for Cel... | |
| APTX HD MelvinThe OP has told us that he prefers Headphone Listening, without wires. That pretty much confines the OP to Bluetooth or AirPlay. I have the Node2, and in the same system I also have an Audioengine Bluetooth DAC. Without question, when it ... | |
| [help] I'm too Boomer to stream. :-( Tommy experience is different. Redbook CD into the same DAC as my Bryston BDP3 streamer sounds a wash. There is a slight difference, but can’t say one or the other is better.. And the Naim house sound isn’t for me; all that rhythm and pace soun... |