mahler123
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| Have you ever been blocked by an E seller here? It could just be that seller has been burned in the past.. Perhaps someone was critical of him but purchased anyway and then gave the seller a hard time afterwards. People do weird stuff like that. I’m a Physician in a large city and I have a f... | |
| Streamers I am using the Bryston BDA-3, which sounds amazing but has an inferior app. | |
| Recommendations for modest budget Amp power required depends upon Speaker characteristics, primarily impedence and sensitivity. Keep in mind that that a low watt amp may sound fine most of the time but struggle with sudden increases in demand, either with music or with video. Al... | |
| connecting Bluesound node 2i streamer to old system My Node2 definitely worked better with Ethernet, but I never owned the 2i | |
| Good CDTransport (player) without DAC? Cambridge Audio transport usually gets recommended | |
| DAC: Before I jump in... I am not sure what the budget is here. Is it limited by the price of the least expensive component? Would that be the Node2i? | |
| SACD Player--Do you use it and feel you'd replace it if it broke? I listen primarily to Classical,the genre that has kept SACD alive. In general, SACD sounds much more realistic than redbook, and the effect is enhanced in Multichannel. | |
| SACD Player--Do you use it and feel you'd replace it if it broke? Yes, and yes | |
| Network streamer with hard drive Glen- check out the Powerline Adapter article from the NYT circa 2017.I can tell you that after 2 years of having Powerline Adapters die on me every few months, I am never going that way again | |
| Recommendations for modest budget Two questions for the OP:1) Do you mind used equipment?2) Do you need 4K Video?AVRs become obsolete quickly and have very little resale value. The market for non 4 K AVR is infinite and you can probably get a great piece for virtually nothing .If... | |
| Network streamer with hard drive Does the Vault2i require Ethernet? I have the Vault2, and use Ethernet, but I thought that the “I” series enhanced the WiFi. Anyway, before I had Ethernet wired the house I had bad luck with power line adapters. If the adapters have to cross on... | |
| bluesound node 2i with chord quest I prefer Ethernet to WiFi, but this is more a historical thing, as I had significant WiFi issues in the past. I have the Node 2, not the 2i, and my understanding is the 2i has better WiFi. I had an IT,guy check my WiFi using an app on the iPhone... | |
| Apple TV 4K vs Network Player for streaming via Air Play Do you absolutely need Airplay? A streamer such as the Bluesound Node2i can do Airplay and connect to your amp. However, the Node2i will also see the fileson your computer either wirelessly or by Ethernet. You can connect to the amp by analog, ... | |
| Tidal - why only remastered versions? Low rider—another frequently recorded Conductor that was a control freak was George Szell. Most of his recordings sound great in digital because the remastering engineers undid all the dial tweaks that Szell forced upon the original engineers. T... | |
| High End is Dead? I don’t think HEA will disappear, but I do think less people care about it than a generation ago. When I was in school in the seventies there were a lot of people preoccupied with having a good system. Check in with most of those people fifteen ... |