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is there an app for mac that plays any music file type?
Having both Roon and Audirvana would be redundant.Roon requires a lot of horsepower to run properly, so much so that they have started making their own hardware.  I suspect that some of the reviewers that complain about decreased SQ with Roon were... 
is there an app for mac that plays any music file type?
Roon?  More expensive than Audirvana, though 
A sign of the times?
I’m surprised he wasn’t extolling vinyl.  Was his girlfriend bored stiff? 
CD ripper
I ripped about 800 CDs into a Bluesound Vault2.  Most of them are fine but I do have a few that seems to have glitches.  I switched to using dbpoweramp ripping to a NAS for other reasons and now I am more careful about cleaning the CDs prior to ri... 
SACD drive sources
SmetzgerI also have the Bryston DAC3 and enjoy listening to the DSD of my classical SACDs outputted from my Oppo 105 and my my Sony 5400 ES over HDMI.  If either of those players die I will probably buy a Sony Universal to use as a transport  
DSD vs PCM .. Truth or Myth
I listen to Classical, the one genre that embraced SACD and has kept it alive.  I have well over a hundred SACDs.  SACD didn’t fail because it was an improvement, it failed because most people don’t give a damn about audio quality and think that A... 
SACD drive sources
Sony Blu Ray Players Play SACDs.  Sony and Pioneer also sell Universal Players and perhaps others as well.  They can’t be used as streamers, as Oppo machines can, otherwise they have similar functionality. 
Digital Storage/Server, Sans DAC- What's Available?
  With using a NAS directly into a DAC, how does one manage the files visually?  Does the server software have an app or a web browser that allows a tablet or PC to control?  Is there a monitor attached?  I have NAS but control it with either a co... 
Question on home theater/music listening set up
I just added an Anthem 520 to my 5.1 and it’s a huge upgrade.  Their room correction software is great and it sounds so much more immersive. 
Is OPPO worth the inflated price?
I have a 105 and a 203, but no way would I pay that kind of money for it, especially just as a disc spinner..  if CD replay is your only priority, $3500 will buy you some several times more refined than an Oppo.  If you need a Universal Player, lo... 
Difference between app on computer vs smart tv or streaming devices
I think it depends on the App.  Some work very differently on different OS 
Relaxed, musical DAC around 2k used?
I have aBryston DAC3 which I found to be easier on the treble than my Mytek Manhatten.  Either it or the DAC2 can be found used in your price range 
Decent DAC/Streamer
Interesting I thought the toslink on the Node 2 was an out (that is how I use it) but it can also be an input? 
NAS Storage and Streaming for Hi Def audio, What NAS Hard drive system best for Mac..
I use a Synology, dont remember the number, 10 TB in a double raid.  I have zero experience with other NAS, but this one seems to work well with all files, High Rez and otherwise.If you have a lot of High rez files that you want to store, makes su... 
Decent DAC/Streamer
OPTHe Node 2 is a renderer.  The files on the external HD can be read by the Node 2 and then either convererted in analogue in it's own DAC or sent digitally to an exernal dac.  Whatthe Node 2 can't do is serve as a DAc for another digital compone...