mahler123
Responses from mahler123
| Decent DAC/Streamer I don’t know the DAC that you use, but the DAC in The Node2i is no great shakes. Easiest thing would be to try the Node by itself and make your own comparison running the Node into your DAC. Remember, you can’t use the Node as a DAC with other d... | |
| Differences between cd transports? What CD player were you using? | |
| Looking for a portable player-decent but not crazy $$ OPi know two people that have the FiiO and they love it. Personally I have no experience with it | |
| Looking for a portable player-decent but not crazy $$ I got a Sony High Rez player that cost more than your budget, sounded amazing, but was very tiny—the size of a cigarette lighter-BT never worked, and worst of all, the slot for the SD cards is so ridiculously small that I can’t extract the one tha... | |
| Refurbished Bluesound Vault 2 That “hanging “ what are you referring to? | |
| MORE Esoteric problems I don’t wish to compound the misery of the OP, but why he would have shelled out the kind of cash that Esoteric demands for their products after his initial problem is beyond me | |
| Alexa or Siri for Hifi system As the Stereophile Review of the Home Pod said, Siri is no Einstein | |
| Best way to send digital to DAC I have a. Synology NAS and there is some software on it but it didn’t seem to perform the “rendering “ function. Since I already owned Bluesound and was interested in controlling my NAS with that I didn’t explore it much further. A think the Nod... | |
| Ticking/popping noises from DAC I was having that issues with my Bryston DAC-3 with the HDMI inputs, but a firmware update solved it | |
| Spotify navigation? The depth of Spotify catalog is impressive, but do you really need more than one streaming service? Well, it’s your dime. | |
| With my new L.K.S DAC, How to Set up Hi Fi Digitial library , play and streaming Wired would be my preference. You probably will want a renderer, the usual suspects are Bluesound, Bryston, Auralic, Aurender, Lumin, etc. Least expensive quality option would be the Bluesound Node 2i. If you ultimately would like to improve the... | |
| Upgrade A/V Receiver or get 5 Ch. Amp I have the 520 and it runs a pair of hard to drive Silverline Minuets with ease. It’s got enough power for your setup. I would stop worrying about that. In the unlikely even that you were to find otherwise, it’s relatively to buy a decent secon... | |
| Bluetooth headphones: are there any? I am pretty happy with B&W phones, but I have the older non noise canceling version, so I then added the Sony’s, which are excellent noise cancelers and decent phones to boot. The B&W are more comfortable. | |
| Does this exist? Preamp/Streamer/DAC with MQA, Roon and more Does it have to be a one box solution? A PC that could be configured as a Roon Endpoint feeding a preamp -DAC wold father bill. | |
| Newbie questions - Seeking a streamer with the right features - I'm confused! +1 with 2psyopAirPlay May also work for you, if the remote speakers are Apple Home Pods |