mahler123
Responses from mahler123
| Upgrade Path - Preamp or DAC? What is your budget? It is always a good idea to determine that before you decide how to distribute the dollars | |
| A CD/SACD player to beat Oppo 105D at similar price range? I would explore the new Sony Universal Player. Retails for 1/3 the price of the Oppo, plays every format. | |
| Sony UHP-1 experience? Thanks, samac | |
| Multi format playback: DAC w/ DVD-A capability? Rip to HDD? Just get an Oppo? Does anyone know if the NAD M51 DAC, which also has an HDMI input, can decode DVD A? Used ones are going for about $1200 | |
| HDCD rescue - it's possible, but man... Sounds like a project for retirement or to while away the time during a long prison sentence. Can you even enjoy listening to the music after so much effort? | |
| Multi format playback: DAC w/ DVD-A capability? Rip to HDD? Just get an Oppo? Just get an Oppo or a Marantz or the new Sony Universal player that will play DVD-A ($400).Most of your listening is vinyl why torture yourself for the view discs that you want to play?The Universal players will make them sound great.And if you fe... | |
| Sony Hapz1es or blue sound....... Bluesound sounds great. I haven't heard the Sony. | |
| WiFi System Upgrades I find that with about every other Bluesound OS update, I have to reboot the whole system, which involve unplugging the Ethernet source from the router, unplugging my Vault 2, Node, and Pulse Mini and re starting them, occasionally more than once.... | |
| Apple TV and Sound Quality I only have ATV 2, which sonically from what I have read here and elsewhere, is islimited compared to ATV 3. Still, in your setup, the weak link is the wifi to ATV. I would replace the ATV with a dedicated audio component such as the Bluesound N... | |
| Conversion to DSD: Does It Eliminate Digital Glare? I heartily agree with Eric's last paragraph. The best DACs are now improving redbook to levels that we previously hadn't thought possible | |
| Conversion to DSD: Does It Eliminate Digital Glare? After living with the Mytek Manhatten for a few months now, I do think that an improved Dac helps----with glare. Note, seventies, that the mytek features the same chip as the Oppo 105, but the implementation is worlds apart--so it just in't the c... | |
| NEED HELP WITH DAC UPGRADE I have the Mytek Manhatten and can confirm that the DAC makes a heck of an upgrade. | |
| FLAC On A Mac not every download site offers ALAC or AIFF. Some only offer FLAC, as reading the posts in this thread would have revealed to you | |
| Music Server format? Just read the Crutchfield reviews about Bluesound. I only saw 1 bad one and am guessing that person received a defective unit. Nothing is perfect but I think it is a high quality product that takes the PC out of the picture | |
| Music Server format? You can get a dedicated music server that will your CDs and take the PC out of the equation. Then you will not have to worry about mastering a playback software program such as Roon, J River, etc.. I use the Bluesound Vault 2. It costs around $1... |