mahler123
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| High Quality Universal Player?? 2 channelAre you using the Oppo as a DAC? Or are you attempting to have your PC communicate wirelessly as the 103. Also--do you have a monitor connected to the Oppo? | |
| Bluesound Node 2 I use Bluesound. I started with the Vault 2, subsequently added a Node 2 for a system in another room, then a Pulse Mini for my kitchen . Do you have more than 1 system? The Node was intended to be part of a whole home unit, similar to Sonos bu... | |
| Is a Sub required for HT Subs aren't required for HT. You will get better bass performance with one and movies, particularly one that involve a lot of explosions, will have more umph. If your front speakers are capable of going low enough-a rare but not impossible event... | |
| Streamers - Cocktail Audio & Mytek Brooklyn No experience with Cocktail. I use Bluesound and like it very much | |
| Digital media server/players for a Skeptic? . I don't think it should be necessary to be an IT expert to have to enjoy listening to music. I have the Bluesound system, which is a Server and a whole home system. It isn't entirely hassle free but is a lot easier that computer audio, which I... | |
| "Best" Beethoven 9 Symphonies Recording, Digital A lot of choices. Szell is excellent and dirt cheap. The venerable Krips/LSO cycle was recorded on 35 mm (film) tape and sounds great in current remastering. The Von Karajan 1963 cycle is a classic and sounds great on Blu Ray. More modern well... | |
| The "Digital" listening experience OP I have no idea what you are talking about. Poor and great performances are independent of playback media. To take your example of Schubert's Trout Quintet, I fell in love with that work 40 years ago with an lp titled 'Music From Marlboro ' le... | |
| The demise of the music CD inevitable? sorry, above, I meant to say that I am listening to a 24 bit stream currently... | |
| The demise of the music CD inevitable? I I personally would rather have a tooth extracted without anesthesia than spend another minute of my life faffing around high Res downloads.streaming otoh, is a different story. I am listening to a high Res download right now of a disc that own... | |
| FLAC On A Mac Ok we are going to the Mac store today as my wife is disgusted with the performance of her 8 year old MabBook Pro since loading El Capitan. I will ask the people there, though the drop off in Quality of the in store help over the past several ye... | |
| High Quality Universal Player?? I've had Universal Players through the years from Marantz, Denon, Oppo, and NAD. My advice would be to have a really good DAC for CD. There are at least 2 DACs that have HDMI inputs which you could use with a BD player for SACD and Blu Ray (NAD ... | |
| Oops, HOUSE FLOOD!! Audiophile vinyl collection got soaked. Where do we go from here? Sorry about your loss.My lps were ruined in a house flood on August 6, 1985. I remember the date because my wife had a C section that day. I was in Grad school, broke, couldn't replace any of them. There were no second hand stores selling lps t... | |
| Tidal on Oppo 105 I have both the 105 and the Mytek Manhatten. Since adding the Mytek the Oppo has mainly become a transport. The Mytek Brooklyn is cheaper and does MQA, if you care. Tidal is supposed to be adding MQA files. | |
| Options for full-featured music servers/streamers? The Bluesound Node 2 does indeed have it 's own DAC.i control my system with an I pad but have a friend who uses a $50.00 Amazon Kindle to control his.Using a tablet helps view your library and make playlists | |
| Options for full-featured music servers/streamers? Bluesound.if you liked Olive, you will love Bluesound.customer service has been good, the company is a joint venture of NAD and PSB, both of whom have been around for decades, and the stuff is reasonably priced.They also support MQA, if that matters |