mahler123
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| Preamp Upgrade So, to be precise, you are asking for a Pre Amp DAC combination player. Are you really wedded to a one box solution? The reason that I ask is because there have been tremendous improvements in DACs over the past years. For $3500 you can have an... | |
| PS Direct Stream latest firmware, "Snowmass" I don’t own the PS Audio piece, but I have owned some PS Audio stuff in the past, including. DLink DAC that I just revived to good effect to pair with a Bluesound Node2 in a HT System, and I have a healthy respect for the company. I am also not q... | |
| Thinking about a new, lower end CD Player I love the Bluesound products, and have a Vault2 and two Node2 in different systems in my home. I would dispute that they blow CDPs away, however; I think that the current state of CD replay is really good, and at best the Bliuesound products equ... | |
| What are you using as a controller for your audio system? Oppo 105 and Bluesound, with an attached NAS. My preamp is on the fritz so I currently am using the Mytek Manhatten DAC as a preamp | |
| drag me into the digital age!! What assistance are you looking for, exactly? | |
| Advice Needed: Bluesound Node vs Vault The Bluesound ripper generally does good rips, superior to iTunes, perhaps a notch below dbpoweramp. I’ve used all 3 of these extensively. Still, if you are comfortable doing your own ripping, a program like dbpoweramp costs under a hundred, sti... | |
| Advice Needed: Bluesound Node vs Vault I think the OP has it right. The Vault2 charges more for the convenience of adding storage and a ripper. Whether that premium is worth it is in the eye and wallet of the beholder | |
| Bluesound Vault 2 PeporterI sold of my analog rig but still had a few albums left that I used as a support for my Vault2 on my equipment rack. It made the Vault2 sound more holographic 😀 on a more serious note, the only way to add vinyl to the Vault2 would be to ... | |
| CD Transport that has I2S hdmi output, cheaper the better. Wyred4Sound had a DAC a couple of years ago that I was looking at for around 2K that I was looking at. You haven’t defined your budget | |
| Anyone using a Mytek Brooklyn or Manhattan (I or II) DAC as a preamplifier? I was also confused by the digital vs. analog volume setting. I’ve had the DAC for a couple of years but this is the first time that I’ve used it as a preamp. Do you use it as a preamp? | |
| Have you ever downgraded deliberately? I once had some one make me an offer that Godfather like, I couldn’t refuse. It was for an Ayre preamp that was over two years old and I was offered what had been my purchase price. I still had the previous Pre Amp, a Cary SLP 05, laying around ... | |
| Anyone using a Mytek Brooklyn or Manhattan (I or II) DAC as a preamplifier? I figured it out. At the first adjusting the volume on the Mytek didn’t have any effect but after turning the DAC off and rebooting it worked | |
| Anyone using a Mytek Brooklyn or Manhattan (I or II) DAC as a preamplifier? My preamp stopped working today, and it will be a while before it gets repaired. I tried using my Mytek Manhatten I as a Pre amp. I don’t know how to use the volume control. It seems to be at max volume right now and I can only listen for a few... | |
| Can you help pinpoint why I am now satisfied with my digital setup? I reread your OP again...I had thought that it was going to be a repeat of your earlier complaint. So are you in a good spot now, or are you still evaluating? | |
| Can you help pinpoint why I am now satisfied with my digital setup? OP I think that you need to ask yourself what the goal is. In your last thread I got the feeling that what I would consider a digital sound is not your cup of tea, and that you preferred something that reminded you more of your analog system. ... |