mahler123
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| Airplay icon missing from iTunes on PC I didn't realize that Windows Computers even ran Air Play; I thought it was just an Apple Thing. Can you find Air Play listed in the utilities section? If not, try to enter it in the Windows search icon and see what happens. | |
| Linn Audio @bdp24 I can’t comment about Linn Dealers but that snobbish standoffish attitude used to be endemic amongst HEA retailers, which is a major reason imo for their demise | |
| record collectors/record collecting/ e bay I gave up listening to vinyl about 2 years ago and one of the reasons was the poor quality of the lps. I’d buy something listed as VG or better and it would frequently arrive unplayable. I fought with a few dealers but that gets old. I used to ... | |
| Upgrade from Ayre QB9 DAC I I love my Bryston DAC 3, but it doesn’t do MQA | |
| Airplay icon missing from iTunes on PC Is your PC a Mac or a Windows Computer? | |
| Cocktail Audio X50 I have the Vault2. Earlier I had reported issues with it that turned out to be due to problems in Powerline conditioners. It doesn’t have a good DAC but I never intended to use the supplied DAC anyway. It won’t spin CDs, as you noted. The cont... | |
| What were your humble beginnings on the path to high end audio? My parents had some cheap Stereo by K Mart and that was what I had until I went away to College in Ann Arbor in the mid seventies. I had various odd jobs at school as I had to partially pay my way through undergrad but finally put together the $3... | |
| The High End for Under a Grand? I just read the link. I have to say that there is a fair amount of hyperbole here. The speakers are the Paradigm Atoms. I had bought a pair of these about 8 years ago to use for background listening in my office, driven by a Denon AVR . It was... | |
| The High End for Under a Grand? Interesting post, and a corrective to the thread about how much one has to spend to be considered HE. There are a few variables that would figure in the ultimate price. For example, if you don’tlisten to vinyl, as I don’t, then no budget needs t... | |
| streamers under $1500 OP didn’t mention whether a DAC is required...or when someone asks about a streamer, do we assume that no DAC, and no HD, is required?i second the Bluesound Node2 recommendation | |
| DAC OR NO DAC??? HDMI routinely gets dissed on Audiophile Forums, but I listen to an Oppo 203 via HDMI to a Bryston DAC 3, which has 4 HDMI inputs. The HDMI is excellent, fully the equal, if not superior, to every other input on the Bryston | |
| Improving sound of Marantz SA-8260 SACD PLAYER It will cost you a bit more, but I use a Bryston 3 DAC, which takes the DSD feed from an SACD player over HDMI (don’t know if your player does this): sounds great | |
| Bluesound Node2 with outboard DAC Bluesound Bluesound DAC are ok but nothing special. I’ve used an Oppo 105, Bryston DAC3, and Mytek Manhatten. Pretty much any DAC will improve it | |
| Micro SD Cards @almarg Thanks for that post, al.Regrettably, my SD card experience has gone from bad to worst. The new card wouldn’t be read by the player as being correctly inserted. In trying to remove it, the card has become so completely wedged in the tiny... | |
| Using Macbook Air as audio source I use an Air. Consider investing in a software program that will sound better than iTunes. I use dbpoweramp for ripping, and Audirvana Plus for playback. Otherwise you are good to go |