mahler123
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| Is My Onkyo Receiver's Tuner Dead or Just Playing Posum? I read this thread with interest. I live outside Chicago, listen to WFMT, and have an Onkyo receiver of approximately the same vintage with a Tuner that’s been on the fritz for about two years now. In my case I get static, but can’t pull in any ... | |
| Best DAC for my situation...Read on! You could also try upgrading the Oppo 105 to the 205 and then sell the 105 or plug it into another system | |
| which receiver new $1k or under One problem with buying last years models are the ever changing standards for HDMI. It would be nice if this could be future proofed. Personally, I don’t care for the Marantz house sounds, as it rolls of the top end | |
| Dedicated Red Book CD player vs. "Universal" type players.... I I like chayro suggestion about getting an Oppo and then adding a DAC later if the redbook playback is found wanting. It sounds like the OP plays mainly CDs but is thinking about playing from a hard drive in the future. An alternative would be ... | |
| Reference disc player...UDP 205 or Marantz? To clarify...the Oppo 105 does play DSD, but the Bryston BDA 3 is one of the few DACs that can take the DSD stream from an SACD, and Oppo is one of the few SACD players that can be configured to output it....both the 105 and 205 | |
| Please Recommend Transport + DAC for $5K total Instead of getting the Bryston BDP 3 as a transport, consider getting the BDA-3 DAC. It’s superb and has a gazillion inputs, including 4 HDMI. It goes for about $3500: I would then pair it withthe Bluesound Node 2 for streaming and usb and for... | |
| Reference disc player...UDP 205 or Marantz? The Oppo 105 sounded great when I got it and I lived quite happily with it. Then I got a chance to hear the Mytek Manhatten, which used the same ESS Sabre chips as the Oppo, and I was blown away. Otoh, the Mytek costs several times what the Oppo... | |
| Reference disc player...UDP 205 or Marantz? I had the Marantz SACD 805. I also had the Marantz streamer/DAC NA 7004. Based on these 2 pieces, I would say that there is a Marantz House sound. It's smooth, but rolls of the top end to much for my liking.I also have Oppo 105, and sold both t... | |
| Tidal subscription discounts Well well you guys deserve every discount out there. Thank you for your service | |
| Benefits of an external DAC @shadorne. I don't really know where Stereophile ranked my two DACs, the Mytek Manhatten and Bryston BDA-3. I imagine that since they reviewed each DAC very favorably that they have them high on the pecking order. Regarding cost, the Manhatten w... | |
| Benefits of an external DAC I have an Oppo 105 and have used it with 2 external DACs, the Bryston BDA-3 and the Mytek Manhatten. The Oppo is a pretty good DAC but there is no question that the other 2 DACs each best it.perhaps the rest of your setup is not revealing, or per... | |
| Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile? Many DACs will give an accurate read on what bit Rate, etc is actually arriving at the DAC. Many on this forum have used this info to discover that some streamed music from Tidal or other streamed sources is not high res, and occasionally discove... | |
| Looking for a new dac-need opinions from the community I own both the Bryston BDA-3 and the Manhatten. I am only mentioning the Manhatten because the last poster mentioned it, not the OP. I bought the Bryston because I have a lot of SACDs and wanted to be able to access the DSD .If SACD replay is i... | |
| Esoteric Support - nonexistent??? As aberyclark noted, at their price point, to have to make a consumer jump through so many hoops for service is absurd. This thread isn't the first about Esoteric and customer support. I was considering buying an Esoteric piece but after reading... | |
| Oppo Vs Esoteric OP asked how a Oppo as a transport into a Bryston BDA 3 compared to a Luxman or a Marantz. I can't answer about a Luxman, but I can say the Bryston is preferable in my book to every Marantz player that I have ever heard, especially the 805 |