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| Anyone Using Bose 901 speakers In A Home Theater? Just searched that power amp. Someone is listing one for over $5000.00Again, selling that off would fund a really great sounding 5.1 system, even without buying used equipment, and it would probably sound several times better than your current s... | |
| Anyone Using Bose 901 speakers In A Home Theater? Well g nakamato it sounds like time to experiment. 40 plus years is a long time to spend with any speaker. Even state of the art speakers are going to have deterioration issues, let alone mass market items. Are you still in a 4 channel set up? ... | |
| Bluesound vault 2 - load songs other than ripping from cd? My Vault 2 is automatically pulling my my iTunes collection stored on the same network | |
| Going from computer audio to dedicated streamer I also struggled with computer audio and all of it's associated issues. I won't recite the whole litany of problems that I had but I went the Bluesound whole home route 2 years ago and have been much happier. The latest update to the OS makes it... | |
| MQA according to new Stereophile "loudness button" and "tweaking EQ in presence region" Interesting, @Brianlucey.My MQA experience was limited to a free week of Tidal, using my Bluesound. I have the Mytek Manhatten I but haven't shelled out for the MQA upgrade. I only listen to Classical. I streamed a few albums in my collection t... | |
| Glare on Choral recordings, classical vocals I listen to Classical exclusively and am familiar with the problem that the OP describes. Fwiw I have found that as I upgraded my DAC the problem resolved. I went from an Oppo 105 to the Mytek Manhatten (Oppo is the transport) and now the conges... | |
| Looking for an All in One DAC/Streamer/Server I have the Bluesound but I don't know much about the Aurender. The Bluesound has an ok DAC but sounds much better when I play it through external DACs that cost several times the price of the Vault. It sounds indistinguishable from any other digi... | |
| MQA according to new Stereophile "loudness button" and "tweaking EQ in presence region" I haven't heard MQA so I shouldn't comment, but of course that won't stop me. I also raised my eyebrows when I read that. I've seen some on line posts that confirmed what The review stated; it sounds different but somewhat artificial. My presen... | |
| Audiophile quality streamer/server-in-one without a DAC. Does this exist? With with due respect to our dealer at soundscience, and to others that think a music server sounds better than a CD player as a transport, I think most of the sound will be determined by the DAC. I use 2 DACs, the Mytek Manhatten and the Bryston... | |
| Audiophile quality streamer/server-in-one without a DAC. Does this exist? MarkYou have great gear in your home already. You don't 'need' a music server unless you want to have one. It is a matter of convenience. If you wish to eliminate CDs and acces your albums with something like an iPad then get a server. In gene... | |
| Hi-res digital audio vs sacd I agree with many points that others have made. SACD is great for classical--I have over 100- and jazz. If your tastes don't lean in that direction, it may not have a lot to offer for you.one consideration is that the DSD stream from SACD, but i... | |
| Audiophile quality streamer/server-in-one without a DAC. Does this exist? Josh, I use a Mytek Manhatten DAC, Parasound Preamp and amp, and Oppo 105 as a transport system. I also use a Bryston BDA-3 DAC for SACD only. I also have a MacAir connected to the FireWire input of the Mytek.i would not describe the Bluesound a... | |
| Audiophile quality streamer/server-in-one without a DAC. Does this exist? Re Bluesound appit isn't perfect. It is constantly being updated and the updates do improve it. I think that you have to put some effort into creating playlists because that makes it much easier to find an album. I can't compare it to Sonos bec... | |
| Audiophile quality streamer/server-in-one without a DAC. Does this exist? Forgot to mention that the Bluesound will stream Tidal in MQA and that may be important. Of course you don't use a pre amp so I am not sure how you witch from one DAC to another... | |
| Audiophile quality streamer/server-in-one without a DAC. Does this exist? You don't mention a budget, Josh. And just to clarify; you want something that will rip and store CDs, or Play downloads, with no DAC? I myself use a Bluesound Vault 2. It has a DAC which I bypass through it's digital outs and use my own DACs, ... |