mahler123
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| My Oppo 105 finally bricked. Streamer suggestions? All I am saying is the CA CXN 60 besides being a great streamer also has a good DAC. You may decide it’s the only DAC you need after an audition and not need to spend $ on the Schiit and whatever else you are looking at | |
| My Oppo 105 finally bricked. Streamer suggestions? The usual suspects in this this price range are Bluesound, the various iFi products, Project.. Don’t forget that the app is an important part of the experience, with Bluesound scoring big here. For slightly over your budget there is the excel... | |
| MQA Declares Bankruptcy 700K euros in revenue? That’s it? | |
| Goodbye Everyone The phenomenon of making a thoughtful and time consuming post and not getting any feedback is discouraging. There are just so many posts, however, and while I tend to read most of them I don’t have time to respond to all. One useful feature of a... | |
| Adding a Dac and Stresmer I’m very happy with DAC—Bryston DAC3–which cost me around $3K a few years ago but I think might be around $4K now. It replaced a Mytek Manhattan, which was ultimately two analytical and just not as musical. I really like the Cambridge Audio CXN ... | |
| What are my options for music files, CD rips, and a DAC all-in-one solution? I use the Melco N 100 NAS-streamer. It comes with a 2TB hard drive. It will play Tidal and Qobuz and connects to my DAC via usb. The free app is basically the MConnect App, it’s worth paying a few bucks for the actual MConnect app because it wo... | |
| The best part about MQA bankruptcy.. I was really angry at TAS for going whole hog on MQA. I remember Steven Stone saying that everyone now had an obsolete DAC. Canceled my subscription and never renewed. Still…I continue mourning the slow death of SACD, and the stillborn DVD-A.... | |
| Meandering Pitch, Where’s The Problem? I am primarily a digital guy, and one thing that I have always hated about turntables is pitch instability with Piano music. I had a Rega P5 a few years ago that made Wilhelm Kempff stereo recording of the first movement of the Moonlight Sonata so... | |
| What are my options for music files, CD rips, and a DAC all-in-one solution? Budget? DACs don’t rip files. They play digital files that have been sent to them from a digital source, such as CDP, PC, or a streamer. In order to rip CDs to some type of hard drive you need a ripping device. Bluesound Vault is the budget audi... | |
| Streamer/server newbie I am not a huge fan of Bluesound, but they are a traditional starting point for audiophiles getting into streaming, so I mentioned them. It was my first streamer and I have moved on, but the app works pretty well and purely as a streamer it isn't... | |
| Streamer/server newbie You have a healthy budget but that doesn’t mean you are required to use it. Since you aren’t that sure about streaming I would suggest go slow. The largest determinant of sound is the DAC, and you have one that you like. Transports matter, and ... | |
| Sold a component and bought it back, am I nuts? Nice job @audioguy85 . Now don’t sprain your shoulder patting yourself on the back so much | |
| Playing Hi-Res Files with SOtM SMS-200 Ultra Neo So, I have no experience with the SMS. To address a few other points you bring up: I use a Melco N100 as a NAS and also as a player. As a NAS it feeds a few other streamers in the home. It was not difficult to set up. If you use Ethernet, the... | |
| Old days & steamers vs newer stuff? I am interested in the Unison.. I have 3 systems in my house. The basement system is surround sound. It doesn’t currently have a streamer since a Bluesound Node died about a year ago, except for anApple TV. The ATV will only play compressed fi... | |
| Organizing music files - what tools to use This is particularly a pain with Classical Music, and the main reason that I am loath to discard CDs after ripping them |