mattsca
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| Speakers sound too bright. @bigtwin that web site you shared is intriguing. I have a very challenging listening room - 15’ wide, 24.5’ deep, 6.67’ high (yeah, low ceiling) with a couple of support poles and ceiling beams across the width. And, there is a corner angled in th... | |
| PrimaLuna EVO 400 v Cary SLI-100 UPDATE: Thank you, again, for all the great perspective. This really has been helpful. I managed to get a good deal on a used PrimaLuna Evo 300, with stock tubes and a bonus set of KT150s. I hooked it up with the Eversolo A6 and out to my vintage ... | |
| PrimaLuna EVO 400 v Cary SLI-100 First off, I have to say how much I appreciate all the comments, opinions, and suggestions on this string. They’ve been really helpful and informative on a topic I am brand new to. Thank you, each of you! To @decooney’s question, my current setup... | |
| PrimaLuna EVO 400 v Cary SLI-100 Fantastic, thank you for the views and suggestions, super helpful. What I see so far as worth checking out, and I will seek them out at AXPONA in April (Chicago): PrimaLuna EVO 300/400, or consider the previous gen, Dialogue Cary SLI-100 Line Mag... | |
| BS Nano as Roon endpoint I don’t use Tidal, but I do use qobuz and Amazon Music. I’ve been using Roon for two weeks now and, IMO, the interface is far superior to native qobuz or Amazon. | |
| BS Nano as Roon endpoint UPDATE: the ten second delay was my bad! Somehow I had set the resync delay to 10000 ms instead of 1000 ms. My wifi is just fine, but thank you, Jeff, for the comprehensive troubleshooting guide. I have a Nano hooked up with a USB connection to... | |
| BS Nano as Roon endpoint @jeffbij the Roon server is wired and the endpoints are wifi. But signal is very strong and music never stops once it's playing - same case at both homes. Separate issue is my McIntosh C53 with the DA2 DAC clips the first 1-2 seconds off songs. ... | |
| BS Nano as Roon endpoint Resurrecting this post, I just ordered a Bluesound Nano to try with a Roon Nucleus One in my system. I currently have an Eversolo A-6 and it drives me crazy that it takes almost ten seconds to commence playing a track. The Nucleus One was working ... | |
| McIntosh DS200 @glennewdick yes, that makes sense, up to a point. If the DAC was the upgradeable DA2, as it is in several of their other products, there would definitely be no need for digital out. But how long before the built in DAC is obsolete to new choices?... | |
| DAC question - is music streamer DAC better than mcintosh DA2? I just replaced my C47 with a C53 with the DA2. Both my wife and I agree the DA2 sounds better than the DAC in my EverSolo. But... Sending digital to the DA2 from the A6 I get the silence at the start of new tracks, clipping the first second or s... | |
| What does 90% of the Absolute Best Sound Cost? @mglik let me fix your comment for you: I am having a hard time understanding how one can quantify sound quality and scale it against expense. If anything, it seems a very individual thing. Moreover, I disagree that cost to quality is an expone... | |
| What does 90% of the Absolute Best Sound Cost? @avanti1960 my room is roughly 15x24 with a ceiling not quite 7 feet. One back corner is clipped from the rectangle and I have four 3" square posts to deal with. So, while I have some significant challenges working the room, I am dealing with a ne... | |
| What does 90% of the Absolute Best Sound Cost? Ah, great responses. I wish I could "like" and "laugh" at them. Yep, this is a very subjective topic and, of course, the listening room - size, dimensions, build - is a major factor. And I have to acknowledge that the listening experience goes ... | |
| DAC question - is music streamer DAC better than mcintosh DA2? Well, up until @podosound, this love fest for DA2 had me totally convinced. I have a C47 with a non-upgradeable DAC section. Amp is a MC312. I stream from an EverSolo A6. I’ve been looking to upgrade my DAC choice and was thinking of spending $3-4... | |
| Where do I go from here? Wow, thank you, each of you for the thoughtful suggestions and the encouragement. This forum is pretty cool. @audiotroy I’m just not ready to consider a change from my preamp and feel like DAC technology advancements argue for a separate DAC for ... |