mclinnguy
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| Good measuring DACs vs. Is it along the same lines as why listening to "The Doors -break on through to the other side" is more engaging in the car than on my hifi? Love the heck out of it on a long drive. Such a let down at home; and 24/192 remaster is no better. | |
| DAC upgrade What would I do? Buy both for less than your original budget and re sell the one you don’t prefer: There is a used Pontus II in Florida for $1200, and a used Qutest in Ohio for $1150 (or a Qutest 1 month old for $1250) | |
| DAC Merry Go 'Round- why I stopped at Weiss @atriya I am positive a different streamer can improve the sound quality of the 501, I just don't know how much one has to spend for this to happen. 🤔 If it is the form of the Antipodes K50, K41, Aurender N20, Playback Edelweiss, Grimm, that 432ev... | |
| DAC upgrade If you are fond of Chord, for another 1250 there is a Chord TT2 on Audiogon. May save you upgrading in a few years... | |
| Lumin U2 or Aurender N200 @audphile1 Her cover of “Norwegian Wood” on Fortnight is amazing. 👍 Fantastic jam session- And it is recorded properly with her piano going from high register on the left and low register on the right, so you are looking at her. I always f... | |
| Lumin U2 or Aurender N200 @lalitk that would be a good idea. Got a trial with dbpoweramp, ripped Modern Cool and Fortnight, Listening to Fortnight now- It does sound very nice, well recorded and produced, great soundstage, like most (all?) Barber's works. I wouldn't know i... | |
| DAC Merry Go 'Round- why I stopped at Weiss @wsrrsw thanks for the response. That word magic has been used a few times from those with the MU1 :) Actually that vinyl dsp is one I haven't used yet- I haven't felt the need- nothing sounds too bright to me yet, but I'll give it a try just to s... | |
| Lumin U2 or Aurender N200 @audphile1 LOL- I own a modern cool cd, in a mobile fidelity version. And when I looked at it in my rack, right beside it is a copy of Fortnight! Good god. I just spent about an hour first loading into a cart on Qobuz, but it needs me to load up "... | |
| Lumin U2 or Aurender N200 @lalitk I was going a little nuts looking for this piece/album/song, I didn't pick up on the PB audphile1 referred to, but subliminally I am suddenly craving a peanut butter banana sandwich for lunch. Then I looked back a page and it is in fact ... | |
| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ It's quite funny someone mentioned the word trolls, and someone else responded to it like someone called their name. | |
| DAC Merry Go 'Round- why I stopped at Weiss @celtic66 I have read about those, and hope to try one. They are up there in price to the same level as the Hurricane or Snake River's, which are also on my list- Hurricane reportedly being opposite end of the tonal spectrum. Did you build it your... | |
| Lumin U2 or Aurender N200 @audphile1 I am referring to Qobuz/Roon. Bring up this album in Roon / Qobuz: Merry Axemas Half the tracks are unavailable | |
| Lumin U2 or Aurender N200 Even stranger, I have noticed albums where some of the tracks are available, and others are not. It is due to rights/permissions of course, as some writing credits/royalties can be different than others on the same album, but hopefully eventually ... | |
| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ Wait, is this him? | |
| DAC Merry Go 'Round- why I stopped at Weiss A year and a half or more after owning this DAC I have some more observations that might prove useful to those interested. They come in the way of moving to a new home, as well as continuing to compare the Weiss against other DACs. First off, I... |