mdalton
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| Streamer only To the OP: Beware those who try to shame you into spending a lot on a streamer simply because you've got a lot invested in other parts of your system. The logic only holds if one believes there are material differences in the sound of streamers.... | |
| Streamer only In addition to the budget examples already cited (e.g., RPi, Wiim), there are a bunch of well regarded products that cost between $400 and $1k. They include the iFi Zen, the Volumio Rivo, Holo Red, Pro-Ject Stream Box S2 Ultra, the Primare Np5, a... | |
| The Emperor Has No Clothes!! @wyoboy Single malt is definitely the best room treatment in my experience. Re windows, yes, I know there’s a lot of dogma out there on this, but my experience with my room has been very positive. There’s a youtuber called “Acoustics Insider” ... | |
| My end game speaks. and btw, am a Northwestern grad; go Cats! | |
| My end game speaks. Excellent! Axpona is a big show. so make sure you go on their website and plan for whatever amount of time you budget. And do your research. At my last show, I stumbled into a couple of brands I was not familiar with and was really impressed. | |
| My end game speaks. +1 to all posters recommending you hear speakers before purchasing. $40k is a lot of coin. Do a 2-3 day trip to a city with several good dealers. Or go to a show; Axpona in Chicago is 2 weeks away. Where do you live? | |
| Advice and recommendations needed for a turntable rig... Feichert Volare? A little above budget, but otherwise fits criteria of high mass design I think. I have no experience of it personally, but very highly regarded by people I tend to find credible. | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love @stuartk indeed. songs and people. | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love @stuartk Wow. The purpose was simply to share with another member a piece of music I love, and to see if you might love it as well. That’s all. I’d be a little surprised if you didn’t, but wouldn’t judge you. And of course it wouldn’t dimini... | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love @stuartk Please do me the following favor: put on “Bye Bye Blackbird” from “Round About Midnight”, listen to it with fresh ears, and please let us know what you think. | |
| Garrard 301 - Project @pindac @noromance @fsonicsmith all interesting. My only experience is of Woodsong plinths. Didn’t realize, but apparently they combine birch ply, panzerholz, and slate, all in one design. (search for an Art Dudley piece from June 2016 descri... | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love @signaforce Nope, not when you put Krall in same sentence as Bach and Miles, lol! | |
| Garrard 301 - Project I’m obviously a big fan of idler drives, as I have a Thorens TD-124 in addition to my 401. I’ll give you a brief synopsis of my journey with the 401: - Purchased it on ebay from a UK seller; had it shipped directly to Woodsong Audio (Chris Harba... | |
| New streamer needed lol! definitely old enuf to remember that. just remember though, assuming no processing of the digital stream (e.g., oversampling, dsp), all a streamer does is move a digital data stream between a server and your dac. In that case, the only thin... | |
| New streamer needed @stievus “on the bright side”!? Please explain to me how a streamer contributes to tone. That’s just silly talk. |