mgrif104
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| Some observations from a former skeptic - and a question Thanks all for the feedback. It has been an interesting journey and I’m grateful there are experienced forum participants who can offer feedback in a collaborative environment. @ghdprentice - noted on purchasing pre-owned cables. I think I’ll st... | |
| Let the Games Begin Ok - I’ll bite (lightly). I have a pretty resolving system. I have never subscribed to the idea that hi-res is superior from a data standpoint. Standard CD resolution can sound very, very good. In fact, I gave all my SACDs away because I no lon... | |
| Is it worth replacing a Lumin D2 with an Eversolo dmp-a6 Master Edition? Congrats on the new DAC.While I haven’t heard the T+A DAC, I understand it is very, very good - particularly for the price point. Please let us know how you like it. I’m not familiar with the streamer you are considering but want to offer a few t... | |
| Made the Move and Not looking back! @ghasley I upgraded to the Auralic from an Aurender N100H. The Auralic was significantly better. However, while I’ve heard the more recent Aurender units - I haven’t had them in my system so I can’t comment on whether (or perhaps how much) bett... | |
| Made the Move and Not looking back! @boostedis You make a great point. However, as I stated in my previous post, I wasn’t using any DSP through Roon. The comparison I did was Auralic’s LDS playing a specific file and then Roon on my Auralic unit playing the exact same file. I trie... | |
| Made the Move and Not looking back! Similar experience here with Auralic and their Lightning DS music management software. I had Roon - loved the interface and meta data. But, when I compared the exact same Qobuz files over Roon vs Lightning DS, (no processing - so it was a fair co... | |
| user poll on seperates vs integrated In my view, an integrated amp need not be a compromise. You can get very high performance if desired. T+A, CH Precision, Audionet, VAC, etc. all make exceptional integrated amps without significant compromise. While it’s likely that their separa... | |
| Shootout: Roon versus Plex, Qobuz versus Tidal: Who Won? Great post. I’ll add my experience/experiment from 2 years ago. So, things may have changed. I subscribed to Tidal. When Qobuz became widely available, I subscribed to it, too. A few months in, I decided to listen to the same music on both servic... | |
| Auralic Vega G2.1 vs Lumin T3 Sorry it’s taken so long to respond. I have direct experience w/ the Vega G2.1 - I own it. So, take my experience with a grain of salt as we all tend to promote what we purchased as justification. Please note, I had previously auditioned the L... | |
| 2023 AXPONA Show Report Well, reading through this thread, I’m now wishing I had spent more time. As a first timer with just a half day, I was a bit rushed and very selective in what I stopped to see/hear. I clearly missed a bunch. As I noted previously, I was disappoi... | |
| Vinnie Rossi @benzman Interestingly, I heard the Brama/Rockport setup and came away disappointed. It didn’t sound “sorted out” to me. I’m familiar with and like Rockports very much, but thought the speakers too close for listening. And, to me, it sounded bri... | |
| 2023 AXPONA Show Report @ronboco Agreed - would also like to hear the Lyra - and the new Orion. I’m sure they’re spectacular. But, too big and too expensive for my smallish room. | |
| 2023 AXPONA Show Report @ronboco The room I saw them in were the Atria IIs showing with Vinnie Rossi Brama electronics. I understand they were in another room but I didn’t get to that one. Rockports are one of my favorites - so it was pretty disappointing. The room wa... | |
| 2023 AXPONA Show Report First time attending for me. I went on Saturday and hit rooms I had mapped out earlier. Some really quick observations: Kyomi Audio - showing MBLs and easily the best set up I heard while there. I will be speaking to George further about the sp... | |
| KEF Blade 2 Meta Sorry I misunderstood the crux of the question. With respect to bi-wire or not, I will note the built in jumpers on the KEF are vastly better than what I’ve experienced with other speakers. Nevertheless, it also appears to me to be somewhat bene... |