mgrif104
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| 'Unlistenable' early digital recordings? lowrider57 - completely agree. I’m a classical music fan and have many DG recordings of otherwise great music and orchestras that are unlistenable. And, I don’t think it’s my DACs or lack of clean power. It’s DG’s crappy recordings. I have a par... | |
| Computer to DAC Streamer Hey yyzsantabaraba,just fyi - I decided to purchase an Auralic Aries G2 Streamer from Audio Advisor. I will post to this forum after I get it setup and settled in. I’ll be able to compare it directly to my Aurender N100H and Bluesound Node 2 uni... | |
| Computer to DAC Streamer Wow. I just read the summary findings of the blog posted by YYZSantabarbara. I really disagree with the bloggers findings. I changed to an Aurender N100H (bottom of the line) from a dedicated Mac mini (nothing else was ever open or running on i... | |
| Experience with Linn Select DSM? It’s an intriguing unit - I think particularly well designed. As noted earlier, I’m skeptical it’s an upgrade for me all around - I doubt it’s a better amp or preamp. But, I can easily believe it’s a better streamer than I have, and perhaps a be... | |
| In-wall speakers vs. bookshelves plus subwoofer for Stereo/HT setup I agree with the preceding responses but would ask the following questions:1) what are you looking for from the system - i.e. how do you listen - casually doing other things, or in a dedicated spot?2) how loudly do you tend to play the music?The r... | |
| DAC Suggestions for Aurender N100C Sfseay - it was the Lumin U1 Mini. My bad. In that comparison, the Aurender had clearly superior soundstaging. The detail and tonal qualities were about the same. I’d actually like to audition the U1 as I’ve heard good things about it, but I a... | |
| DAC Suggestions for Aurender N100C Pg62I have an Aurender N100 (not the C). I would expect that the performance of the two units are similar despite mine being USB only. I have compared the unit directly to the Bluesound Node 2 and Lumin U-1 - in both cases going into a good outb... | |
| Does this exist? Preamp/Streamer/DAC with MQA, Roon and more Yyzsantabarbara:I agree that the M12 is quite good (after burn in!). I run it with the M22 amp - also quite good. Many will dismiss them because of the topology, but they’re missing out.I currently stream via Ethernet to a Bluesound Node 2. I h... | |
| Experience with Linn Select DSM? Azbird: I’m envious. I’m sure the Klimax DSM is spectacular! But, it’s outside of my budget. Would love to hear one side by side the lessor units. Someday.I’m thinking your right that I should skip the amplifier section and just go with the str... | |
| Experience with Linn Select DSM? AzbirdThanks for the feedback. One of the reasons I’m interested is because Linn’s commitment and longevity in streaming. Which unit do you have? I’m comfortable with the notion that the akurate DAC is probably better than what I have and that ... | |
| Does this exist? Preamp/Streamer/DAC with MQA, Roon and more I might suggest you look at the NAD M12. Part of their masters series, it does everything you want, or has plug in modules to do everything want. I have the unit in one system, PS audio Stellar DAC/Pre in another and Parasound Halo gear in a 3rd.... | |
| Speakers for restaurant You didn’t mention your budget, where you plan on placing the speakers and how you might like to place/mount them.I’ve seen restaurants use in wall/in ceiling speakers but these require many more units and generally don’t sound particularly good o... | |
| Kef Ref 3 or Focal Kanta 2 I’ll add my $.02 worth of opinion/bias here. Speaker preferences are just that - bias and opinion resulting in preference. Both are very well respected lines. Toward that end, regarding Focal: Are they detailed? Check. Transparent? Check. Dynam... | |
| Sonus Faber: Amati Futura vs. Serafino Tradition DJFST: I’m actually looking at similar speakers. I’m considering the Olympica III because I think they’re good enough for the system I’m considering (a log cabin w/ a large room and difficult to sort out anomalies). However, in my view, the Sera... | |
| Paradigm Persona series I’m with twoleftears on these points. 1) I love the sound of an orchestra live - it’s never shrill even though there’s a lot of high frequency information. 2) one set of my speakers has a metal dome tweeter and I’ll never make that mistake agai... |