moonwatcher
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| New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones) @grislybutter a bit into the video with cheapaudioman, he vaguely sort of mentions that MoFi will have some custom stands for them and even an angled piece for anyone wanting to use one of these horizontally as a center channel speaker too that wo... | |
| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers @soix Thanks. I might consider that Wi-Fi extender (especially one that can do 2600 Mbps). Appreciate it. I hope it works well for you and eliminates aggravation. Would be best though if iFi would update their devices to work better on Wi-Fi in t... | |
| DAC’s Good suggestions all around, but at the end of the day, the OP would do good to actually audition something in his system, live with it a few days, then decide. No matter how good something sounds in one person's system and room, it may sound wor... | |
| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers @temmple what DAC did you end up pairing with the Zen Stream? To your ears does the Zen Stream feeding that DAC sound better than the Node feeding the same DAC? How would you characterize the sonic difference? Does it have something to do with th... | |
| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers @cwatters0 on paper at least the Zen NEO Stream looks great, a reasonable jump from a Bluesound Node (as it should be at over twice the cost). The onboard DAC seems to offer a lot, even outputting DSD files directly to analog without first convert... | |
| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers @cwatters0 I've not heard it, I was only offering that software observation based on a YouTube video I watched that stated that it did run the same software as the Zen. When I heard that, I stopped watching. I don't have an easy or elegant way t... | |
| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers @rudyb thanks for that link. It will help me teach some friends about setting up JRiver...Cool. | |
| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers @cwatters0 I've heard it (the iFi NEO Stream) uses the same software as the iFi Zen Stream, so I wonder if it too is hampered by Wi-Fi connection issues or must be used wired? Would be good to know. | |
| Vintage vs. New, Risk vs. Reward Most of the posts here are regarding vintage electronics. I would like to ask about speakers. For instance ADS made some excellent speakers in their "L" series starting in the late 1970s through the 1980s. But I question the "value" proposition. ... | |
| So I was changing a lightbulb last night… +1 for it likely being the dimmer switch... | |
| CD player suggestions... Just to play Devil's advocate and throw this out there...You might consider a Sony UBP-X800M2 Blu-ray Player for under $300 and use it's coaxial digital out to feed an external DAC. Many say since Oppo stopped making players, that these Sonys were... | |
| CD player suggestions... +1 for the Rotel CD11 Tribute in your price range. Looks great. I was torn between that one and the Denon but went with the Denon because I found it for a good price. Nothing wrong with a Marantz 6007 either, but the styling hasn't changed in man... | |
| CD player suggestions... I picked up a Denon DCD-800ne not too long ago in your price range. It has all the features I wanted, a decent DAC, USB input (like the Marantz 6007) for mp3, FLAC, and even DSD files. I can use it as a transport later to feed a better DAC, but it... | |
| Considering Towers in the $3000 range @somebike sounds good, pun not intended. My living room is about like yours and I have to put my speakers on the shorter wall. I added a rug to the hardwood floor and have canvas paintings on one wall and a window with curtains on the other. Acous... | |
| Considering Towers in the $3000 range @somebike good that you have a real world experience then with some 87dB efficient speakers to know they will play loud "enough" for you. I know specs are specs but often it seems subjectively that "tube watts" are weightier than "solid state wat... |