mwatsme
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| Recommendations for Blu-ray Player Think I can find what I'm looking for if I relent on the coax output, and use the optical input to miniDSP4x10HD instead.I don't remember precisely why SPDIF optical is not as good as SPDIF coax - I just remember reading several comments where AES... | |
| Recommendations for Blu-ray Player @bkeske wow, that sounds like a big plate of spaghetti cabling. Think I'd have to see a drawing to comprehend it properly.Yes, we too (like many others) cut the cable when Netflix went online - 2008'ish. So it's been... over a decade? How can that... | |
| Recommendations for Blu-ray Player @fuzztone AmazonUHD = Amazon Prime Music Ultra High Definition it's kind of like Tidal Masters or whatever other HD streaming services are out there.@bkeske think those devices have HDMI out only. For audio, I need it to be coax - the HDMI will co... | |
| Greater knowledge of Agon community for streamer/pre-amp solution Thank you all for the recommendations.Think I've solved the issue by adding HDMI-2 NAD MDC module, and plan to strip the audio and convert to coax, which will feed the nanoDIGI. I have validated the stream does come out from the HDMI outputs of t... | |
| Greater knowledge of Agon community for streamer/pre-amp solution BTW, NAD M32 will not pass BluOS signal through to the coax output - says in the manual.Seems the next best option is getting Node2i (for AmazonHD streamer) coax output.Until then, I added an HDMI-2 MDC module to my NAD C388 (now fully-loaded with... | |
| Step-up from Node2i for native AmazonHD streaming? If there is no AmazonHD-capable streamer/preamp with coax in and coax out, then I'll have to get seperate components. Node2i (streamer) and seperate digital+analog preamp. What preamps have coax in (and other typical inputs including decent MM pho... | |
| Greater knowledge of Agon community for streamer/pre-amp solution I just found a note in the NAD M32 user manual that says it will not route BluOS signal through digital (SPDIF) outputs.Looks like it will have to be a separates: Node2i and yet-to-be-discovered preamp with coax in and out (along with all the othe... | |
| Step-up from Node2i for native AmazonHD streaming? @djones51 yes that is likely, and the STR.the STR doesn't have coax out - maybe the AVR does. | |
| Greater knowledge of Agon community for streamer/pre-amp solution @verdantaudio thanks, but coax output is the only feature I'm missing now with the C388 w/BluOS2i & HDMI-2 MDC modules. This one missing output is the cause of this search. Basically, I'm looking for everything I have in the C388, plus one coa... | |
| Step-up from Node2i for native AmazonHD streaming? @djones yes, I’ve seen the Amazon list before, and figured my best bet was Sound United group. Denon doesn’t seem to have anything (didn’t look through the AVRs), Marantz has so many models - I looked through a few categories and didn’t find anyth... | |
| Step-up from Node2i for native AmazonHD streaming? Questioning the choice of Topping E30 DACs opens other options.A matched pair of stereo DACs is required. They need DAC-only function, but could also have pre-amp features and headphone amp; however, those extra features will not be used. I haven'... | |
| Step-up from Node2i for native AmazonHD streaming? I haven't tried Qobuz. I was using Tidal HQ for about 6mos when A-UHD launched, and switched. I don't notice an SQ difference between the two. A-UHD plays nice with all our Echo devices, NAD (w/BluOS2i) and Denon AVR (also Echo-controlled). With t... | |
| Step-up from Node2i for native AmazonHD streaming? @crn3371 I like AmazonUHD better than Tidal MQA - that's why Amazon. Topping E30's offer the features needed, and perform better than most, they are a great value, and definitely better than miniDSP 4x10HD (built-in DAC), which is the purpose of t... | |
| Step-up from Node2i for native AmazonHD streaming? Thank you for your replies. Goal is:Streamer/pre-amp (coax-out) > miniDSP nanoDIGI (2x coax-out) > 2x Topping E30 DACs (RCA-out) > ATI multi-ch amp > LXmini speakersThe point of this is toEliminate multiple AD/DA conversions as possibl... | |
| Greater knowledge of Agon community for streamer/pre-amp solution @fuzztone this thread isn't about opinions on MQA, BT, SQ or front-panel displays. Find debates on that elsewhere. This thread is about our community knowledge of the wide range of products available and their capabilities - to help fellow members... |