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| Any Love For Bryston Here? @arcticdeth the Bryston BCD-3 CD player has a 3 year warranty from date of manufacture. It's three years because it has a motorized moving part (the optical drive). As far as I know the BCD-3 is built in Canada at Bryston's f | |
| Toslink S/PDIF Cable Length It's possible your cable is defective. In which case an inexpensive but decent cable should fix the noise and crackle. But it's also possible your PC sound card is defective—I've seen defective sound cards before. | |
| questions about streaming source for a headphone amp It's pretty common to use headphones with your computer as the source, and I think if you are connected to a high-quality DAC + headphone amplifier there is no reason not to do so. But yes, I think you'll get a lot of benefit by introducing some h... | |
| Free in-home testing? @mlenow here are some I can think of off the top of my head. I’ve limited it to ones that will provide a full refund. There are some additional ones that will charge a restocking fee. You may be responsible for shipping in some cases, but I think ... | |
| any suggestions on what to replace Bluesound Node 2i with @cissado and @galleybob one option to explore would be to use Roon and DSP filters with the Lumin T2, as an alternative to Anthem Room Correction.My understanding of ARC, based on Anthem's online documentation, is that you would be able to replica... | |
| any suggestions on what to replace Bluesound Node 2i with @galleybob you could look for a local Lumin dealer and ask if you could bring your Node 2i over to compare, or to borrow a T2 to try at home. I'm pretty confident you will find the T2 sounds significantly better than the Node 2i. And the T2 is a h... | |
| Recommendations for digital music servers? If you want to use the UPnP streaming function of the Hegel H390, then you need a UPnP server. Install MinimServer (v0.8 is free, v2 has free and paid options) on your Mac Mini, and connect both the Mac Mini and your H390 to your local network. | |
| Do active speakers have high THD amplifiers? It probably doesn't make much sense to give the amplifier specifications for an active speaker since you can't actually hook anything up to the amplifier's outputs. It does make sense to give the speaker specifications, just like you would for a p... | |
| Balanced Passive Pre Amp If you're willing to go above $200 to get something higher-quality, the one I'd recommend first is the Goldpoint SA1X, which is a very basic but uses precision-matched stepped attenuators. Another option is the Khozmo Passive Preamplifier. | |
| Pass X260.8 vs Bryston 7B3 @swede58 sent you a DM. | |
| Pass X260.8 vs Bryston 7B3 They sound different so it really depends on what sound you will like better. I know the Bryston 7B3 will have no problem driving a pair of Magnepan 3.7 speakers. I believe the Pass Labs X260.8 should have no problem either. | |
| Lumin Ap on Lumin players - not so good? @jumia Roon playlists cannot be interacted with from within the Lumin app, or vice-versa. The two apps don't know about each other, and both of them save playlist data within their own app. Roon has a way to export playlist data to a file, but the... | |
| Lumin Ap on Lumin players - not so good? @jumia I'm guessing you've read through the Playlist section of the Lumin Online Manual. But the following might make it a little easier to understand what is being described in the manual.First of all, you need to consider the current list of tra... | |
| Gryphon Diable 300 DAC vs. Lumin X1 DAC The Lumin X1 also uses Lundahl LL7401 output transformers on its analog outputs. | |
| XLR Cables for Center Channel You can inquire about ordering a single cable. |