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Streamer Upgrade Bluesound Node To Aurender N10
Give Grimm MU-1 a chance for audition  
Best DACs under $7,000.00
Try to find a used Bricasti M1 SE with Mdx upgrade. You’ll be surprised by the amazing quality.  
unpluggin entire system
Poweramp first, in my case that’s the active speakers. Pre amp is next. Then Dac and after that streamer and after that internet switch.  
Best Dedicated Streamer
And don’t forget a proper DAC, I use Bricasti M1 SE into Pass Labs XP-22 pre-amp  and am really happy with this setup.   
Best Dedicated Streamer
Grimm MU1, also invest in a proper switch like Ansuz powerswitch D2 and for good results Ansuz Digitalz D-TC2 ethernet cable between switch and MU1  
Do I really need an " Audio Grade Network Switch "?
Happy with Ansuz D2 switch, D-TC cable into Aurender N10. The switch impressed me from minute one. Adding Ifi power x on the router made a difference as well 😎  
recommended speaker cables and interconnects
Before I moved to Kii Three Active speakers I was really happy with my The Chord signature reference. Used them on my Tannoy 15” K3808 Professional Syncsource  model M1000.   
Aurender streamers
Nope, but I really enjoy my N10 icm Bricasti M1. Recommended combi  
What Integrated Amp do You use
SU-8099K is still ok machine  
What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”?
Happy with my Bricasti M1 , replaced the Naim nDAC/Teddy XPS 
Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire?
No more speaker cable dilemma’s  for me, 😂Moved to Grimm active speakers and sqm 
What’s the relationship between gain (dB) and power (watts)?
My Question:Setup is active speakers and pre-amp.Speakers have input gain knob for -10 to +10 db.Which is best, crank the volume on the pre amp upto 80% or add gain on the speakers and less on the pre-amp.Btw. Pass XP-22 and Adam Tensor Delta  spe...