ozzy62
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| Moving up from a Node 2i I almost bought a Lumin D2. But I was afraid the on board DAC would not be the equal of my Pagoda.Oz | |
| Streamer recommendation under $3000 I was using a Bluesound Node 2i and wanted something better also. I bought a Lumin U1 mini. I am running this into my modified MHDT Pagoda DAC. There is a noticeable improvement over the Node in transparency and how natural the tonal balance is. I... | |
| Bits Are Bits, Right? In my system Quobuz is at the very least equal to my library stored on a Synology NAS (sometimes even better).Oz | |
| French Doors Only 8.5 years later, I'm sure he is still looking for doors.First post and this is the best you can do? | |
| Ditching Roon going back to BluOS for Bluesound Node 2i Well, the Lumin is 4 times the price of the Bluesound, so if there is anything to the saying "you get what you pay for", it should sound better. And of course, looking down the line, when a better streamer comes out for the same price as the Lu... | |
| Ditching Roon going back to BluOS for Bluesound Node 2i You are right. S/PDIF is a communication standard. Toslink is a connector. The difference is one is a coaxial cable with RCA connectors and the other is optical with Toslink connectors. I should have clarified that.Oz | |
| Ditching Roon going back to BluOS for Bluesound Node 2i No, S/PDIF is almost always coaxial, which is what I use. You are thinking Toslink.Oz | |
| Ditching Roon going back to BluOS for Bluesound Node 2i Compared to the Node 2i, the Lumin is more transparent and natural sounding. The music seems to be more continuous and less digital. As good as the Node is, and it is a killer value, the Lumin just steps it up and makes the music so much more enjo... | |
| Ditching Roon going back to BluOS for Bluesound Node 2i I used Bluos with my Synology NAS and it worked flawlessly. Love the bluos app.I now use a Lumin U1-mini with the same NAS and minimserver installed. This also works great.For the OP, you would be very surprised at how much better a Lumin streame... | |
| Streamer v DAC - which is more important? Good response!Oz | |
| Von Schweikert VR2 Well I think that's a long shot. The OP has a total of 3 posts on this site. Somehow I doubt he's still hanging around.Oz | |
| Von Schweikert VR2 I have Avalons, Ayre Acoustics amp / preamp, Levinson 36s, McIntosh CD/DVD with Sota table, Morch arm and Ortofon high end MC cartridge. It's a very resolving and detailed rig. Plays loud with no loss of resolution.I've experimented with many hi... | |
| Should I sell my DAC MHDT is a good recommendation. I have a heavily modified Pagoda that does a wonderful job. Before I sold my Node 2i, I compared MQA tracks from it's DAC to the Pagoda. Even though the Pagoda won't do the last MQA unfold, it still sounded better th... | |
| Should I sell my DAC Selling the OPPO is a sideways move at best! There is nothing, repeat nothing, wrong with the DAC in the OPPO! The proliferation of DACs is driven by business profit motive capitalizing on the insecurity and gullibility of neurotic hobbyists. D... | |
| Spatial Audio X3 Open Baffle Loudspeakers It is an excellent speaker............Oz |