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ozzy62

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Close your eyes and hear the music ?
For all you people who mention listening in the nude. I have three letters for you...   TMI  
Apologies to TMR Audio
Good on ya joey.......      
Is JRiver still the best software?
The better question is why anyone is still streaming from a computer when there are so many dedicated streamers available today? Seems ridiculous.    
Weakest digital link: DAC - Streamer - Server?
Members here like @jasonbourne52 tell you that the DAC is the most important part of the chain. Then, in their very next breath they tell you that they all sound the same and don't spend over a couple hundred dollars or you are an idiot. Good tim... 
High Fidelity Sound Speaker
What exactly is a "full midrange speaker" design? I think you are just f&*king with us now..........  
Dust in the window
OP, Hats off to you for posting that. I'd never tell that story, even to my best friend.  
Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment
There have been several changes this year, but two stand out. Replacing my Cornwall IV (great speakers!) with Lascala II Buying a Denafrips Pontus II Honorable mention goes to the Allnic T-2000 and Soundsmith Carmen II Oz    
Best place to purchase a new Denafrips Pontus II
I have tried coax via RCA and BNC, USB, and AES/EBU and prefer the balanced input by a small margin. USB was a close second.  
Best place to purchase a new Denafrips Pontus II
Alvin says that I probably won’t notice a big difference with DDC since I am using a Lumin streamer. He says it is needed more when using a computer as a source. So if I do anything it would be to step up to the Venus II. But the Pontus sounds so ... 
Best place to purchase a new Denafrips Pontus II
@gladmo  What are you using as a transport/streamer?    
Lumin D2 Dac/Streamer Vs 2021 Node/Denafrips Ares ii or Chord Qutest
 No connectivity issues with Lumin for me using Ethernet.      
Streaming Spotify
Since you are talking about Spotify, I wouldn’t sweat it. It’s lossy audio so what does it matter?  
Next best exponential DAC quality level?
Boy this thread went off the rails…  
Lumin D2 Dac/Streamer Vs 2021 Node/Denafrips Ares ii or Chord Qutest
You can usually find a Lumin U1 mini for about 1700 or so at some dealers, that’s what I paid. Add the Ares II and you are in at your budget. I wouldn’t go with the D2  because the dac is almost an afterthought. But the Lumin streamers are a notic... 
Merry Christmas to Me.....New tonearm on the way
Congrats on the purchase.