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| Old CD player back from the dead—prompting many questions! Thanks @grossman616 ! That's great to know that your Cal Audio is still going strong. Oh if I only knew then what I know now, I never would have sold my dead DNA-1 chassis to SMc. I would have just kept it and waited to have a new amp built. | |
| Old CD player back from the dead—prompting many questions! kb54 re: Sorry, I know this is off topic, but I am interested in the difference between the Sig IIIs and Treos. What is causing you to consider upgrading? Welllll, how much time do you have? 😂 I am resistant to change and changing favorite br... | |
| Old CD player back from the dead—prompting many questions! curiousjim Yes on the contacts. I have just shipped the Apollo off to be repaired (hopefully), and then I will have 2 working CD players. I am in no rush to do anything, which is perfect because I make hi-fi decisions at glacial speed! "The man w... | |
| Old CD player back from the dead—prompting many questions! 8th-note Thank you—though it is clear that you are by far the more diligent tester, something at which I do not excel usually. Your array of digital gear is impressive in breadth and quality, and the conclusions you have drawn are fascinating to ... | |
| Old CD player back from the dead—prompting many questions! @designsfx , I think that is good advice. 👍 | |
| Old CD player back from the dead—prompting many questions! I could buy the Aqua, but it would put a big dent in my reserves to be allocated for other upgrades. Given that I do most of my listening via streaming, it would make more sense to invest that kind of money into a DAC/preamp and speaker upgrades t... | |
| Old CD player back from the dead—prompting many questions! @lalitk Thanks for the info! Looks good. https://www.hifi-advice.com/blog/review/digital-reviews/cd-player-reviews/aqua-la-diva-m2/ | |
| Old CD player back from the dead—prompting many questions! facten Thank for the tip on the Sim/Moon 260D ... that one had escaped me, though I have heard and been impressed with their integrated amps. I like the option of adding an onboard DAC. Jay's Audio gets praise, but I try to buy from N. America snd... | |
| Old CD player back from the dead—prompting many questions! Thanks, @ghdprentice ! I don’t love fiddling with physical media, but I can’t bear to part with what I have. When I find great used CDs at a bargain price I buy them and then rip them to my music server. It’s nice to have a backup when the intern... | |
| Streamer Selection - Thoughts Requested Please! I counsel you to consider using ROON (with Tidal or Qobuz)) and to get a Small Green Computer Sonictransporter server and Ultra or OpticalRendu streamer. I love mine. I know that Aurender's app is said to be the next best thing to Roon. It might ... | |
| Headphones vs speakers…. @simonmoon Exactly! re "the musicians are in front of me, and their individual positions within the acoustic space they are inhabiting, is defined in front of me. Not coming from within my head." The recreation of the soundstage, like a hologra... | |
| Headphones vs speakers…. I used to listen to headphones about 40% of the time, daily in the evening when my wife is at home. We were both working days. I have a pretty good headphone stage in my DAC preamp (Audio Alchemy), and several pair of ("budget reference") Sennheis... | |
| Sonore Rendu It would be nice if everyone posting these SGC reviews in order to get their free ($29 value) upgrade would do it in ONE THREAD only! | |
| Sonore OpticalRendu quintiq I just spoke to Adrian @ Sonore, and he said they hope to have the new OpticalRendu out by this fall. They have had supply chain issues and the parts costs have gone way up. It will be about $500 more than the current OpticalRendu. In th... | |
| Sonore OpticalRendu I love my SGC Sonictransporter with the Sonore microrendu. I plan to upgrade to the UltraRendu soon, maybe with the optical module. 2023 Editors’ Choice: Best Music Servers Under $10,000 Absolute Sound Jul 21st, 2023 https://www.theabsolutesound... |