profoundprorva
Responses from profoundprorva
| DAC question - is music streamer DAC better than mcintosh DA2? I have the MA9500 and its DAC sounds amazing. I’ve also owned the top Topping DAC and still have an Eversolo A8 that has a pretty good DAC but not near as full as the Macs DAC. It’s almost like comparing Class AB to D amps. | |
| Best streamer to replace my Mac Mini? Hooked up the new A8 and it’s amazing. No problems with the app or network connection. I’m starting to think some of the bad reviews are from the competition that’s selling their way overpriced streamer transports, a lot of snake oil in this hobby. | |
| Best streamer to replace my Mac Mini? I know this is a complete 180 but I went ahead and ordered an Eversolo A8 from Amazon to audition. Just using it as a transport but I like the touchscreen, eq display, and the fact it can play Apple Music. Being that they’re a bigger company that’... | |
| Best streamer to replace my Mac Mini? I went ahead and cancelled the order. Getting emails from the company after I ordered it about the problems I might run into didn’t help, especially since I was buying it for convenience. | |
| Best streamer to replace my Mac Mini? The Auralic rep just emailed me about router issues they seem to have, a bit concerning. “We have a lot of customer reporting that routers provided by ISP generally don't work well with high performance streaming, because they may not be able t... | |
| Best streamer to replace my Mac Mini? Thanks for everyone’s help, I went ahead and ordered an Auralic Aries S1. | |
| Best streamer to replace my Mac Mini? Thanks for the replies, my McIntosh has the upgraded DAC 2 chip installed if that matters. The Auralic is my top choice so far since it also has a nice display and can run Dirac, shame it’s not a touch screen though. | |
| Your thoughts on best audiophile speakers in $10,000 neighborhood? Have you considered the Paradigm Persona 3Fs? Only speakers at that price point with a beryllium tweeter and midrange. | |
| Subwoofer power conditioner I honestly just bought my power conditioner for better cable management. |