rbstehno
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| How much would I lose going to a Bluesound Node 2i Most people who complain about MQA are the 1’s that have outdated equipment and/or don’t or can’t update it to support MQA. I wouldn’t buy a dac without MQA support. Good MQA surpasses other digital formats and surpasses vinyl in SQ. Just like eve... | |
| Wet carpet under system If its rain from leaking into your house because of rising water around your foundation, only flood insurance will cover that. Any pipe leak or roof leak your home owners insurance will cover that.call a pro in to fix it. They will know exactly w... | |
| Does a ripped cd onto a digital format sound better than the cd played on the cdp I stopped using a $3000 CD player over 10 years ago. Mac mini running pure music or audirvana sounded better. I used to use XLD but switched to MAX.Disk drives for music are fine to use, SSD’s are way over kill. I used to market enterprise SSD’s f... | |
| Which Amp to complete my system? Why not try the psa bhk 250 signature. I really like mine | |
| Audiogon’s transaction fees It’s so easy. In the drop down icon on the top right, click that and then click sell. It’s shows a table describing the listing cost with the associated cost of the item for sale. For example, if you are selling an item between $0 and $999, your c... | |
| Recommendation for DAC needed. IMO, if you don’t get a fpga based dac or it doesn’t have a network card built in, you are wasting your money. Either the ps audio DS or DS jr dac will blow away the benchmark or the Ayre. Compare the functions of each dac. If you want a cold soun... | |
| So I have a DAC; now what Player should I look at? Why do you need a streamer? Most people who buy a streamer have it in their audio room and hooked up to their dac using usb which is a terrible interface. I use a Mac mini with 26TB of RAID disks for my ripped and purchased hires music running Roo... | |
| A very good ENGINEERING explanation of why analog can not be as good as digital.. I have some vinyl albums that sound much better than the redbook cd. I also have many (not all) hires/dsd that sound much better than vinyl. When I hear a great sounding MQA mix, this is much better than vinyl.my analog setup costs over 3x more th... | |
| Suggestion for best stereo amp ? Check out the ps audio bhk 250 signature. I got a new one a few months ago and am very happy with it. | |
| Skeptic or just plain hard headed I wrote PS Audio to find out exactly what they do to each piece of equipment before shipping to the new owners. I have had other manufacturers do the same thing. When I buy cables from the manufacturer, they ask me if I want them burned in which I... | |
| Skeptic or just plain hard headed Elizabeth- your statement “Paul McGowan burn in the components ONLY so they don't break for the customer in the first few days. PERIOD.” is incorrect. Burn in and testing of equipment are 2 different things. If you listen to the “ask Paul” link I ... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming I also used minimserver and upnp for my prior music servers and Roon is head over heals better than either. I still use an Auralic Mini for a music server in my living room setup. When I use Auralic’s DS Lightning software, I have to use minimserv... | |
| Digital streaming options for my system are confusing Bluesound is an entry level product. There are people that think this is a high end audio product and it isn’t even close. If you want to dabble into streaming knowing that you can’t access the best formats available and any money spent now will b... | |
| Dumb file size question. Disk is cheap, well worth the extra space used. Hopefully you have a high speed internet connection with unlimited data. | |
| Skeptic or just plain hard headed Elizabeth-not sure where you heard from Paul at ps audio that burn in doesn’t improve the sound of their equipment but you are very wrong. Watch this: https://www.psaudio.com/askpaul/is-equipment-burn-in-real/i have multiple new PS Audio equipment... |