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| 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... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming Expensive CD player vs. the cheapest streaming setup you can implement and you are wondering why your cd sounds better? Your current setup couldn’t support the best hires/DSD/MQA streaming services that are available. Also, when was the best sound... | |
| Warmer sounding Solid State I would not say the Marantz is the end all sound that you want to achieve. There are much better sounding integrated amps out there that are warm sounding, like from Classe and Mcintosh which are excellent companies. There are also natural soundi... | |
| New Cartridge Suggestions I would recommend the grado sonata, retail is $600, you might get a better deal. I used to own 1 years ago. On cheap turntables, they had a problem with hum. On the better turntables, it’s not an issue.not sure if you bought your JD9 yet, but i’m ... | |
| Usher Audio BE-718 or Kef LS50 I have never heard a pair of 718's sounding awful, either the x-718 or the BE or DMD 718's. All I can say is if the 718's didn't sound good, the other equipment must not have been up to caliber of the Usher's. The older x-718's had the more smooth... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD Usually people into digital go cheap with analog and vice versa. Check out Fremer’s comparisons between digital and his analog setup, usually a 5-digit dac vs his $250k analog. Valid comparison?IMO, you have to spend many times more for a tt setup... |