rbstehno
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| Suggestions on Better Server Setup than Mac Mini Mac mini using iTunes sucks! When I switched to audirvana 2.x I switched from an iTunes library to the audirvana library, much better. I thought it was very good until I heard and evaluated dedicated music servers, and ended up getting the Auralic... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? I'm guessing this is a bogus entry. If this was really true, why would somebody buy Wilson speakers that use fairly pricey wire inside of each speaker instead of ordering a special pair of wilsons with 14ga zip cord in them to save a buck?i have a... | |
| 16 bit is good enough..... Sorry, but the statement about 16/44 blows away the notion that you need hi-Res is wrong used the way nonoise presented this. How in the hell can somebody say 16/44 is the best without listening to the same song(s) in 24/96,24/192, or in DSD? I ha... | |
| whats the very best sounding cables for realistic money soundstring! | |
| Which server / renderer to buy? I liked the Auralic Aries better than the aurender's and purchased it. I had it hooked up to my external w4s dac 2 dsd. Much better than the Mac mini server with audirvana 2. I have since sold the Auralic Aries and purchased the ps audio directstr... | |
| Integrated Amplifier with the Good Bass and Extended Highs I like my Hegel H300. | |
| DAC or Music Server I have been thru the dedicated Mac mini server running pure music or audirvana 2.x then later moving to the Auralic Aries music server, both front ending a dac. Then sold the Aries and selling the dac and moved to a ps audio directstream with brid... | |
| Going from computer audio to dedicated streamer Went from a nice Mac/audirvana setup to the auralic Aries and a big jump in performance. The Aries was hooked up to my w4s dac 2 dsd using a aq diamond USB. Since the Aries had a Fenton clock in it, I didn't need to use the w4s recovery USB recloc... | |
| INTEGRATED CHOICES AND ADVICE PLEASE I would look at the rogue Cronus magnum with the kt-120 tubes if you prefer tubes. Very nice. The only problem is that it made my usher speakers a little wooly in the bass. I went with the Hegel h300 and couldn't be happier, 250 watts to control t... | |
| Aurender N100H or Auralic Aries? Auralic! I compared both and I liked the Aries better and purchased it. I think the cache in the aurender is a gimmick. You don't need a cache that big unless you want to store hundreds of albums which is unrealistic. Plus with the Aries, I used b... | |
| Audiophile quality streamer/server-in-one without a DAC. Does this exist? I looked at most of the streamers that are mentioned in this thread and ended up with the Auralic Aries, I thought it had better sound quality than all of those mentioned without some of the gimmicks like 128/256G of flash. The Aries app DS Lightn... | |
| Why does the aurender N100h sound so bright and edgy I didn't like the aurender line of server, the sound and some of the gimmicks they promoted, so I bought an auralic Aries and was glad I did. I have since sold that and went the directstream bridge II route and couldn't be happier. | |
| Dealers That Sell Large Volumes of Used Gear Online I just did 2 transactions with Underwoodwally. Nice guy to talk to, great prices, I don't like the No return policy but I knew what I wanted so it was a non-issue | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD How about the latest directstream with the bridge II installed. Sounds very good to me compared to a lot of dacs listed here. Using the bridge, it uses I2S internally. Finally I'm able to get rid of USB which I used for many years either going fr... | |
| Paradigm and Revel I have not heard a paradigm I liked! I have liked all the revel speakers I have heard. IMO, the studio and salon II speakers are very very good and some of the best speakers for their price and above. From what I have seen at friends or in stores,... |