rbstehno
Responses from rbstehno
| 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,... | |
| Please Critique my Setup and Recommend Upgrade(s) I used to have a 13x13x8 ft room. I had a pair of large speakers at 1st and I couldn't get them to sound any good. So I went with a pair of Totem Model 1's which are fantastic speakers, but I was missing the low end. After going thru different amp... | |
| PS Audio Directstream Junior i'm using the bridge II for my audio streaming from my mac mini running OS X server. On the OS X server, i'm running minimserver, minimwatch, minimstreamer, bubbleupnp, and my ripped audio files are on a raided pair of 5TB disks. I use the Lumin i... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD How would the PS Audio Directstream Jr compare to these dacs that have been stated In this thread? | |
| Very Bad purchase from upscale audio Acoustic Zen Adagio You have to think about resale values. You probably couldn't get what you paid for then. I would get a refund for the difference amount you think someone would pay for them and the amount you paid. Anything different get a full refund. I will neve... | |
| Tidal and Streaming player I looked at most of these music servers and decided on the Auralic Aries for my audio room and the Auralic Mini for my living room. Fantastic user interface and sound. I thought the SSD in the arenders is a gimmick and it didn't offer anything mor... | |
| Best standalone music server? Check out the auralic Aries. There is no internal disk because you don't want one in the unit. You get a 2TB disk now and what happens when you need more storage? How are you going to back it up? Another hard disk drive? Noise noise nois. Also, wh... |