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| Meridian Direct DAC - Opinions For the archives. I have the Meridian Director Dac in my office headphone system. I also have an RME ADI 2 FS, Denafrips Ares II, Gustard R26 for comparison. The Director is an excellent dac and does not suffer much in comparison to the newer entr... | |
| Qobuz. I have both Tidal and Qobuz at the moment. Comparing 24/96 Qobuz and Tidal MQA unfolded to 24/96, both sound good but different. For certain tracks, vocals seem to have more body and are more present on Tidal than Qobuz. For certain tracks, Qobuz ... | |
| DAC recommendation If streaming Tidal MQA is important, then the Meridian Explorer 2 should be on your list at the $300 and under price point. Just focusing on sound, I am finding MQA a real benefit for streaming hi rez audio. | |
| Should I try to upgrade or scrap it all I think you should scrap it and get something else. You can do better for around $2000 used. Too many choices. If you like tubes, try Audiomeca, Audio Aero, Cary, Audio Note. From my experience though some of the new digital makes tubes unnecessary. | |
| Aloia's and Power Just for the archive. I have one Aloia 13.01 driving Apogee Stages with no problems. Sound wonderful. Amp only gets slightly warm. I hear no sense of strain and sounds better in every respect than other 100w, 200w (8 ohms) solid state amps I have ... | |
| Primare A10 or Creek 4330 integrated amplifier The primare is a really slick piece of industrial design. Sound is quite smooth and musical. No obvious faults. It does require extensive warm-up time, better left on all the time or in standby mode. Always enjoyable. Remote capabilites are wonder... | |
| Advice for new source. You can get the 963sa for pretty cheap, $340 shipped. Get it modded for $300-$500 and you'll have yourself a very nice player for not much money. There are several places that do these mods and from looking at the parts installed, the results shou... | |
| Audes anyone? Blues are great speakers. I imagine they might be better than the Jazz reviewed in Stereophile. Funny you should mention that they lack in bass. That is somewhat contrary to my experience. I found the bass quite impressive in quality and quantity ... | |
| Audes' "Blue" Speaker: 2000 Marvel? These are really great speakers. I am in agreement with all the positive comments on these. I absolutely do not think they sound bright. To my ears they are some of the most neutral speakers I've heard, quite smooth actually. They don't have roman... | |
| Info on the Cary slp90L? I used to own one of these pre-amps. It's very nice sounding, sweet and full. Try some NOS tubes. | |
| Buy a CD now or wait new technology Buy a SACD player. SACD is not going away. The SCD 1 is no slouch at redbook or as transport.The new digital formats may coexist, but for different audiences. SACD just plain sounds good.Life is short, your hearing isn't getting any better. |