sandstone
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| You ended up with Ayre, what are your speakers? I’ve deployed Ayre AX-5 TWENTY, Ayre QB-9 TWENTY, with Cerious loom. Driving a pair of Paradigm Persona 3F’s. Surprising synergy, presence. | |
| Streamers/DACs @brewerslaw, Nice list of DAC options, so far. Please let me add this one. I’m having very good success pairing an Ayre QB-9 TWENTY with my Persona 3F’s. The Persona’s holistic imaging and full range, broad off-axis response is well supported. ... | |
| What is the added value of a streamer over a networked dedicated Computer +1 @yage For clarifying that jitter is no longer an issue with modern asynchronous mode DACs. - Folks who haven't actually tried Aurender+ software may not understand how effectively it can transform a PC or Mac for audio. I'm using a simil... | |
| Starting from scratch in a large room @kota1, Those are some good recommendations. I couldn’t agree with you more about the need to include room correction from the start. And it may be a bit much to expect us to research all the components others mention. So, for the record, The... | |
| Starting from scratch in a large room @audiokinesis, This post may read a bit differently from some of the above thread. If your wooden countertop is situated along the 18 ft. wall, then your situation may not be nearly so dire. If you can get say, 8-12 ft. of centered speaker sepa... | |
| How to connect my Cell Phone to my DAC?!?! Your computer can also load and play the dedicated driver for SMSL DAC (see instructions) that your mobile phone likely cannot. | |
| How to connect my Cell Phone to my DAC?!?! +1 @allanblissett Since your DAC is displaying a sampling rate (44kHz), that implies it is connected to your phone and you should next explore your input connection to the Hegel. Make sure you’re not trying to implement the DAC loop feature of ... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing @pstores, You're fine. Nice post on a very interesting piece of gear. | |
| DAC Portability/Durability Lg, Jim Smith of "Get Better Sound" traveled around with an Ayre Acoustics QB-9 as he toured to perform his custom room calibrations. Good sound and essentially bulletproof. | |
| Marantz TT15/ Clearaudio Satisfy for MC carts? @fjn04 , As a followup, just curious how your 2nd system and turntable eventually worked out for you. We hope well! | |
| Acoustic Guitar on Vinyl Another classic is "Eric Clapton, Unplugged". Enjoy! | |
| Acoustic Guitar on Vinyl You've gotta listen to "Nils Lofgren Acoustic Live". The best live guitar recording I've heard, from E Street Band's former lead guitarist. | |
| Need suggestions: High pitched female singers Kathleen Battle, e.g.,listen to "Let the Bright Seraphim" in trumpet duet with Wynton Marsalis. | |
| Vandersteen Forum +1 @gdnrbob | |
| High resolution audio on a PC questions As you've no doubt discovered there are reams of info online regarding this, ad nauseum, explaining that yes, this is a real thing. If you're still unconvinced, why not just buy any of a number of good DACs that offer 30-day free trials, and see ... |