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| What are Your Favorite and Most hated Record Manufacturers Don't know how I missed this thread. Most of the big winners and losers have been called out. Love the list from @spiritofradio. A couple I didn't see:Great: Acony (Gillian Welch & David Rawling's labelThe Tone Poet and Blue Note Classic ser... | |
| A Denon compact system with Mission speakers, from the past, and my past. Mission 70s were my first really good speakers. Drove them with a little ugly NAD integrated that always got my toes tappin'. We're proud of Tito's here in Austin! They do plenty of community support including sponsoring independent radio and plen... | |
| DAC better than Denafrips Pontus II @jjss49 An interesting point about I2S in the Denafrips line, I just saw a review of the new Terminator2, it had 3 different i2S inputs to account for all the variations out there. Perhaps that will trickle down to other models in the future. Kind... | |
| Qobuz app button — I’m an idiot Because it's an aspirational goal! ;-) | |
| Music Servers, Do They Matter? @dbphd I'd be shocked if the Rendu/Ayre wasn't best of these options. A bit of a stretch but when I owned an Oppo 105, a microRendu crushed it and I'm sure the QB9 will do the same vs the Oppo's DAC. YMMV. Side note, the JC1s will be a mighty beef... | |
| Qobuz app button — I’m an idiot @soix, you know that pair of wine glasses? There's a couple kissing in there too!I'm late to the party, and just about to subscribe. I'll think of your post whenever I see the logo, lol. Cheers,Spencer | |
| < $400 USB Cable Contenders Late 2021 @erastof, thanks. Please tell me more. How would you describe the strengths/weaknesses of those two? Have you compared either of them to any of the others on my original post? Cheers,Spencer | |
| DAC better than Denafrips Pontus II I asked myself the same question, @colpgmrguy, the only one that seemed equalish in value but different was the Chord Qutest. Based on everything I could read, plus my own listening experience with other higher priced models from both companies, I... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Kenny Burrell - Guitar FormsBrubeck Plays Bernstein / Bernstein Plays Brubeck | |
| < $400 USB Cable Contenders Late 2021 @lalitk thanks, any insights or comparison of it vs. others? Cheers,Spencer | |
| Recommendations for Speakers that can be used close to the rear wall. +1 LarsensOr a used pair of NHTs, also made for placement on a wall. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Alternative to Audirvana and Audrivana Studio -- how to stream wirelessly? Yeah, it can certainly be frustrating. YMMV, but I found that going to a separate streamer with a good power supply and files on a NAS to huge step forward. Many agree that the root of the issue is that computers run many processes unrelated to au... | |
| < $400 USB Cable Contenders Late 2021 @sdl4 @antigrunge2. Thanks, this is exactly the type of insights that help me. Appreciate it! Cheers,Spencer | |
| < $400 USB Cable Contenders Late 2021 @thyname I apologize and did not intent to offend you. My experience hasn't allowed me to typically find used deals at 40% of MSRP. So I mistakenly jumped to the wrong conclusion and regret my post. I value your input and am here to make friends a... | |
| Alternative to Audirvana and Audrivana Studio -- how to stream wirelessly? @petar3 You can run Roon Core on your mac. It just isn't the best sounding option. Then you would just need a Roon Endpoint. Maybe someone can recommend one that's very low cost that would connect to your Hegel. A used microRendu goes for ~$300. R... |