side22olto
Responses from side22olto
| How do you assess a DAC? Thanks for the response. My set up is the streamer going into my main amp and also playing to 5 other rooms with Sonos speakers in but as you can specify which music plays in each room separately or grouped I don’t think I’d benefit from a 2nd sys... | |
| How do you assess a DAC? @jbuhl thanks for the suggestion. What would be the benefit of a second system? | |
| How do you assess a DAC? Thanks again to everyone who left helpful advice, I’ve now settled on an Auralic Aries G1.1 with a plan to potentially upgrade my Audiolab M-DAC+ in the future to something like a chord. | |
| How do you assess a DAC? Thanks again to everyone for their input. After a day of research and reading reviews online I think I’m going to go for an Auralic G1.1 with the 2TB harddrive upgrade and a Roon subscription. I can then sell on the Sonos Port, dispense with the M... | |
| How do you assess a DAC? Thanks @soix @ghdprentice @akg_ca I’m going to look at separates. Budget wise I’m thinking max £4k for a streamer and then upgrade the DAC later in the year. It just seems that in that price range, the streamers all have an amp or dac onboard so I... | |
| How do you assess a DAC? Thanks for the responses. It’s a real minefield choosing a streamer compared to a turntable! There are so many different configuration (streamer with dac, streamer all-in-one inc. amp, very basic streamers like my current Sonos Port, etc.). | |
| What are my options for music files, CD rips, and a DAC all-in-one solution? Does anyone have experience with the Naim Uniti Star? Seems like a good solution for what I’m after and would run via my m-dac+. | |
| What are my options for music files, CD rips, and a DAC all-in-one solution? I’m now thinking it would be best to get a standalone cd ripper to put all the music on an external 2TB harddrive as FLAC files, then connect this to a streamer and then into the Audiolab DAC and add a ROON account (Mac acting as the Core) to mana... | |
| What are my options for music files, CD rips, and a DAC all-in-one solution? Not sure how to quote posters I’m replying to but I think that’s good advice from @mahler123 and I’ll look for a streamer only that also has USB input. Now I’ll research which one would fit best with my system. | |
| What are my options for music files, CD rips, and a DAC all-in-one solution? Thanks, I’ll check it out! | |
| Floorstanding speaker advice needed for long room After auditioning B&W704’s, Sonetto III’s, and Acoustic Energy AE520’s, I settled on the AE520’s (paired with my Rel T7 sub) and they arrived today! Now starts that awful job of having to break them in 😉 | |
| Is it worth upgrading a CD player? I’m getting a lot of comments re. streaming, which I already do, and about getting a DAC, which I already have, but for clarification, my question is whether an upgraded CD player/transport is worth the investment when I want to physically play a ... | |
| Is it worth upgrading a CD player? @vthokie83 thanks, it would be under £1k and I’ve read a few good reviews of the Audiolab 6000CDT. | |
| Is it worth upgrading a CD player? I’ve ripped my CDs to Apple Lossless. | |
| Is it worth upgrading a CD player? @grislybutter thanks, they were definitely the best and perform well above the price grade. |