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| Apple lossless as a source if I remove the apple assumptuon, what’s a good way to get a full catalogs fed to a. Amp? Again, without spending 5000$ to do it? Simplest would be to get a streamer with a decent built-in DAC like the Node X or the Eversolo DMP-A8. Moving up t... | |
| How good is to use integrated amp as preamp with the preout feature Well, it’s free to try assuming you have a pair of decent interconnects available so just see what you think. | |
| Streamer only One option would be to get a Bluesound Node for $499 (includes a cheap DAC) and add a Teddy Pardo linear power supply for $395 and you’d have a solid streamer setup for about $800 (note this Node only has an SPDIF digital out — no USB out). The p... | |
| Streamer only What’s your budget, and are you looking for new or used? | |
| Need help choosing my first amp for my first speakers 100 watts x 2 channels into 8 or 4 ohms (20-20,000 Hz) at 0.03% THD. Would anything like this not work on my speakers because it is only 100w for 4 ohms? This is over my budget, but I still want to understand and learn. It will work but it’s s... | |
| Considering a Hegel preamp What improvements are you looking for and what sound characteristics are most important to you? BTW, I’ve owned a DNA 0.5 RevA for decades and sent it in for full upgrades (including full gravity base) but haven’t been able to listen to it yet. | |
| New SS integrated choice....Rotel 1572Mk2, Audiolab 7000A, Exposure 2510 I guess more detail, clarity and separation of instruments, more realistic sound of music. At your higher budget level you should take a hard look at the Hegel H390 as it will give you what you’re looking for in spades. Here’s a good review in... | |
| PS Audio NuWave DAC If I listen to my stereo music in the reference (straight through signal) mode or direct (only bass management w/ active subwoofer) mode, what would a dedicated preamp give me? Well, you’re using a $2500 prepro that does everything but laundry,... | |
| Sota Sapphire and Isolation? Now put your sedan on a flatbed trailer, strap it down to the bed, and ride in your car while someone else drives the trailer down the same highway. The trailer has its own suspension with its own spring rates and damping. @lewm But the SOTA i... | |
| T+A's new R 2500 R integrated amp At that price level I’d never buy a combo unit and be locked into a DAC/streamer unless I had F U $$$ and it was for a second system or vacation home where it’s not as big of a concern. Is having a separate DAC and streamer really that big of a d... | |
| Need help choosing my first amp for my first speakers Off topic, but curious if 12 pairs of jc has any significance 12 disciples maybe? | |
| can you help me narrow my speaker cables short list please? I’d be inclined to find the cables that sound best to you and then do a cover or whatever. Choosing only from white cables would be debilitatingly limiting to me, but then sound is paramount in my world and realize there are other considerations ... | |
| Sota Sapphire and Isolation? I’m not saying it’s perfect, but adding a second independent spring suspension to the closed system can only interfere with its function. @lewm Due respect, but you can’t know that as there are too many variables such as it’s not spring on spri... | |
| can you help me narrow my speaker cables short list please? I’d get a white cotton sheet and cut it to the length of your cable and width enough to make a tube with enough diameter so your cables can be inserted through it, then take it to a local dry cleaners and have them sew them into tubes for a few bu... | |
| Sota Sapphire and Isolation? @lewm Ok, fair enough. But the shelf itself still vibrates, which is why people use isolation devices on a shelf, under a cabinet, etc. The question then becomes which is worse, the vibrations from the shelf or the potential resonance from the ... |