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| Ruminations On CD Players Well, from the OP… I don't have a streamer and hate to say never That doesn’t sound like someone who’s at least not open to new info along with getting thoughts on CD players versus a separate transport and DAC. Nobody here is trying to force... | |
| Is low cost DAC worth it? The input cable you use to connect your DAC to some signal source DOES have a HUGE effect! @boomerbillone Big +1 there! I recently switched from a decent yet well-regarded budget digital cable to an Acoustic Zen MC2 (used), and WOW!!! Night a... | |
| Ruminations On CD Players @nonoise I brought up what I see as limitations of a medium and you take it oh so personally Well, there ya go. You are the one that brought up your “perceived” limitations of streaming and brought this off topic, not me. And I don’t take i... | |
| Ruminations On CD Players @nonoise Oh my, aren’t we sensitive. You’re the one that brought up your perceived “deficiencies” of streaming, and if you go back and look the only thing I did was refute claims you made that were either inaccurate or ran very counter to my expe... | |
| Ruminations On CD Players @nonoise Getting rather picky for my typing too quickly and leaving out an "r", eh? You forgot an “er.” I'm not saying streaming is some substandard way to discover new music. You're just putting words in my mouth so you'll have some made u... | |
| Ruminations On CD Players @nonoise Sorry, but there’s some info here that’s just not true and needs to be corrected. Everyone who pushes streaming sounds like they’re reciting ad copy from the manufacture. It’s manufacturer. Manufacture is a verb, not a noun. For the... | |
| Ruminations On CD Players +1 @lalitk I’ve found more new music on Qobuz than I ever have in a store. I do admit I miss the smell of a real record store though. | |
| I have perfected my network for the nth time @kennyc +2 and well said. | |
| How to Connect Headphones to a SMSL DAC Yes, I’d use the balanced out from the DAC to the balanced input on the Singxer as they’re both fully balanced. You’ll want to use the fixed output on the DAC (that disables its volume control) into the amp and just use the Singxer to control the... | |
| How to Connect Headphones to a SMSL DAC I use a Singxer SA-1 amp with my Hifiman Arya Stealths and it sounds fantastic. It’s a fully-balanced Class-A amp that’s nice as I believe your DAC is also fully balanced, and here’s a nice used one you can get for $398 (a $200 discount). Can’t re... | |
| Is low cost DAC worth it? The iFi Zen DAC v2 ($199) gets good reviews as punching well above its weight, and even if you add their iPowerX power supply (that you should) you’re still at only $308. Hard to believe that combo wouldn’t significantly outperform whatever cheap... | |
| I need a class D portable integrated with power Need more info on what features/capabilities you’re looking for along with budget and if you’re looking for new or used. | |
| Ruminations On CD Players @secretguy Well, you’re wrong and I do love music as does everyone else here (most of whom stream BTW), but I don’t control how the music industry operates. So I guess this means you’re also against the used CD market because the artist gets zilc... | |
| Is low cost DAC worth it? What’s your budget? | |
| What DAC to buy? You could try the Eversolo DMP-A6 which is a new streamer/dac that was recently released. It's very popular and looks to be well made. +1 @tubeguy76 You may well get more improvement from a good dedicated streamer than you will from a new DAC,... |