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| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers @soix Let me first say there’s no need for us to quarrel...I use a Bluesound Node Mk2 with my main system. @rudyb Wow, a Node Mk2!!! I can certainly see why you think you don’t have a noise problem. Good luck with that. Heh heh. I refer to @ghd... | |
| DAC Input Topology Congrats on purchasing an outstanding piece of technology! | |
| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers Let me rephrase ... I know that not to be the case. A 'high end' streamer still streams the same digital data to my DAC as my tablet or PC or Bluesound Node does. If I suffered from noise, I'd invest a little in an optical cable, or a galvanic s... | |
| Odd subwoofer question. I’d strongly encourage you to at least try a sub as the benefits go well beyond adding bass and also greatly enhance imaging, soundstage, and overall sense of space. The SVS 1000 Pro is only about 13” square and 15” depth, will get you down to an... | |
| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers So ... what you’re saying is that, given the same (uncompressed) source file, different streamers send different bits and bytes to the DAC? I can’t believe that to be the case. @rudyb You’re free to “believe” whatever you want, but there’s m... | |
| Is Accuphase a good match for my system? The key question is, what improvements are you looking for and what sound characteristics are most important to you? Start with that rather than specific brands. | |
| Odd subwoofer question. +1 on the SB1000 Pro, but I’d absolutely get 2 at about $1150 for the pair if it’s in your budget. Hey, with SVS’s generous and risk-free return policy you could try two and send back one or both if they don’t work out, but my bet is you’ll keep ... | |
| SVS SoundPath Subwoofer Isolation Feet I like to have these feet around to play with on various speakers/subs and I even put them under an AV cabinet. I just bought two new sets and noticed they’re SIGNIFICANTLY stiffer or "harder" than previous versions. I’d ask SVS if they change... | |
| To pricey So, I got to hear the Joseph Audio Pulsars (original version) in the same system with the 804D3. IMHO the Pulsars did everything better than the 804s. I could respect what the 804s did, but they sounded sterile versus the musicality, imaging, an... | |
| Experienced only: What have you done with room correction? like a TDAI amp, or what? @holmz Correct. Back when I heard the TacT correction I was reviewing equipment so really couldn’t use it in my system, but now I’ll absolutely be looking to add some form of RC without a doubt because the benefits a... | |
| To preamp or not to preamp. That is the question. I used to own this Bryston BP6 preamp and would be shocked if it didn’t vastly improve the sound of your system. Downside is I think you’d need to by a remote from Bryston as doesn’t look like this one comes with it. https://www.ebay.com/itm/... | |
| DAC Input Topology My fallback was USB and the May DAC KTE makes claims regarding the quality of their USB interface. In fact USB is the manufacturers preferred input…I’m trying to decide on if I’m buying a high quality USB, or AES cable. I believe the manufactu... | |
| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers Upgrade your DAC. In my experience the DAC has 95% of the sound the streamer is really not as important IMO. @glennewdick While I see how in your situation and with your streamers this could be the result, my experience is upgrading a streamer ... | |
| Anything close to Hegel H360 but smaller/lighter? Congrats! I’m sure it’ll sound great, and you can always add room correction later if desired. | |
| Experienced only: What have you done with room correction? I’ve heard TacT (now Lyngdorf) completely transform a couple big $$$ systems to the point where you wouldn’t wanna listen to the system without their RC. Avoid it at your own risk. The ONLY reason I didn’t incorporate it into my system until now... |