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| DAC or pream Budget? | |
| Suggestions for a top flight streamer/Dac around the $2000 mark? Innuos Zen Mk3. See Darko review for more info. | |
| Recommendations on a digital system Innuos Zen Mk3 streamer/CD ripper/DAC is an excellent unit that can be had for $2600 new, which leaves you $ to get a decent headphone amp like a Burson Soloist. Darko has a review of the Zen Mk3 for more info. Just one option. Best of luck. | |
| Quality DAC/Streamer to go w/ SS Pass & Bryston separates? Innuos Zen Mk3 streamer into an MHDT Orchid tube DAC would give you excellent streaming with a little tube warmth from the DAC for under $4k. I’d consider adding a Wired4Sound or Empirical Audio reclocker to improve performance a bit further. Ju... | |
| Active or passive? You need not have DSP involved in an active speaker. As examples, ATC and Linn have been making active speakers for years with no DSP, and having worked for a dealer who sold both I can tell you the active versions smoked their passive models and... | |
| Video question: 55" TV recommendations (details within)? I worked at Magnolia for a bit and got good exposure to all their TVs, and I’d hands down pick one of the Sony LCD models. To me they have the best picture at a good price, and during my time at the store we saw a lot of Samsungs and LGs come bac... | |
| Recommendations on a digital system What’s affordable to you? | |
| Moving up from a Node 2i @jond — if the Zen Mini turns out to be the best streamer for the price, does it really matter if it has a CD drive? | |
| Digital coaxial advice needed What’s your budget? | |
| Low Cost DACs FYI, Qobuz offers a free month trial so you can compare directly to Pandora. For 5 bucks more per month I think it’s a no brained. I switched from Tidal to Qobuz and am very happy with the sound quality, music selection, interface, and and featur... | |
| Moving up from a Node 2i @djones51 — Gear Patrol reviewed several streamers including the Node 2i and the Innuos Zen Mini (the model below the Zen that I mentioned above), and this is what they had to say about the Zen Mini. Take from it what you will. “There’s no better... | |
| Low Cost DACs I like the prospect of "analog sounding." Always preferable to Digital Sound in my opion.You sound like a great candidate for a multibit DAC, so paying up for the Modi Multibit may very well make sense. Also, Qobuz was offering their hi-res subsc... | |
| Moving up from a Node 2i There’s an Innuos Zen available here now for $1490 that should trounce the Node as a streamer. | |
| Advice for a choice Personally I’d choose a used Hegel H160 over either, but not knowing anything about your tastes and priorities are for sound reproduction and system performance it’s not possible to make an informed or even useful recommendation. | |
| Night and day speaker connection All I was saying is that instead of hooking up both cables on each speaker to the bass terminal with jumpers, hook one cable to bass and one to mid/treble terminal with jumpers in place. I don’t know if it’ll be better or worse than doubling the ... |