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| DAC upgrade from RME Above someone said the PS Audio DSD senior would cost $3000 used. Maybe the Mark II, But the original is often available for under $2000. There's one for sale at TMR right now for $1400. I still love mine after 6 years. Detailed and musical, tho... | |
| The criteria for loudspeaker choices. Website says the speakers are eligible for trade-ins up to $875. | |
| Kef LS50s - great like me but need to come up for air I know you said you wanted to stay at $1500, but I got a pair of Alta Audio Rhea's on Ebay for $2500 to replace my LS50's and it was just what the doctor ordered: more relaxed but still great imaging and detail. And 10 or 15 hz more bass response.... | |
| a remarkably basic question about Roon I thought I would never use the DSP capabilities of Roon. But then I bought a pair of Sennheiser 800 headphones and learned that smarter people than me have figured out 'convolution filters' to bring the playback frequency response closer to idea... | |
| Class D for a Tube Lover Having owned both, I would say the PS Audio M700 monoblock's are a big step up from the S300 and are pretty darn good (esp. for the money). Tube-like is sometimes said about them, but I wouldn't go quite that far. But I would say that they are qui... | |
| Coda Tech Amplifier The CODA website does have contact information and a dealer list. I called and talked to someone who seemed to be one of the principals on Monday (3/8/21). I'm guessing it was the above-mentioned Doug. He was very willing to answer all my questi... | |
| iPad Mini as control device for network player One thing to be aware of: older iPad mini’s may not be able to run current versions of the software you want to use. I had a first generation mini that I was using to control my Auralic streamer (with the Auralic Lightning software). At some point... | |
| Researching an "affordable Roon server/streamer, and my choice... Innuos Zen 3 works fine as both Roon server and Roon endpoint as long as you don’t want to do a lot of digital processing or upsampling. I’m listening to mine right now, and it sounds great. One limitation is that its only outputs are USB and Et... | |
| Streaming for beginner Many posters here seem to be ignoring the fact that the OP has purchased a DAC and disc player that each cost several thousand dollars (used) and that he wants sound quality as good as CD’s played through his current equipment. I think this requi... | |
| Moving up from a Node 2i If you could find a used Lumin U1 mini (lists for $2K), that might do the job. I think there's one for sale here on Audiogon. | |
| Which type of cable sounds best for Streamer to DAC: AES/EBU or DIGITAL COAX or USB ?? In my setup, too, AES/EBU seems quite a bit better than USB. I'm connecting an Auralic Aries streamer to a PS Audio Directstream DAC with modest cables (Curious for USB and DH Labs for AES/EBU). I strongly suspect, though, that Jazzman7 is right... | |
| dissapointed - new LS50w's vs old PioneerFS52's/Luxman R113 - so far Kef's not so great? Unless the 'W' above is a mistake, the OP has the wireless version of the LS50's with built-in amplification, so I don't think the problem is lack of power. Personally, I lived with the original, passive LS50's for a year or so, upgraded virtuall... | |
| Another Music Direct Catalog observation Thanks for those links Oregonpapa. I'd heard of Jo Stafford but that was my first listen to her voice. Wow. | |
| $1300-1500 DAC Another vote for Audio Mirror Tubadour. | |
| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? Just for the benefit of those who are not familiar with PS Audio’s business model: They have a trade-in program where they discount the product you are buying by the original MSRP of the product you are trading in, up to a limit which is about 30... |