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| Got a Node 2i, what's next? If you're that much into vinyl, why get a stand-alone DAC at all?In my opinion, a DAC in the $500-$1000 range may not bring enough improvement to justify the additional cost or device clutter. I used to run the Node 2i into a Peachtree Nova 500 i... | |
| WHAT IS THE MOST UNIQUE SONG THAT YOU HAVE EVER HEARD? Number 9 (Beatles), though it's hardly even a song.There are many more lyrical songs that after hearing just the first few notes, I can immediately recognize even if I have not heard them for many years. Like the first 6 notes of Aqualung (Jethro... | |
| Are Preamplifier’s Relevant Today or just a Hinderance with Digital Playback ? One way or another, a system needs volume control and source-switching (assuming it has more than one source). If you have only one source, and it's digital, you could get away with software volume control only. In my limited experience with it, s... | |
| Beginner Looking For Set Up Advice! If the Peachtree Nova 300 has any appeal, then have a look at the Nova 150. You may not need the extra watts of the 300 and AFAIK the features are otherwise about the same. The DAC chips may be different.Keep in mind, though, that the Nova series ... | |
| 3D lifelike sound and impeccable measurements - mutually exclusive??? It seems to me that a good soundstage is largely determined by loudspeakers, speaker positioning, and room acoustics. Less so by electronics (unless we're talking about digital signal processing, maybe.) I'm not aware of any metrics that directly ... | |
| Your advice needed, speakers to buy $8K to $13K Possibilities: Spendor D7 Totem Forest Signature JansZen Valentina P8Physically, these are relatively unobtrusive, good-looking speakers. All have received good reviews. But, what do the HiFi shops in your area sell? Have you checked out what you... | |
| A pleading request to manufacturers of amplifiers and preamplifiers. Try one of these:https://benchmarkmedia.com/collections/all-products/products/benchmark-ahb2-power-amplifier12.5 pounds, rounded edges, simple to use, with some of the best specs ever measured on a power amp. Footprint similar to a sheet of lette... | |
| Best Server To Run Roon Core BACCH-SP appears to have preamp and dac capability as well. It is intriguing but I would be interested in how well it does all the things that it is designed to doThe main thing BACCH is designed to do is crosstalk cancellation for "3D" effects on... | |
| Best Server To Run Roon Core I doubt you'd notice a difference in SQ among the major choices**.It comes down more to price, ease of integration and use, along with what else (if anything) you might want to do with the machine besides run Roon.Options include:* raspberry pi (p... | |
| What makes speaker's sound big? These speakers are very efficient (> 98 dB, right?) They have 11 driver elements including a pair of 10" drivers. So by "big" sound, I wouldn't think the OP is referring to SPL (provided everything is hooked up correctly and we are not trying ... | |
| Top down or bottom up? Just asking... Some of the best loudspeakers seem to come from boutique manufacturers, for whom neither top-down nor bottom-up necessarily applies very well. Their products tend to fall in a relatively narrow price band. Sanders comes to mind. The company curr... | |
| The indisputable benefit of fiber for music Another option:Between modem and router (Orbi satellite), I have a 5 Ghz WiFi backhaul. Seems to me, I get the same protection as fiber against lightning (along with absolute protection from mice). Galvanic isolation, too, and less cable clutter. ... | |
| Open Letter To REL, SVS, Hsu, etc., et al IMO there are at least 2 good reasons to use a sub(s) in a high quality 2 channel system. First, many otherwise excellent loudspeakers don't produce deep bass all that well. Second, for soundstage/imaging, the optimal placement of main loudspeake... | |
| Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy? I have a mix of cables old and new. AFAIK the most I've spent was on a set of speaker cables from Benchmark Audio with Neutrik SpeakOn connectors (for the Benchmark AHB2 amp). About $2/ft. I'm satisfied.It's not that I'm unwilling to buying fairly... | |
| Jaw Dropping Improvement? I own both the Node 2i (not currently in use) and a more expensive DAC/streamer (the Matrix Element X). FWIW, these 2 DACs have shown up at nearly opposite ends of the ASR measurements, Matrix near the top and Bluesound near the bottom.vhttps://w... |