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Boltz media record storage, anyone received a shipment from them in 2024?
Since you haven't received the product, I think you may be able to cancel your order through the card.  Give them a call.  Having said that, Boltz could be having problems with their suppliers.  I know it's been a long time, but they're still in c... 
Roon Master
I can maybe help you a little.  Roon is a streamer, but you already have a streamer in your all-in-one.  Does your all-in-one have digital inputs to the DAC that would let you bypass the streamer in the all-in-one?  
Looking for a CD / SACD player. Also, tell me about Esoteric
porchlight1, Have you compared your Yamaha to any of the Esoterics mentioned?  
Looking for a component for ripping and playing CD's.
I think that what you are looking for is a server with a cd drive that plays and rips cds to internal storage.  Offhand I can think of a couple of brands that have servers that do this. Innuous, Baetis, Aurender.  Check out those brands and they ... 
Recordable CD/DVDs are vanishing too
@audioisgood I did not know Amazon was a reliable source for current manufacturing. It depends on what you’re looking for. For cars, definitely not, but Maxell has a store on Amazon and you can see a number of products that they are currently... 
Looking for a CD / SACD player. Also, tell me about Esoteric
Here is a quote from the Esoteric website referring to the K-01XD SE: "Finally, the SE version of the digital player models is now available with new discrete clock technology and improved analog circuitry in the DAC. We are proud of our brand an... 
Looking for a CD / SACD player. Also, tell me about Esoteric
Just FYI, Esoteric has a new generation of players out.  The K-01XD and K-03XD have been upgraded to SE designation.  I don't know anything about how the SE players sound or if the K-05XD and K-07XD players will also be upgraded, but it may cause ... 
Recordable CD/DVDs are vanishing too
I hardly use cd-rs anymore.  I imagine that a lot of people don't use as many as they used to. They'll probably be available longer than we'll need them.  When I did a check on Amazon for cd-rs, I noticed that Maxell is still making and selling ca... 
Auditioning Used Equipment - Am I crazy ?
Who the heck drops $10k on a used product with extremely limited distribution / demand  that they've never heard besides a flipper ?  Someone who has heard the item elsewhere and knows he wants it.  
Anyone ever have, use or hear this tube?
they also mis-identify OLD stock tubes, making basic mistakes like asserting that philips-labelled EI yugoslavia tubes, of which they sent me several pics clearly showing EI yugo codes,  are really philips. https://www.tubedepot.com/products/7dj8... 
Best 12AU7?
We can generalize about the sound of tubes, but you won't know for sure until you try them in your system. The RCA Clear Tops are supposed to be good in the treble.  If you want to spend some crazy money, search for Telefunken G 73-R, a very spec... 
Auditioning Used Equipment - Am I crazy ?
I wouldn't take it too personally.  If he had it sitting on a shelf, that would be one thing, but boxed up, he's probably pretty busy and doesn't want to unbox it again.  He's pretty sure that it will sell at 50% off and he has a lot of other stuf... 
external DAC
I don't know, but I've always thought (maybe mistakenly) that DSD could only be output through an HDMI connection.  There is a d.bob, digital break out box, GeerFab Audio - GeerFab but that requires DSD to be input by HDMI.  I don't think you can... 
Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ?
Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? So you just wanted to start an analog vs digital argument?  You really don't have anything better to do?   
Seeking help with the Innuos Sense app
Yeah.  I'm in the same situation.