tump350
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| Innuos: A Cautionary Tale. In my experience Innuos has been great. I started with the Zen Mini and LPSU and then upgraded to the Zenith MK3. The sound quality has been fantastic, much better, though, with the Zenith. I bought each of these units pre-owned from dealers. ... | |
| To Stream or Not to Stream Great advice here. I had the same issue, and thought I really needed to rip my CDs. So I bought an Innuos Zenith MK.3 ripper/streamer with 1tb of storage and subscribed to Qobuz. I find that I listen to those albums on Qobuz that I discovered t... | |
| Buying used vs new? Agree with everything said. There is a small risk finding/buying gently used, but I have had great luck with trade in's. Someone always wants the next best (more expensive) thing, no mater how good their trade in is. So, I pick up last year's m... | |
| Suggest something that plays CDs and streams for around 3000? I was in a similar situation. I need to replace my CD player and re-rip my 600 or so CD's. I started with an Innuos Zen Mini (in your price range) and ended up with an Innuos Zenith MK3. These streamers allow you to rip and store your CDs as wel... | |
| Full featured balanced dac/preamp advice I have the BC 2.7 but currently want the Bicasti M3h which checks the same boxes. | |
| Streaming an aid to enjoyment Agreed!! Some tweaks worked, some made no difference, some couldn't hurt. All researched here, through reviews and a couple dealers I like. Ultimately, however, all components and tweaks were purchased for my room and preferences. I didn't even k... | |
| Streaming an aid to enjoyment @antigrunge"My experience meanwhile is 180 degrees opposed to the OP. Anyone claiming that ripped CD sounds better than a Qobus HD stream most likely hasn‘t spent sufficient effort in tweaking their streaming setup. There are numerous threads here... | |
| The myth of "best" in audio needs to be addressed by all of us Well this is one of the best threads I've seen in a while. Being new, I was prone to believe that the 'experienced' here would determine what I should buy and how I must assemble my system. However, enough posts of this nature taught me to evalu... | |
| Isoacoustics Gaia III for Focal Aria 936s my next tweak? I'm using the Gaia IlI's on a speaker that weighs about the same, PSB Imagine T2s's. They are working fine for me. The bass is much tighter, midrange more defined and evident, than it was when the T2's were simply placed on large sorbothane disks ... | |
| What do you have on order RIGHT NOW. 4 Stillpoints ultra mini's for my BC Dac coming next week, and just received a pair of Merrill Audio Thor monoblocs. So far, very good. Waiting for my 8 core headphone cables to be fixed -- 2-3 weeks out. | |
| How loud are you typically listening? Right now and usually, I listen at an average of 60dB. Louder if no one is home, 60dB works for most of the acoustic works I listen too. | |
| Any experice with Merrill Audio Thors? Thankyou. That is so. No need to go over 67 for regular comfortable listening. Below 55 is too quiet for me to hear much. However, 89-95 will have the neighbors calling and my family looking to have me removed. | |
| Rogue DragoN or Bel Canto Ref600 M I am considering the same two amps -- the BC 600M's and the Rogue DragoN. I have the BC 500S, like them quite a bit, but am intrigued by the hybrid DragoN's. Please report back on your experience.(I'm also considering the PS Audio M1200s, simi... | |
| Burn-In with Preowned Transparent Speaker Cables? I purchased an 8 foot pair of the same Transparent Super's used from a dealer I know. I found an immediate improvement in SQ upon installing them, but after about 20hrs or so of listening everything improved. I found the music to be fuller, more... | |
| Does This 'Black Box' Exist, If So, What Is It? The Innuous Zenith Mk3, fits your bill, is in your price range, sounds as good as a system will permit and is very easy to use. Of course, you can get an Innuous Statement, but that one is about $15k. I use the Zen Mini Mk3, its baby brother, whi... |