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| Streamer/DAC There are a million different options and yes, an upgrade to your digital front end will improve things. There are two approaches. 1. Streamer - like the Bluesound and usually relies on its own software platform. Lumin and several others tak... | |
| Rogue Pharaoh II vs Naim Supernait 3 for Revels The Supernait is wonderful and is all about current, just not absolute wattage. 2 ohms will not cause a strain. That said, same goes for the Pharoah. Don't like the stock tubes in the Paroah. Get some NOS Mullards or Cifte's and you will be su... | |
| AGD Tempo in the house I will loan my amp out for demo. Depending on relationship with me will dictate terms. If I don’t know you, I will require a deposit or at least a CC for my security. You pay return shipping if you don’t buy one. If you do, all shipping costs ... | |
| Suggestions for a streamer only (I have a great DAC) @antigrunge2 I have not spent much time with any Innuos products and have not heard their server playing their software. Last I heard one was a statement running Roon. The only thing I know about their software is that it is supposed to sound grea... | |
| Suggestions for a streamer only (I have a great DAC) For your budget and best sound I would get a Roon Nucleus and a Bricasti M5. The Roon Nucleus is a computer that runs one piece of software. Roon Core. Nothing else. It has a power button and a couple setting that anyone can walk you through when ... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend $4K entry - A DAC I have been waiting a year for finally arrived. The Canor DAC 2.10. When I signed on to be Canors’s distributor in the US, this DAC was promised as in development. They kept their promise with delivery was only delayed ~1 month f... | |
| AGD Tempo in the house @atmasphere agreed! | |
| MSB DAC's Popularity MSB is one of the truly elite DAC makers in the world. Given the higher price point fewer people have a chance to hear and interact with them compared to more mainstream brands. I have heard the Discrete and the Reference. I have not heard th... | |
| What is your experience with the NAD M33? The M33 won Stereophile product of the year and remains on global allocation with significant backorders. The issue more than anything now is that the unit is a few years old and is less shiny and new. It seemed like it was in every other thread... | |
| Suggestions for a streamer only (I have a great DAC) Lots of other options but software is a partial driver of your choice. The interface you want to use matters and then picking the device with that interface is best approach. I use Roon so I am almost universally focused on a server/player solut... | |
| AGD Tempo in the house @voodoochillin I don't have a ton of preamps here to test. That is a bit of a shortcoming with my current inventory. I did have it paired with an AVM 5.2 which was quite nice. Regarding a range of speakers, that will build through time. Whe... | |
| AGD Tempo in the house @atmasphere Fair enough. That being said, I have had multiple Class D amps that sound cold and unnatural fresh out of the box and warm over time. I also have had some that have never improved and sound cold and unnatural forever. Of course, I c... | |
| AGD Tempo in the house Class A, yes. It is warmer and seems to have tons of power despite the modest rating. SET…no. Certainly not my 300B I have sitting right next to it. I have not really heard anything that can replicate a SET. Even the First Watt stuff falls a ... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @fai_v I have never heard the mini-Ts and cannot speak about there ability to deliver micro-dynamics. That said, I am biased heavily against standard wood box speakers when it comes to production of fine details. My bias shows up in my own de... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend I have promised a few more reviews here as some new devices have come in and one specifically is the Musical Fidelity M3s CD. This is a CD player with SPDIF, USB and TOSLINK inputs and lists for $1599. I bought it before AXPONA in 2019 for CD Tr... |