vonhelmholtz
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| Audio Rack Opinions I previously posted my choice, Timber Nation, but my system photo was not public. Public now.. I know that I should have had them apply a black stain, but I just couldn't cover up the nice grain. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? histoire de melody nelson Serge Gainsbourg Different..1971 mellow French rap.. I like it...well recorded. | |
| $5K DAC OPTIONS I use iFi Zen Stream with a Holo May DAC....very musical/detailed. Great with female voice from Billie to Billie. The KTE version has an even better USB input stage and Tim Conner at Kitsune Hifi is quite technically astute and handles US distrib... | |
| Audio Rack Opinions I needed a heavy duty rack to moderate vibration. I went with a four shelf tiger maple with 3" shelves from Timber Nation. | |
| DAC suggestions I just upgraded to Holo May DAC KTE. It is very Musical, dynamic and transparent. PS Audio is about to release a new DAC. The designer has posted circuit by circuit details on their forum. I think that it will be around 8K and they take trade ins.... | |
| What is the added value of a streamer over a networked dedicated Computer @john737 Visit your local audio store and compare cheap bits are bits to more costly digital equipment. Go listen for yourself. Believe your ears and not what you read. | |
| What are/were the best sounding cheap components you have ever had? 1979-1981..NAD 3020 integrated amplifier. Great on a student's budget. | |
| Streamer? Aurender's "caching streaming" ? how important is this feature? PS Audio is about to come out with their next DAC and the man that designed both hardware and software has gone through pages of posts explaining in great detail the myriad of tradeoffs in design. The number of decisions made are staggering, but ... | |
| What is the added value of a streamer over a networked dedicated Computer Huh? Computers are noisy. These stand alone audio devices have computers inside and great effort goes into mitigating noise/timing and isolating digital and analog. Also, much of the cost is due to the use of ultra quiet/stable power supplies. | |
| What is the added value of a streamer over a networked dedicated Computer If you are looking for the best sound, perhaps a better strategy is to set a price point and ask for streamer/server recommendations and then A/B the two approaches. That’s what many of us have done. If you don’t want to spend a good bit of money,... | |
| DS Audio: Auto Android/Apple Play Stream from NAS @mike_in_nc So, you can stream in native format, whereas this app converts to wav and no idea what is involved in that..but does sound good on the go...but sure your approach much better for high end. I don't know if you have the same experienc... | |
| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? I have the iFi Zen Stream with their upgraded SWPS. I added fiber ethernet right before the iFi and switched from the good DAC in my McIntosh to an incredible DAC and for the first time my digital sounded better than my analog. Here is the probl... | |
| MY SONIC LAB Cartridges @fjn04 Five plus months in, how are you liking the Hyper? | |
| Power cords or power conditioner Shunyata just hiked prices of their power products..perhaps all products. For example, at M.D. Delta 15amp NR power cable went from $1000 to $1500. Pretty sure that some dealers haven't adjusted prices on their in stock items. | |
| USB cable quality connected to a DDC? Logically, the answer is that any USB cable in should yield the same results I2s out. Ask the manufacturer of your DDC. |