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| Best or Most Interesting Speakers After the sound settled down with burn-in I decided to compare 3 DACs that I now have available on the office rack via ROON READY. The AMT3SE and Benchmark DAC3B are connected by fibre optic streaming. The internal DAC on the Krell is connected by... | |
| Best or Most Interesting Speakers I got the Krell K-300i directly from Krell 2 days ago. It was a dealer demo model that needed a repair on the display so it came directly from Krell. I must say I am very impressed by the packaging for this unit. Perfectly done and nice instructio... | |
| Live at Leeds scratchy old original I saw Roger and Pete with some other players in Vegas a few years ago. I really enjoyed that show. I was not expecting to given how old those two were. | |
| Question on Streamer/Dac and Roon I am going to setup a RaspberryPI with a Benchmark DAC3 tomorrow for someone. I never used that streamer but it is supposed to be good and cheap. 3 - A Raspberry Pi Roon endpoint with OS based on ROPIEEE. This is the smaller box that is a Raspberr... | |
| Topping A90 failure issues. Should I try a 3rd A90? I have the A90 and it is a workhorse for me. I have been using it recently to break-in new gear. So that means playing it 24 x 7 for a week (no problems). In this scenario I use iPhone ear plugs to output sound. When it is not doing break-in work ... | |
| Better XLR/RCA adapters I am using Cardas on a SACD player from XLR to RCA. It sounds OK. I am not using it on my best source though. | |
| Best or Most Interesting Speakers @jasonbourne52 These "ear speakers" do give you the Princess Leia look but got to do it for these results | |
| Best or Most Interesting Speakers Got the Krell today and will fire it up later in the evening. If I had know how good the CODA + AMT3SE + RAAL combo sounded I would have kept it and not ordered the Krell. In fairness the Krell was for another room but the wife got in the way of t... | |
| Do you need a Roon Ready device to stream Roon? My Matrix Audio Mini-i 3 Pro DAC was not ROON READY on the day I bought it (Black Friday). So the only way to stream was either through AirPlay2 or my Sonore microRendu. Maybe 2 weeks ago they got ROON READY certification and I was able to enable ... | |
| The indisputable benefit of fiber for music Fibre is a game changer. Glad I did not spend too much in the past on streamers or music servers. My cheap DELL computer with Fibre to my OpticalRendu is phenomenal. So good that I bought 2 OpiticalRendu's, I for each DAC that I have in the office... | |
| Is Luxman a poor man's D'Agostino ? I have the same CODA CSiB as @audioman58 but mine is a used unit from July 2018. I have Version 1 with the first 18 watts in Class A. I have heard the Luxman 509x and liked it but then I heard the Luxman m900/c900 combo on the same gear and the 50... | |
| New to streaming, looking for a budget streamer I am getting an AudioMirror Tubadour III SE DAC today (finally) and it will be hooked up to a Sonore OpticalRendu via Fibre Optical cable from a Ubiquity Networks switch ($200) and direct to the OpticalRendu, then USB to the AMT3SE.https://www.ui.... | |
| Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy My music server is a broken down DELL computer that I took from the trash heap of an old employer. I figure a audiophile music server is a much quieter machine than mine. However, I use Fibre Optical cable from my network switch to my Sonore Optic... | |
| Are your current amps and other gear the best you've ever had? Yes. The gear available these days is incredible. | |
| Benchmark DAC3 / AHD2 Combo (with a Goldenear Triton Reference chaser) I have not noticed any change in the sound of the Benchmark electronics from burn-in time since original purchase nor from the time I turn them on every day--they sound great right once you power them up. I know this is absolute heresy. I am on... |