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What are you streaming tonight?
For those listening to RUSH today. Check out "Different Stages Live". I find the complete rendition of side 1 of 2112 even better than on the original 2112 album. Just love this live album. 
What are you streaming tonight?
Rush Essentials - Tidal  - Stuff I was listening as a 13 year old is what I still listen to. Not sure what to make of that.Rush Hi-Res Box Sets yesterday.It will be Rush for a while I think. 
Tad CR1's or Blade 1's
KEF Blade 1? If so, how big is the room and how much space to the side walls? Love the Blades and have heard many TAD's though not the CR1. I liked the Blades over almost all speakers. 
Low Cost DACs
You do not mention how much is too much. However, at around $1200-$1400 you can get a used Benchmark DAC2 HGC which is both an analog preamp and DAC. I owned it for about 5 years and it was great for the price. I upgraded to the DAC3 and it was no... 
How best to sell my dad's McIntosh integrated amp, CD player speakers?
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New Years Resolution .......
My resolution was to drink more scotch. Not doing too bad so far. 
Small room amp and speakers recommendation
KEF LS50W. Not sure if a sub is needed in such a small space.Audience 1+1 V3 need space behind them but they weigh about 5lbs and sound huge. I owned the 1+1 and the KEF LS50, not LS50W. However, I needed acoustic panels in my room to make the LS5... 
Luxman M900u stereo vs Mono setup
Wouldn't the decision be based on the size of room, speaker sensitivity, and how loud you play. I demoed the m900u with TAD ME1 and I see no reason to go mono blocks with those speakers. 
Backing up Roon database and library
It does it automatically when you configure a setting in ROON. It will save a file somewhere in your hard disk. You can then take a copy of that file and save it in a redundant location. That reminds me that I have not saved a copy of my backup DB... 
Desktop speaker upgrade from KEF LS50s (
I used to have the LS50's on my desk with the same stands. It was OK but the desk is really not the best place for the LS50's. I have them to the right of me now and though not ideal the sound is so much better.  The room treatments were an incred... 
What are you streaming tonight?
ELO - A New World Record 
ACDC Back in Black.
Seven Shades of AC/DC’s "Back in Black" -- Finding the Best Version to Test Your System With  
Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying
@maxwave I would spend $200 and buy the Ubiquiti network switch listed in my above post. The second link for the Lumin X1 review has all the components that the reviewer used to go Fibre to his X1. It should cost you about $300-$400 for everything... 
Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying
Audiophiles, got to laugh sometimes.@redphu72 You are interested in the same thing as me. I tied the knot with the Sonore rendu's I think they are great and make me with my tech  background happy to use them.I imagine you have read the review by C... 
Mola Mola Makua Pre. / DAC
Mola Mola dealer quote to me:    I spent the whole summer with it in prototype mode and you will see it is rather compact and comes in a nice flight case. Therefore, I was able to take it around with me along with having clients bring their digit...