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| bryston 28bsst2 / mag's 3.7 Take a look at the BAT VK-43SE SS preamp. I have used the Bat VK-42SE (previous model) with many Bryston amps (up to 7B-SST) and it was a great match. I love the BAT pre-amp. I used to own the Bryson BP25 but that was a very long time ago and nowh... | |
| Emotiva XDA 1 DAC Any thoughts? I use the XDA-1 ($149) at work with my Audioengine A2 speakers and TIDAL lossless streaming. It sounds OK on those speakers but on better speakers, such as my home desktop KEF LS50's, the XDA-1 are not that good. I use the Benchmark DAC2 at home a... | |
| Shipping Heavy Speakers: Freight of FedEx I shipped my Revel Salons to the buyer by BAXGlobal. They did a perfect job. Those speakers were about 150lbs each. | |
| PSAudio Direct Stream or Bryston BDA/BDP2? Any of you with the Direct Stream + Bryson also have the Bridge 1 installed? I was considering getting the Bryson BDP1-USB when I get my DS but now I am waiting until the Bridge 2 is released in the next few months. One less component in the livin... | |
| Tidal vs. Spotify In my very good home desktop system I could not listen to Spotify. It was just very bad sounding. Tidal in that system sounds incredible. This system is comprised of the following: KEF LS50 speakersParaound A23 ampBenchmark DAC2Windows 2012 Server... | |
| Integrated to go with KEF LS50 Another option, instead of an integrated, that I use for my office setup is the Benchmark DAC2. This unit can be used as a digital pre-amp. That is you can plug your CD player, computer, and other digital inputs into it. It also has an analog inpu... | |
| Tidal HiFi Streaming? I am using Tidal now for about 2 weeks. I listen about 8 to 10 hours at work. Occasional 1 second Tidal music pause when I switch browsers tasks. I have an extremely busy computer (software developer). However, music stream has never gone done.At ... | |
| The cloud? You can do this with Microsoft OneDrive. Not sure how the client is presented on a MAC but on Windows 8 and Windows 2012 Server the OneDrive client service maps a drive on your local machine to the cloud repository. It is like having a regular loc... | |
| Resonessence Mirrus DAC and SDXC Cards Thanks the owner of Resonessence put me in touch with a Mirrus DAC owner and we had an email chat about the SDXC cards and the GUI via the apple remote. Main takeaway was the SDXC input sounds the best (makes sense) and that the GUI is OK, not as ... | |
| PS Audio Direct Stream As an FYI, both TAS and Stereophile have reviews of this unit this month. I got both in the mail today. | |
| Emotiva XDA-2 Sonic Quality? I have the XDA-1 and it was fine with my AudioEngine 2's on my desktop system. However, when I upgraded the speakers to the KEF LS50's the XDA-1 became a massive weak link. So now it resides unplugged in my closet replaced with the fantastic Bench... | |
| on the desktop? I have a 60" long desk and I use the KEF LS50's on them. I am restricted by an alcove in my office that prevents me from adding some stands and separating the KEFs more than the current desk config. However, even with this current restriction I wo... | |
| Bryston 28B-SST2 or Karan Acoustics KA-S 600 ? For some perspective, Gary Dayton former marketing guy at Thiel and now at Bryston, replied to a post of mine on the Bryston Audio Circle where I asked whether the 7B-SST2 or 28B-SST2 would be best suited for the KEF Blade speaker. He replied back... | |
| PS Audio Direct Stream Another unit that I found that can connect via I2S is the Sonore Rendu PCM/DSD Network Audio Player with Ethernet Input and SPDIF/HDMI i2s Output. This unit sounds very intriguing to me since it can connect to the network via Ethernet and access J... | |
| Why aren't Rush fans more audiophile-natured? Rush has released their catalog on Hi-res download and it sounds great. Especially, the previously catastrophically bad Vapor Trails. The hi-res version of VT is fantastic. I always had a strong suspicion that album had very good tunes on it. I th... |