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| OPPO Sonica DAC to Lumin D2 Upgrade If by transcoding you mean upsampling yes I did and not for me with either the Lumin, Teac or Aries. The advantage of the Teac to my ears is that the AKM 4497 chipset is more advanced than the no longer made Wolfson chipset still used in the Lumi... | |
| OPPO Sonica DAC to Lumin D2 Upgrade @audiotroy I will give you that the D2 out of the box will outperform the D1 sound wise connected as supplied out of the box especially with your four figure Wireworld power cable which would not be an option on the D1. Other than that I will beli... | |
| OPPO Sonica DAC to Lumin D2 Upgrade Wondered how long it would take you to put your salesman's two cents in. The only differences between the two D's is the inclusion of an internal smps instead of a superior external LPS option if you don't want to use the supplied wall wart and ... | |
| OPPO Sonica DAC to Lumin D2 Upgrade @jreale Another alternative to the D2, and I have owned both the D1 w/SBooster and the Sonica, is the Teac Reference NT-505. Like the Lumin and the OPPO it is a DAC/Streamer combination and like the OPPO but not the Lumin also has digital inputs s... | |
| Q for any Luxman L-509X owners Probably to make sure the button on the remote isn't activated accidentally with nothing connected. If you have to make a conscious effort then you know a preamp is connected. | |
| Speaker plinth material bottom ported Zu Omen Defs As they are only 12" x 12" you should be able to just pick up a couple of cutting boards in Maple or Bamboo at a local store like Ikea or online at Amazon. | |
| subwoofer amp with crossover/phase control Check with Danny at GR Research he is the supplier of the amps that Rythmik uses for their subs.http://gr-research.com/a370peq.aspx | |
| Tube amp with KEF Reference 1 You need to look at the Soundstage review and measurements on that speaker as they are nowhere near 85db efficient. I had a friend that owned a pair and gave up on trying to find even a SS amp powerful enough to drive them and deal with their imp... | |
| Music streamer with no DAC and no storage? For anyone interested there is plenty of info available on the Lumin U1 Mini on Computer Audiophile and AudioSharks where the software head also hangs out and answers questions daily. The G1 and U1 Mini are comparable units with all four standar... | |
| Music streamer with no DAC and no storage? If you are looking for something simple to set up and use with USB output then the three top choices divided into two price categories for each company would be the Auralic Aries G1 or G2. the Lumin U1 Mini or U1 and the Innuous Zen Mk III or Zeni... | |
| Vandersteen 7 mark ll or big Kef blades Per several dealers and people I trust the Blade 2 is the better speaker overall than it's big brother and it compares performance wise with the Quatro and maybe the 5A. Don't think it is even in the ballpark of the 7 Mk II other than cost. But a... | |
| Nuforce STA200 I've never had it break 95 degrees on the heat sinks which by the way is about the same as the Class D amps I have owned. The Job did not run hot either. | |
| Nuforce STA200 Based on the same circuit board as the Job 225 so not Class D. | |
| Looking for an inexpensive low power amp with exquisite sound I agree with tomcic601 the RM-10 is a great choice and works great with passive preamps. I run mine with W4S STP-SE into Reynaud speakers. Designed by Roger to drive his personal Vandersteen 2C speakers which it did with my 2CE Sigs with ease. The... | |
| Buchardt S400s The Kinki EX-M1 would be hard to beat for near the price and plenty of power. |