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| Best DAC for Sonos Good question! I picked up a used Cullen-modded ZP80 a couple months ago to play with while I decided on a more permanent DAC/streamer solution (I had been using a purpose-built headless PC into a Benchmark DAC1 USB). I'm still feeding the DAC1 wi... | |
| Weiss DAC2 or W4S or PWD or Zodiac + or . . . I still haven't decided. Was leaning heavily toward the PWD but interestingly the shop where I auditioned it primarily uses a Sonos ZP90 as the network streamer for demonstration. Apparently many of the employees have Sonos in their personal syste... | |
| Weiss DAC2 or W4S or PWD or Zodiac + or . . . Thank you all for the comments.The Cantata looks interesting but a bit pricey. I did have an Opus 21 CD player a couple year ago and wasn't "in love" with it. It seemed a little polite on music that is less so. I was using it direct into my amps a... | |
| Amp for Sonus Faber Cremona - old model Not sure if this helps or not but I have the original Cremona Auditors and when I first got them I tried them with the a Conrad Johnson Premier 11A tube amp and a Pathos Classic One MkII tube/ss integrated (both ~70wpc as I recall). Even though of... | |
| USB Cable Ridge Street Audio/Synergistic Research I suppose in the end it will be a matter of having to try it to really "know". Still I'd like to try to understand the science behind it. I read the technical information on the Ridgestreet site but I couldn't glean why anything they claimed that ... | |
| USB Cable Ridge Street Audio/Synergistic Research "Yes, USB cables do make a big difference... and that is not just a subjective opinion."So what IS the objective difference? Certainly it can't be the "nature" of the one and zeroes, right? There's nothing different about a 1 coming through a chea... | |
| Apple vs PC for Music System Audioengr,Thank you(!) for the clear response. I want to use USB into my DAC and it seems that mandates the use of some type of computer as opposed to an appliance. I'll probably go the Windows route since I have more experience with them and all ... | |
| Apple vs PC for Music System What? No takers? There seems to but a fair amount of passion on the topic. Surely there's someone who knows why one is a better sonic platform than the other. | |
| Apple vs PC for Music System As I'm starting to set up a music server I'd like a "real" answer to this as well. My plan is to store music files on a NAS and feed analog to my preamp with a Benchmark DAC1 USB but am struggling with my choice of "middle tier". Sound quality and... | |
| TRL Marantz Sa-14 "I believe I asked that very question to either Paul or Brian, can't remember which at this point, and the answer was yes."Hmmm . . . curious. | |
| TRL Marantz Sa-14 Thank you for the welcome Hchi.I'm replacing a Cary 303/200 which was ok but its highish output didn't agree with my Pathos Classic 1 mk2 integrated. Rounding out the rest of my rig are Sonus Faber Cremona Auditors, Harmonic Technology Pro Silway ... | |
| TRL Marantz Sa-14 "I tried to find out where things are with the SA-11 mod but the thread was expunged."My TRL SA11S1 is arriving today. From my conversations with Paul, I'm thinking it's one of his first. Anyone else out there with one?I've not heard the SA-14 but... |