mahler123
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| My personal review and experience with Arcam AVR 550 with Dirac Live Audio Consultants has closed all of their Chicago stores except Evanston. I used to deal with the Hinsdale Store but when that closed changed to downtown, and now that is closed. Neither of the latter two did any in house repairs | |
| Best solution to send digital files to my DAC for the OP, servers can usually be accessed by other people on the network. For example, I have a Synology NAS (Network Associated Storage) that is connected to my router. My music systems are in other rooms, each one having a streamer that is c... | |
| Streamer/DAC combo or stand alone DAC with Node2? I just added a Bryston BDP3 to my two channel System. So far listening playing it over usb into my Bryston DAC3, it’s killing Bluesound sonically via toslink into the same DAC | |
| My personal review and experience with Arcam AVR 550 with Dirac Live As a Chicagoan, I’ll heed your suggestion. What kind of a warranty did the Arcam have? Lasting less than 2 years is really poor performance; I have a 20 year old Pioneer ES in my basement system that’s going strong. I recently replaced a 9 year... | |
| Need a new universal transport Btw, in your original post, you were inquiring about a ‘Universal ‘ player. That term usually means Blu Ray, SACD, and DVD-A capability. Since the Marantz does none of these, I assume that you don’t need these features? | |
| Need a new universal transport I hope so, but make sure you really try the streaming unit before the return window expires. I don’t doubt that it will do a great job spinning discs | |
| Need a new universal transport I had a Marantz 7004 streamer, and it was terrible, basically unusable. I used as a DAC in a 3rd system and then Marantz stopped supporting it, so coincidentally when that happened it wouldn’t even work as a DAC anymore. When it was under warran... | |
| Question About DACs The newer high performing AKM and ESS chips are pretty amazing, of course they have to be properly implemented. | |
| Refurbished Bluesound Vault 2 I am not interested in purchasing a Bluesound unit at this time, but I am wondering if they have a trade in policy for the older units so that owners can upgrade to the 2i series. If so, then they must have a lot of units to refurbish. | |
| Need a new universal transport Actually, thy have another Univeral player for under $300. Check the Crutchfield web site | |
| Need a new universal transport Sony makes a well regarded Universal player for under $500 | |
| Streaming music- not the end all music solution but one main advantage? What I love about streaming is the instant access. I am on a couple of music forums, someone recommends something that peaks my curiosity (or else a review in a magazine), in the past I would order the CD and have to wait for it.Now between Qobu... | |
| AirPlay - "Best" solution help... OP I think that your current plan sounds great. My only reservation would be using AE, since Apple no longer supports it. The poster that has not noticed a difference between AE and ATV for AirPlay is very helpful. Also be aware that with Blue... | |
| Dac selections I currently use the Bryston BDA3 and just sold off the Mytek Manhatten I. I don’t think that you can go wrong with either the Brooklyn or the Bryston, both are very detailed, the Bryston is a bit less clinical sounding, but the Brooklyn has a lot... | |
| A DAC that can make digital sound analog? I’ve used Mytek and Bryston DACs, after upgrading from an Opp 105. Both are fantastic, with the Bryston being a bit less clinical sounding. The Mytek have multiple filter options that you can experiment with and are MQA compatible |