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| Streaming music There are lots of network streaming choices out there and they all tend to work fairly well but the main considerations should be the quality of build and the software stack. In fact my suggestion would be for you to review the software stacks fir... | |
| Shipping calculator on Audiogon? Are you maybe thinking of the shipping cost calculator that is supported on a listing if the seller charges exact shipping? There will be a "Get cost" link on the listing page that you can click to calculate how much shipping will be to your address. | |
| Can I use an isolation stand with an isolation pad? The first thing you need to figure out is if the noise that is bothering your neighbor is from mechanical coupling of the subwoofer to the floor or just the sound waves passing through the floor.The former can be addressed by isolating the subwoof... | |
| Power Conditioner for Amp Bryston and Torus also make power conditioners beefy enough to drive an amplifier. | |
| Which DSP for Room Correction? I've been a big fan of the Dirac Live solution because it addresses both frequency response and timing.In my experience they don't all approach the issue the same way, and as a consequence can produce different results. | |
| First World Problem in need of Solution Sorry, nekoaudio, but I disagree here. A large power supply in the amp is very important, yes, but the sonic signature and how it reacts to signal/load is another important factor.@auxinput Apologies for being unclear.I was only trying to say not... | |
| Want to rip my CD collection to a NAS and play through Sonos Connect. Need advice You can use your wife's USB ports with a USB CD-ROM drive to rip, and if that computer will be on all the time then ripping to an internal or external hard disk and sharing the files from that computer using SMB should work.If you don't want to de... | |
| full-scale orchestral music—best test of speakers’ potential? I might argue for a full-scale orchestra mixed in with artificially engineered sounds. The former covers a wide portion of the frequency range at varying degrees of complexity. The latter fills it out with the last bits that physical instruments (... | |
| First World Problem in need of Solution I would also vote for option #1 running your 2-channel setup in bypass mode. While watching films and TV, you'll be less sensitive to differences in the sound between your mains and other speakers anyway, and this won't compromise your 2-channel p... | |
| All-in-one streamer/amp with HT bypass? The Devialet Expert Pro can be set up with home theater bypass on and subwoofer output when not in bypass mode. It also supports Wi-Fi and Ethernet for streaming with many different services: https://help.devialet.com/hc/en-us/articles/3600009736... | |
| Speakers for a very large room? @ricmci for room correction I strongly recommend Dirac Live products. Their software corrects phase (timing) and frequency response of your speakers and the room. It can make a significant difference.While many acoustic treatments don't exactly lo... | |
| Music Server/Player for NOS R2R DAC Looking past hardware compatibility, you might want to start looking at the software and control apps. You may find you prefer one over the other. | |
| Speakers for a very large room? I also suggest taking the time to address the acoustics first. A move is a great time to do that, because there isn't anything there yet to get in the way. You can also run additional power to the room while it is convenient.Planar magnetic and el... | |
| Which DAC should I be using? Dragonfly RED 24-bit/96kHz or ESS Sabre 32-bit/384kHz...? I would suggest comparing the Yamaha and Dragonfly to determine if you prefer one over the other, or if they sound close enough that other considerations would be more important to you. | |
| Which DAC should I be using? Dragonfly RED 24-bit/96kHz or ESS Sabre 32-bit/384kHz...? If you're connecting the iMac to your A-S801 using USB, in order to use the A-S801 internal DAC, and you are connecting your speakers directly to the A-S801, then you no longer need the AudioQuest analog interconnects. |