robelvick
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| Budget Music Streamer @ghulamrAuralic Aries or Aries Mini should work great. Roon, Spotify, and AirPlay all work great. Multiple digital out choices too, so it'll be nice to have those options when you upgrade your DAC.Ethernet or Wifi, and both work wonderfully, wit... | |
| Starting Over...Need help finding the perfect integrated to replace everything I’ll throw a out a few suggestions that I’ve owned which meet your criteria:-Micromega M100 (great DAC, Room Correction)-Parasound HALO (great flexibility)-Denon PMA 1600ne (good DAC, great Phono)-Gold Note IS-1000 (great DAC, great Phono)I’m curr... | |
| Brilliant Pebbles, a new tweak, cheaper than high end cables. Things turn out worse, for people who make the worst of the way things turn out.-Organ grinder’s monkey | |
| Brilliant Pebbles, a new tweak, cheaper than high end cables. Things turn out best, for people who make the best of the way things turn out. | |
| Looking for cartridge for VPI traveler I've owned the Traveler and have used the 2M Red, Blue, Bronze, and Black with it. Can't go wrong with any of those, but try for the Bronze or Black if your budget allows. | |
| If you love the Ortofon 2M Black, you'll really love...... (help me upgrade) @dhcod I also love my 2M Black, but I usually use my Clearaudio Maestro V2. It's very similar sounding to the Black, but maybe a bit warmer (romantic?) sounding. I prefer the 2M Black with rock music, but the Clearaudio with every other genre.Ca... | |
| Hegel Rost - a good buy at 2K? @stuffjonesI have the same question for any owners out there. I’ve had the H160 & H190 and both were fantastic. Probably should have kept one of them. The DAC section in the H190 was a smidge better, but they were both mostly similar in my sys... | |
| Step up from Bluesound Vault 2, next move? Uber,I prefer the SQ in the Lumin, more analogesque. Mytek will have better detail retrieval and of course more choices for inputs, and can be used as a preamp as you know.Since I only need one input, and no volume control, the Lumin seemed like ... | |
| Step up from Bluesound Vault 2, next move? I love my Lumin D2. Highlights for me:-Streamer & DAC-Full MQA decoding-Balanced & single ended outputs-Roon Ready (although it has it’s own App that looks nice)-Small footprint, and looks cool :) and MOST of all, it sounds fantastic with ... | |
| Which DAC: Benchmark, Mytek, Audio Mirror, Holo Audio, Mojo Audio? I’ve owned Benchmark, Mytek, iFi, Wyred4Sound, Chord and PS Audio DACs.If you’re going to be using a transport as your only source, and you want to pull the most detail out of your cds, then go with Mytek or Benchmark.If you want some warmth &... | |
| Thoughts on VTA...... @kacomessWhat would I do with all my records then? Plus, when a record sounds better than Tidal, of course I prefer to listen to that!I get what you're saying though, but that is for another discussion. | |
| Is there a better DAC than the Schiit Bifrost for $300? @n80Musical Fidelity, V90-DAC $299 on Amazon, and 30 day hassle-free return if it doesn't sound better than your Schiit. | |
| Thoughts on VTA...... I do it by ear:When I setup a new cartridge, whatever album I put on first, I also play via Tidal at the same time (or as close as I can) then I sit back and switch inputs and listen to both. I keep adjusting my tonearm until the vinyl sounds as ... | |
| Streamer/DAC combo or stand alone DAC with Node2? @alchemymanI suggest looking at the Lumin D2. Is it a streamer/dac that will do Tidal with full MQA unfolding.The only inputs are for USB drives, but if you're only going to be streaming Tidal, it shouldn't matter. It has single ended & bala... | |
| If you could only keep 5 record albums, what would they be? Like others have mentioned, these are not my favourite five records, but the ones that I could/would want to live with for the rest of my life if that be the case:Radiohead - Hail to the ThiefStereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup Aphex Twin - Selecte... |