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| Recommendations for CD Player/DAC Combo I have an idea/solution that no one has mentioned yet! Buy a used Aurender A10 Music Server/DAC combo. I saw one here the other day for less than $4k. Not only will you now have an excellent streamer with access to Tidal (and complete MQA unfol... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Radka Toneff: Fairytales. Tidal MQA (24bit/192) Excellent | |
| Speakers under $5000 maintained a reputation for quality sound over the last 15 years. I don't believe I've ever heard an Aerial speaker I did not like. The 10t is an all time classic. | |
| Best Songs To Sing In The Car To Embarrass Your Kids "Play that funky music, white boy!" | |
| Best Recording of Scheherazade JVC has remastered the Fritz Reiner - Chicago Symphony version in to XRCD format. It is the best I have heard. | |
| What are the best entry level integrated amps and speakers? If you can find one, the Luxman R117 is an exceptional value. Saw one here on AG the other day for around $500-600. It lasted less than 24 hours! | |
| Aurender A10 setup - loading from CDs I believe that MQA and Aurender partnered to to allow the DAC MQA unfold to be purchased for around $60 and downloaded to your N10. Since the N10 is already MQA compatible as a server, adding the DAC MQA portion will now make your unit fully comp... | |
| exceptional voices of female singers (non-classical) Two that have not been mentioned yet:Margo Timmons (Cowboy Junkies)Kelly Flint (Dave's True Story) | |
| ELAC Uni-fi - All Hype?? My brother-in-law and I went to RMAF and listened to several "High-End" rooms. At the end of the day we went into the ELAC room where Andrew Jones was "holding court". I knew the ELAC story but he did not. After listening for 15 minutes I asked... | |
| Best option for Amp upgrade... Thanks to all who have responded. I appreciate those of you who warned me of about recouping the cost of the modification if I were to sell. I am very aware of this and almost mentioned it preemptively in my original post. In retrospect I think... | |
| Aurender A-10 The Aurender A10 has a 4TB hard drive. If you want to load your CD's on the hard drive you must first "rip" them to FLAC, WAVE, AAIF or some other format. I use dB Poweramp, a very popular and effective ripping software, to convert the the CD fi... | |
| Amplification for Wilson Audio Sasha on the cheap Flip the Krell! McCormack DNA 500 comes to mind. Excellent reviews, lots of power (500 wpc in to 8ohms, 900 into 4 ohms) and only about $3k. Lows will no longer be a problem. | |
| Upgrading form Pass integrated amplifier to a better one I went back to the Gryphon room FOUR SEPARATE TIMES at the last RMAF. The Diablo 300 was driving a pair of their $52k speakers. The source was their $9k CD player. To my ears it was the best sound at the show. | |
| stereo receiver recommendations Ethos123, do not be afraid of the Luxman R-117 because it is not new technology. Do some research and read the reviews. This is one of the best receivers of all time! You can probably pick one up for less than $400. I'm giving mine to my grand... | |
| I’d appreciate opinions from RMAF 2017 Show attendees on the Elac Adante AF61 The ELAC rooms are always packed, especially when Andrew Jones is "holding court". I did not have the best seat but I thought the ELAC's sounded very good and great for their price range, but not even close to the best at the show. The best sound... |