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Who has Luv for the Lyngdorf 2170 and is thinking about the 3400.

Hello All,
I’m coming up on 40 yrs in this hobby,and or obsession of ours,and I started with a pair of Khorns and Macintosh at the age of 12 and Offcourse owned a ton of different gear over the yrs.
I bought a 2170 a little more than 6 months ago and I enjoyed it so much that I quickly realized I don’t really need anything else,solid state,tubes,or even dac’s anymore.I could step off that silly merry go round of amplification and just enjoy music.I was able to utilize the extra money and time and put together a really great sounding network audio system that rivaled the best in analog that I have ever had,I was mainly a analog guy all of these yrs but finally gave it up,I even sold my longtime record collection of 3k records which included many Hot Stampers that I purchased and also several that I found on my own.

So who Luv’s the 2170 and is maybe also thinking about the new 3400.

Happy Listening,
Kenny.

kdude66
kissov356
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Here is something for 2170 owners to try it will cost about 250 bucks but I think is a great audio deal.  Go to Allo.com order a Digione which is a ethernet end point get an iFi 5V wallwort as an upgrade from Amazon.  Go to Ropiee website and get ther Roon software install on the Digione.   The Digione output is SPDIF get a reasonable cable, coax 75 ohm (it make a diff) connect to the 2170 by the coaxial input and enjoy Roon and Tidal.  The sound is amazing for the cost. A lot lower jitter form SPDIF as compared to USB.  Sympatico with the Lyngdorf. Enjoy. 
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uberwaltz
4,946 posts
 
Sounds interesting.
I already stream Tidal via spdif from my Bluesound vault2 and it sounds darn good.
No pc in my system anywhere.

Somebody here may find it useful though so thank you
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robelvick
466 posts
 
Kissov,

Thanks for sharing. Great solution for those without a streamer, or trying to find an alternative to using a computer/tablet directly.

I’m currently using an Auralic Aries mini w/ AQ Carbon USB, and it sounds fantastic.


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unsound
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Kdud66, I believe Lyngdorf recommendation to place speakers directly against the back wall is more than a nod to decorating. By placing the speakers as such, the direct sound and the most immediate reflected sound will be similar. Otherwise, the first sound that the ear recognizes if placed typically out from the back wall will have been unnecessarily and consequently unnaturaly corrected as though it was a reverberant sound. The depth provided by typically placing speakers out from the rear wall (and to allow for enough time between direct and reflected sound) could be argued to be a room induced reflection distorton and the ambience cues on the recording could be compromised. Furthermore placing the speakers against the back wall will have the bass frequencies achieve room induced lift that could relieve the amplification of some added work. That extra amplification energy might be better used for room correction. 
I am surprised to see that Lyngdorf doesn’t recommend corner placement (though the odds of ideal spacing between speakers in otherwise optionless room corners would be unlikely), as that would further the concept.
 Now I’m not negating your experience. How much recording engineers typically consider soundstage depth is another matter, and if adding artificial depth due to room induced distortion provides a more realistic experience for you, who am I to argue?
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