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| So I have a DAC; now what Player should I look at? Synology or QNAP NAS & a Sonore microRendu would be hard to beat. Search archives, so many times similar has recently been answered. Cheers, Spencer | |
| Wanted: Suggestions for driving Celestion SL600 Speakers! Call Mark O'Brien at Rogue and ask him about his newer integrateds. The tube magic that you found appealing will be there, but his gear has come a long way since they made the 90s. IIRC, those are pretty efficient speakers and don't need a ton of ... | |
| Emotiva equipmet, how good is it? Used NAD like you were considering before or something new-direct from Schiit Audio are going to sound worlds better than the Emotiva or Yamaha IMHE. What exactly is your budget. Are you looking for an integrated amp? Your speakers both are promis... | |
| Cowsills @bdp24 Great shout out for the Continental Drifters. One of those bands I love that hardly anybody seems to know. Vermillion is a real gem! There's a really good documentary on the Cowsills that's on tv once in a while on AXS or VH1...if you fans ... | |
| Ripping to FLAC - Lumin D2 users If you have a Mac, XLD works great. It's free too. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Is there a cost effective 'quality' USB and Network cable? For network cables, I'd suggest that bluejean cables certainly deserves to be in the conversation. Many at computeraudiophile recommended them to me, and I've been happy with their ethernet cables. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Considering purchasing different speakers OP, the IMHE, the main differences in the Yggy and Gumby are that the Yggy is a tad better at extracting the last details from complex recordings. That makes it seem a bit more analytical. The Gumby is a bit more organic sounding, a bit warmer, bu... | |
| Step up from Bluesound Vault 2, next move? @uberwaltz ,I was in a similar place a few years ago trying to figure out how to get the best digital source sound quality to my dac within a modest/medium budget. My mac mini running Audirvana+ just wasn't involving compared to my vinyl rig and I... | |
| What kind of gear do you listen to Mars with? So I can't listen to it via my Dynavector? Cheers,Spencer | |
| Warmer sounding Solid State One brief mention of Sunfire above, but worth repeating. They have two sets of outputs, one "voltage" and one "current" so you can use for a more tube-like sound if needed and change it if you ever go to a different speaker. Bob Carver is a somewh... | |
| Another favorite cartridge vanishes.. Dynavector 17D3. GONE! replaced.. @elizabeth Hey, Liz, if you want to stock up with a backup 17D3, somebody just posted one used. @slaw You need to take to Twitter. I drafted one to get you started, "Lyin' cheat' mods! You should be investigating @geoffkait 's emails!". Take a dee... | |
| Best Solution for Ultra Sonic Cleaning Also, if interested you can see pics of the whole US setup on my system page: https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/133 Cheers,Spencer | |
| Best Solution for Ultra Sonic Cleaning Hi @rushton !Rush's suggestions are spot on. If investing in a VPI or similar cost vacuum machine for drying are more than you'd like to spend, I built a manual spinning drying station that works as well as my VPI 16.5 did at a fraction of the cos... | |
| Streamer Advice: Bluesound Node 2 vs Aries Mini vs Oppo FWIW, as a former Oppo 105 owner, although it's a real swiss army knife and well made, the sound quality of its dac is just okay. IMHE, stepping up to something like a Schiit Gungnir multibit(my choice) or Chord Hugo is a huge improvement in almos... | |
| Dumb file size question. You can buy a decent 2TB Seagate usb drive for about $80 on Amazon, etc. Someday you might upgrade your rig and you will be kicking yourself if you compressed files due to the cost of storage. Always go with the larger file sizes and best sound qu... |