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| Comparing Aurender N20 vs eversolo dmp A8 With N20, as others stated, use AES or SPDIF out to take advantage of the N20 superior OCXO clock. Also, the previous owner of the N20 may have never even used USB out and it could benefit from few days of break in. But as others stated, the best ... | |
| Please recommend a coax SPDIF cable similar to the Nordost Tyr 2 Not familiar with Tyr 2 spdif but I haven’t heard a better XLR set than the Tyr 2. The overall balanced is just right and the details and transparency is unbeatable. All this while sounding crystal clear and natural. So I’m not surprised you could... | |
| Back to the DAC I used Bricasti M3 network card connected with high quality Ethernet cables for a while until I tried Aurender N200 via USB into the M3. Blew away using the network card. Internally, the M3 network card is connected to the board using I2S if I am... | |
| Back to the DAC @rbstehno that’s a blanket statement and those are usually incorrect. | |
| Wire break-in safe without speakers? If you’re running an amp you need either the speakers or a dummy load. You can’t run it into thin air. example on amazon… https://a.co/d/e0YrCOa | |
| Aurender N200 - DAC compatability Good way to approach it! There’s a lot of high res content on Qobuz that sounds incredible with N200. I rarely go to my library to play DSD | |
| Aurender N200 - DAC compatability OP go into N200 settings, Advanced. Switch off Native DSD. It will send DoP (dsd over pcm) to your DAC. It should be fine. | |
| Back to the DAC @navyachts congratulations!!!! I am confident you will be blown away. Great choice!!! Let us know when you get it from Bricasti and have your first listen. | |
| How to get AirPlay into my older system. N80 look into WiiM Pro Plus. You can run it into oppo via toslink and it streams Qobuz. Check amazon about $200 and has airplay but you will get better quality streaming Qobuz from it using wiim app. | |
| Back to the DAC M3 should be $3500. Good option to start with but without selling it there’s no upgrade. M1 is a kick ass DAC and it will satisfy you for a long while with good upgrade path. Chord stack will most likely be slightly more analytical than the Bricas... | |
| Benchmark Media Systems. Right or wrong mijostyn OP 8,196 posts 04-30-2024 at 07:13am … @audphile1 If I blinded you you would never be able to tell the difference between most DACs. If I cut one of your ears off you would be half blind. If I cut the other ear off you would be... | |
| Back to the DAC Chord TT2 would be good. you can add Mscaler later. TT2 is good value on used market and is relatively easy to resell. Check sold prices on hifishark. | |
| Back to the DAC @navyachts it’s all the same schiit. In my opinion, although these are decent DACs, they’re not on the level of your system. | |
| I see the issue with ABX blind testing Lol that’s 100%. | |
| I see the issue with ABX blind testing @nonoise … Four single malts Scotches: Cardhu 12 Mortlach (Flora & Fauna 16 yo) Glenlivet 18 Glenmorangie (10 - although erroneously stated as 12) Four blended Scotches: Chivas Gold 18 Ballantine's 17 Johnnie Walker Black 12 ... |