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| Manley Chinook or Any comparable Preamp? I've been super happy with my Chinook. I've also had Jolida JD9 and Musical Surroundings Phonomena Nova phono stages. The Chinook is in another class, much quieter than the JD9 and more detailed and dynamic than either the Jolida or Phonomena. | |
| PC+Dac or Streamer I have yet to have any issues with my BlueSound Node 2 either losing my library or dropping out on music, but I've only had it a couple of months. I have a strong wireless router and a wireless access point set up in my rack with a 4 port Etherne... | |
| Anybody else using AV880x as 2 channel preamp? I used my AV8801 for two channel listening for quite a while, then added a Modwright LS100 preamp with HTBP. Wish I would have done that a long time ago, I didn't realize how much of the music I was missing with the AV8801. Not that it sounded b... | |
| PC+Dac or Streamer For me it's as much about convenience as sound quality. I have a streamer in my office, but I hardly ever use it because it's a lot easier to play Tidal, Spotify, files from my network, etc. from my desktop since I'm sitting in front of it alread... | |
| Best Phone Stage for under $1,000.000 I make no claims as to it being the "best", but you can find used Musical Surroundings Nova Phonomena units for well below $1K. It's a very neutral unit, very quiet, and has a ton of loading and gain settings. I also like the Jolida JD9 in that ... | |
| Integrated amplifier search I have a Peachtree Nova 300. If you want all the bells and whistles, a lot of power, a small and attractive unit that sounds good, it's worth checking out. I recently purchased a Heed Elixir, and am very happy with it. No bells or whistles othe... | |
| Audeze LCD-3 Over Ear Headphones I have LCD-2 and LCD-XC and have listened to LCD-4. No experience with the LCD-3. The LCD-4 are the best headphones I have ever listened to. I haven't listened to all of the TOTL headphones, but I liked them better than Focal Utopia and Sony ... | |
| Mr. Obvious (?) - digital source (burn) I've been slowly copying my CD collection to a dedicated hard drive on my network. It's more for convenience sake than sound quality. It's much easier to scroll through a list on the screen of my phone or tablet than dig through piles of discs. I... | |
| Warm, lush and dark ... Dac up to 1.2K The original post is over a year old. Guessing the OP has already made their choice. | |
| My first Tube Amplifier I heard a Primaluna integrated at a local dealer matched up with some Klipsch La Scala speakers and fell in love with the tube sound. I wanted something a little less "syrupy" for lack of a better word and ended up with a second hand Audio Researc... | |
| Roon vs Bluesound Apples and oranges for the most part. Roon is a _software_ solution for managing your music that is dependent on hardware (a Roon "core" and Roon "endpoints").Bluesound is hardware for streaming, ripping, distributing your music that includes som... | |
| Modern AV Receiver vs Amp / Pre-Amp separates? Genuine question I can't answer that question, but Modwright is a small company and everything is hand assembled. They don't have the economies of scale someone like Marantz would to recover their initial design and machining costs. I bought mine used and did no... | |
| Modern AV Receiver vs Amp / Pre-Amp separates? Genuine question @ethanhallbeyer Someone else can probably explain this better than I can, but the fact that there are so few electronics and that they are of better quality and more isolated in a unit like the LS100 is exactly what allows it to sound better. The... | |
| So I have a DAC; now what Player should I look at? The BlueSound Node 2 is excellent and connected to a good DAC, can provide great sound quality.To the person who asked "Why should the OP pay for another DAC?" I would say "why not?". The BlueSound’s main purpose is to be a streamer. The DAC is a ... | |
| TIDAL-Who knows what you are hearing? Don't Ask, Don't Tell. You're over-complicating this. Tidal sounds great. Period. |