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Decware Sarah 300B Amp?
@tksteingraber      Both amps get positive reviews and are comparably priced but have a different presentation.  
Decware Sarah 300B Amp?
@kennyc  Decware has a 30 day refundable in home policy.  
Decware Sarah 300B Amp?
There is a lot of discussions regarding this amp on the Decware forum and it has been my experience that the members there are very forthcoming with their opinions.  Overall the reviews have been very positive with the majority of the discussions ... 
Anyone listen to entire albums?
I haven't listened to an actual album (vinyl) in a really long time but there are lots of releases I listen to start to finish.  Maybe 10% of the time I'll listen to a playlist but usually the release is interesting enough to play all the way thro... 
Does Every Track Sound Great on Your System?
Yes a consistent frequency response across different songs is a challenge.  You have two choices.  Optimize the bass for each song or shoot for an average that sounds best for most and live with it.   Diana Krall's Temptation sounded OK acoustica... 
Software converting PCM to DSD using DoP
@erik_squires  Two different streamers.  One is the Raspberry PI with the PI2AES hat that can output SPIDF, I2S and AES/EBU using Volumio Software.  It converts everything even DSD files to PCM.  Before installing the Album Player software it was... 
Software converting PCM to DSD using DoP
@audphile1  Yeah you would think but it's not the case.  I spend a lot of time listening, researching and comparing.  It seems to me to be similar to HQPlayer in how it outputs data and DoP is a much blacker background and provides better separat... 
Re: streaming recommendations for newbie
@elliottbnewcombjr Access, convenience terrific, but sound was not good. Eva, Ella, Sarah, Annie, Fontella, Barbra and Donna, .... none of the women’s voices sounded ’right’. I’ve experienced the same thing. Female voices sound almost mecha... 
Am I right for this forum?
@tomic601   I'm just a guy with a hobby.  On the MC System post there is a photo of the group at the meet up,  I'm the good looking one. In real life?  Do you mean in a metaphysical, philosophical or 3d dimensional sense?  You can check my po... 
Am I right for this forum?
I hate to say it but you probably don't belong here.  For the first thing your stereo setup was WAY TO NEAT  Where are the jumble of wires the size of fire hoses strewn all over the house?  Where are the special power plugs "required" to provide p... 
Noob question about streaming . . .
I believe with HEOS you are able to access the Amazon Music Service.  I found it provided a better quality than Spotify with pretty much the same access to about any music you should choose to listen too.  I never had a HEOS so I could be mistaken... 
15k for streamer and dac....how much on each?
@kcpellethead  Thank you.  If I had 15K a used Bartok Apex would be my goal.    
Solar Eclipse Music
You Want It Darker  Leonard Cohen  
Streamer only
You can isolate your DAC from your computer quite easily.  The majority of the the noise generated by the computer is in  the power line that runs side by side with the data lines inside the cable. A simple $5 USB adapter that removes the power f... 
Importance of a DAC's elements
From my perspective streamers are simply purpose built computers that provide a digital signal to your dac.  That can be as simple a single board computer like the Raspberry PI to some of the ultra expensive highly modified computers that go as fa...