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| Amazon Music and Bluesound Node 2i 1 month into a 3 month Amazon HD trial, I'm finding a number of albums or tracks on Amazon, that play as expected in the Amazon app, but do not play at all in BlueOS.So far, the vast majority of albums & tracks play on both the app and from Bl... | |
| New Bluesound Node – First Impressions I've used a Node 2i for 18 months and I agree with many here that it's a great, easy to live with streamer with a mediocre DAC for a modest price.An external, higher quality DAC definitely improved my SQ. A Morrow coaxial cable and $150 power cabl... | |
| Bin dug noisy records. Does it diminish your enjoyment? Search for record cleaning service on eBay.There's a guy there who uses high end cleaning equipment to clean your records.https://www.ebay.com/itm/163620669060Not a long term solution, obviously..but you could send a few and hear how the process ... | |
| Table for your Turntable? Show ‘em offf! Waterbedfred, you cannot upload pictures here.You can share photos online and put a link to them in your message.Imgur.com is a free site where you can do this.I have a custom built mahogany audio cabinet that a friend made for me 40 years ago. I... | |
| Tubes for Magnepan’s. Maggie 1.7's are not great a low volumes...they don't sound like Maggies at low volumes.A tube preamp and a high current ss amp is a good way to go. OP, in your original post, you said you upgraded the crossovers and planer tweeters. 1.7i's are e... | |
| Is D for Dry? Class D... Carlsbad: Nailed it! | |
| New Bluesound Node might make older node easy/cheap entry point for reluctant streamers I'm seeing prices declining on eBay already. Not dropping off a cliff, but definitely trending lower.Saw one 2i sell for $220, but that was definitely a freak occurrence...to the dismay of the seller.Saw another that was at $179 1 min and 13 secon... | |
| What is your favorite album cover? Lowrider57, I agree. H.R. Giger is hard to beat! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Alan Parsons: EveTen Years After: A Space In Time | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? Here are some of the younger audiophileshttps://youtu.be/HqRJpq-hcRQhttps://youtu.be/C5Wo53s4AjE | |
| Samsung flat screen TV’s I have a 12 year old, 1080p LG and it's as sharp as it ever was. My 3½ year old 4K LG is looking great as well.I had a Visio 1080p in a spare room, that croaked 1 month after it's one year warranty expired.Most of my family members had had great l... | |
| Symphony Pro PS-1 Harmonic Resonator. Asset or snake oil? I should have searched Audiogon before posing the question.It was a topic in April of this year.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/i-have-had-the-add-powr-wizard-in-my-system-for-a-couple-of-w... | |
| Make way for the future.... The BlueSound Power one 2i has been around quite a while and does much of the same thing, minus the pretty screen that you can't read from listening position and at a fraction of the price, if you're into that sort of thing. Granted, the DAC prob... | |
| Symphony Pro PS-1 Harmonic Resonator. Asset or snake oil? Thanks all.To me, it reeks of snake oil... just wondering if, to my surprise, anyone had any experience with such a device. | |
| Do you have ways to ease use of vinyl? @skyscraper, If you Google: tonearm lifter, you'll find at least a dozen devices that lift a tonearm up at the end of an album. They range from $39 up to $350+.If you add the word: review, at the end, you'll find reviews... although it would be i... |