Claiming the title of the world‘s poorest audiophile, and living in a studio apartment, have never once regretted the decision to stream. Hoarding vinyl in such a space causes mental health issues. Just trying to keep my sanity! Lol. 😂
Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end?
I have a good analogue front end. Not stratuspherically good but good enough for this comparison. VPI Prime Signature 21 turntable, Pass Labs XP-25 pono preamp, Pass Labs XP-30 preamp and Hovland Radia amp. It has a lovely, very involving sound. On the right recording, I just drop everythng and am drawn in to listen.
My streamer, on the other hand, is decent but not spectacular. It is better than my CD player, but it is not jaw-dropping like my analogue front-end. My question is this: does anyone have a high-end, tier-one streamer (dCS Bartok Apex, Lumin X2, or something like them) that can rival a good analogue system?
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How about a Aurender music streamer with a Mytek Brooklyn DAC? I think that combo would exceed your expectations. https://aurender.com/home/n200/ https://mytek.audio/shop/brooklyn-bridge-original-301?category=4#attr=21 Matt M
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I think it’s absolutely possible to have the best of both worlds: analog and digital, and enjoy what each does best. Besides my analog system, I currently use two digital systems. One is a HiFi Rose RS130 connected to a Gustard R30 via I2S. Besides sounding excellent, it also offers a beautiful user experience, both on its built-in screen and on an external monitor. The other system is sonically superior, although a bit more geek-oriented: a Linux computer running HQPlayer Embedded, doing upsampling and sending 768 kHz PCM files to the Gustard in NOS mode. It’s impressive how a US$300 software package can compete with DACs that cost many thousands of dollars. |
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