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johnziomas

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Turntable recommendation
We just got back in to the Vinyl side of things. Fjuance RT85 (comes with Ortofon Blue cartridge) and IfI Zen Phono Preamp. Cost was around $800, sounds wonderful, don’t need anything more nor to spend thousands of $s to get 2% improvement in SQ... 
Can't get ipad to control Tidal on Mini
Messaged you also.  Are you using a Mac Mini computer or Windows?Audirvana is only for Mac I believe, to use its remote app, you have to be running Audirvana software on your Mac, and the remote app actually controls that software not Tidal.maybe ... 
Question for Oppo 105 owners...digital out to an external DAC ?
Is your question how to connect it?  Doesn't it have a Coax or Optical output that you can connect to the DAC? 
Looking for an upgrate from Cronus Magnum
Agree w/above.plus the combination of the 2 in step A, especially adding a sub, will give you the best improvement in my opinion. 
What to buy....Auralic Aries, Sony Hap-ZES, or Auralic Altair?
same as Johnd, went from dedicated laptop to Aries mini and haven't had any issues at all 
Next jump in performance
biggest jump in your performance will be in better performing speakers, then amplifier, source might slightly help by going to a non-pc server/player. 
Amp's Line-Out to Subwoofer?
that's what I do, and works fine.  Take the xlr out of the DAC to the sub (use crossover and level adjustment on the sub) and RCA out of the DAC to the main speakers amp.  would be nice to be able to cut some of the lows going to the mains, but it... 
Can't get ipad to control Tidal on Mini
devilboy, you use the Ipad as a remote control and you control everything on the mini.  The music will be from your Tidal in the Mini.  It is essentially like your IPad is a mouse and keyboard for your mini. 
Anyone love TIDAL lossless streaming like I do?
devilboy, it's because when you use tracks on the Ipad, you are using Tidal on Ipad.  See my other post, you can't do it this way (without a seperate app) with Tidal. 
Can't get ipad to control Tidal on Mini
you have to use a seperate app, you can't control Tidal on one unit by Tidal in another.Use Chrome remote desktop and that should do it, you use it on the Ipad to control the nini.  That's what I used to do before i got an Auralic streamer 
Speaker cable lengths doe it matter they are not equal???
you will notice no difference 
Looking for a network player
I listened to both a month ago, couldn't tell any difference, I went with the Aeries mini, less expensive, can add hard drive on it, etc.  Works great. 
Looking for a Network Music Player
just got the Auralic Aeries mini a couple of weeks ago and I'm extremely happy with it, fits your requirements.  I use an outboard DAC. 
AQ King Cobra vs AA Black Mamba II
the king cobra is very "dark?"  ho much high frequencies action with it. 
Which CD Transport for Aesthetix Pandora Signature DAC
I would recommend going digital, no reason anymore to use physical CDs or spend $s on CD players/transports in my opinion.  Tidal is CD quality, and if you want to rip your CDs there are plenty easy ways of doing it.