mcgal
Responses from mcgal
| Aurender N20 upsampling with tambaqui I am not a fan of upsampling anything. I prefer having everything to play natively. I have my N20 connected to my Tambaqui via USB to be able to play 352 files and not limited to 192 via AES | |
| Power cord for Aurender N20? I prefer having the same brand cabling to my components. I use an Acoustic Zen Krakatoa PC to my Aurender N20 and love the way it sounds. Just my $.02. | |
| Anyone interested in an audio get together in Northest Ohio? I will be happy to attend. Sounds like fun, Paul | |
| Anyone interested in an audio get together in Northest Ohio? Thanks for the follow up. I would be interested in attending. Thanks Paul | |
| Anyone interested in an audio get together in Northest Ohio? I didn't realize there was a group of audiophiles in the Cleveland area. I live in Twinsburg and would be interested in meeting up individually or in a group to discuss systems and music. Paul | |
| To biwire or not to biwire, that is the question I agree with unsound for longer interconnects and shorter speaker cables if possible if not I would recommend one set of better speaker cables with better jumpers. Of course everyone has an opinion of what a better speaker cable is. I also find bi... | |
| Aurender N20 Music Server Comments and Observations I like the look of the full color screen on the N20. I prefer to use my W20SE in critical listening mode, with the screen off, though. | |
| Bi-wiring B&W 607 Suggestions Sorry for the misprint. For me, bi-wiring speakers didn't improve sound quality as much as upgrading my speaker cables and adding quality jumpers. | |
| Bi-wiring B&W 607 Suggestions For me, bi-wiring speakers didn't improve sound quality as much as upgrading my speaker cables with quality jumpers. | |
| Blue Jeans Cable Sound Good??? I find BJC to be a great value for the money. They will custom make them to the length that you want and attach a decent connector. I have never had an issue with them. Are there better cables out there? Of course, but I don't see many at that pri... | |
| Time to upgrade McIntosh MX135, maybe. I have an almost as old MX136 that I use as my main pre/pro on my HT system. I use an Oppo 105D now and have used a 205 with it. I have the HDMI from the Oppo going directly into my projector and the audio going into the Mx136. It sounds and look... | |
| Speaker wire isolators - Do they improve SQ? I have cable risers on my system. I don't know if they make my system sound better but I do like the way they look compared to the cables just lying on the floor. They are the least expensive items in my system so I can easily justify the cost. | |
| Headphone Amp for Focal Utopias? I purchased an Ayon HA-3 single-ended-triode tube amp for my Focal Utopias. I really love that tubby sound late at night when I can't listen to main system when my wife goes up to bed. | |
| MQA? Rbodner, since you have a high level system, I am sure you will be able to hear an improvement with MQA. I only have an Aurender N10 streaming into a Berkeley Ref 2 MQA Dac with Tidal MQA and I prefer MQA over CD quality every time. | |
| Streaming vs. CD In my system, I generally prefer the sound quality of CD's over Tidal CD, Tidal MQA or Qobuz. I admit that I do usually listen to Tidal through my Aurender N10 since it is so simple to use and I don't need to get up and switch CD's. Streaming is u... |