mrdon

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DAC Upgrade
Ok, would some respectable audiophile respond to what @audiolouis is talking about when it comes to inversion or inverted polarity... I am starting to feel like trump is president over all music formats and owns gobouz, tidal and roon and we are a... 
Need DAC/Streaming Advice
I see you seedubcris. I started out (my desktop) with Martin Logan's 15's and a Schiit Vidar with the Chord Mojo acting as a pre- and volume control streaming Spotify.. Not too shabby.. Now it is PS M700's, Burchart S400's and Prism Sound Callia s... 
Need DAC/Streaming Advice
Blue sound/node should have never came into the conversation as well as the other "affordable" alternatives.. Save your pennies and get something worth owning, just my opinion.. My target is the Lab12 Dac1 and Aries G1, albeit they are both a futu... 
Dac selections
The Prism Sound Callia, (check out their web page)  As a side note, when i was going through the process of choosing a DAC i looked into Mytek as well and was close to making it a final choice.  About that time, i read about a buyer who had tried ... 
Aurender vs. Roon
Ok, so far it appears Aurender was kicked to the curb at some point in favor of the Innous then Lumin D2 or Lumin U1 in that order... Then I heard NDX 2 XPS 2 or a 555 [Nad?} which I am now going to look at.. I was favoring the Lumin D2 for the fa... 
Aurender vs. Roon
@audiotroy,I have been looking into Aurender and oc course i then heard the name Innous being mentioned. How do you feel about the Lumin D2 or Lumin U1. I already have a DAC (Prism Sound Callia) & streaming Tidal (minus Roon for the time being... 
Aurender vs. Roon
I will say i recently connected an Ideon Audio 3R Renascence between by Imac and Dac (Prism Sound Callia) Within a short time it dropped out meaning i had to disconnect and reconnect so it would recognize the Dac again. It was also pretty warm to ... 
Aurender vs. Roon
So far i have seen quite a bit of discussion, some with an aim to resolve the original question/s and others maybe not. Never the less, i am getting something out of every post and greatly appreciate the bigger picture some of you are painting.. K... 
Aurender vs. Roon
So, it seems that a Roon Nucleus for instance would be a better place to start as far as streamers go than say an Aurender?   
Speaker suggestions
Burchart S300 or S400.... 
Best Surround Amp.
No, I have not tried using the Oppo. I would still need to connect the TV though to.  
Best bookshelf speakers
I agree with @Bache, you are asking for the "sky is the limit" in terms of features but "low ceiling budget." Something has to give.. However, since i am popping off about your situation no one yet has mentioned Elac Debut 6.2 (which i am listenin... 
Advice on buying good CD player that will outperform my Primare cd31
Wow, its a TEAC on steroids.. If you get one of these you in a whole other dimension of CD players...  
Damn it
@wmwatkins,mrdon here, i want to thank you for taking the time to post your reaction/correction. I do not recall if it was you I spoke to on the phone as a follow up to my message although it may have been. None the less I was impressed with the c... 
Damn it
@mzkmxcv, (@CD318)Thanks for the feedback back on the Watkins Gen 4. I would never had known anything about the 1st order crossover and challenges it present to the music quality. The Gen 4's were very close in the running but I went ahead and pre...