Recent content by steve59

The only new dac's I've hears are budget pieces. I'm the guy that comes into the shop and takes weeks to months to decide on a product and then has the patience to wait for that product come down to a price I'm willing to pay. I've inquired about cables and been talked out of trying any because...

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I just need to get to a shop that can do a side by side for me. Someone here recommended lumin and I can get a comparison between that the icon, dac1 and dac 2 all today which I'll do unless my offer on a pair of blade meta's is accepted.

I think he told me to try the node, even though he warned me it wouldn't sound any different, was because I told him bluesound owners were still claiming to get mqa on tidal thru their systems. I'm not dropping $12k on a dac, but if I can get one second hand, or get a demo box and the sound...

I was sent home with the node lcon dac/streamer. I’ve spent several hours trying to get the icon to use roon because the Bluesound streaming menu, app is nowhere near as refined at this point and I can’t use the dac without it. This dealer carries lumin and maybe tomorrow I’ll return the icon...

completely agree about the recording quality and recording resolution and formats, well i can swap out megabuck speaker wires and not hear an improvement either way, but there's several 24/192 mqa's I'd happily pay to own specifically for their sound.

To this point I haven't heard a $15k dac because no dealer has offered to compare any for me.

I'm not arguing that as I've been a roon and tidal subscriber since at least 2019, I'm saying there's several bluesound users, bluesound of the lembrook group, the group that also bought mqa that have been telling on their screen mqa recordings are still showing up. So after explaining why I'm...

I have bluesound users coming out of the woodwork telling me tidal is still streaming MQA, now I just used the icon with the bluesound software and tbh it's pretty lame compared to roon regarding formats, but I'm just getting started.

At times I think this forum is way above my pay grade. not that I can't afford the gear, but I can't imagine spending that kind of cash. What would be the % of audible difference between 3 figure modern dac and a 5 figure one? I'm not being rude intentionally, I'm currently shopping for a dac...

He was referring to any of the modern dac's. I mentioned my appreciation for several 24/192 MQA recordings on tidal {thru roon) and he said I could take home a bluesound node to compare to my nucleus so I'll see if it makes a difference, can't argue with the price.

I'll bring something home this weekend. Go Bears!

There's a song that I've played many times but recently the drum beats caused a static like distortion to come from the woofers of my speakers. first thing I did was swap out speakers but the distortion remained. I'm streaming and at least need to try a different unit to eliminate the dac as the...

This dealer is telling me he has nothing that I'd be able hear any reliable difference in. When I've taken speaker wire home there's been occasions when I could hear a slight difference, but not enough to pick a favorite, so if all dac's sound tonally similar enough I'd likely buy the cheaper...

A local dealer is telling me upgrading from the dac1 in my mac c49 would be inaudible. True my hearing sensitivity drops like a rock after 11 khz, but really?