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I am toying with buying it because it rips my CD collection and I can play that in other parts of the house or on my patio system. have the new Node but I can’t hear any difference. This store in the Chicagoland area has the BlueSound Node 2i for $450 if you can’t locate anywhere else. If you can stream all of your CDs you will leave your CD collection be until you get a killer DAC and run you CD/transport through it. The built in DAC is equivalent to a $500-$600 DAC. It is a DAC because it has a toslink input. You can get a BlueSound Node 2i for $450 right now. Lumin does sound better and is killer at locating your other music on your network. I prefer the BlueSound app over the Lumin app. I do have a really good sounding DAC to put my BlueSound Node into. I feel it is way better than the Marantz. Take the money you have and save up for a stronger DAC streamer. I think you need the Audysee app for that type of calibration. I would recalibrate your Audysee to adjust 300 hz and below. The HEOS app makes the marantz be the streamer/DAC. Use your computer to rip to FLAC and store on an external drive, or from a network share. 2 USB ports for HD/SSD and/or flash drives you don’t have to stream across the network with the USB options. The D2 requires the UPNP server to steam across the network.ĭisplay is small, but the more I use the iPhone app, the less I miss the larger screens. $2300, but shop…Īnything you do will be better than the analog out as as well as the DAC in a notebook or smartphone.
#Minidsp tidal connect install#
I did finally install the recommended MinimServer on my NAS, and have begun the process of cleaning up tags and album art. Very good sound quality with upscaling for my older, crappy MP3. I’ve settled on the Lumin D2 and am liking it a lot. A heavy unit with many buildings items that live up to the “Grand Class” category. Next was the Technics Sl-G700 this was a heavy-duty SACD/streamer which had exquisite sound, but a tiny 2-line screen (and no external option). I did have a NodeVault for a test - decent ripper with usable options. The Cambridge 851n is awesome, yet I returned it as it requires a UPNP Server, and this made my music on a simple shared folder on my NAS quite unusable.
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I’ve used the Cocktail Audio n25 and the x45. Both decent streamers with decent DACs. Both these have a nice screen, and HDMI outs for your TV or AVR- a nice feature when you wan to browse from your listening position. Prices are reasonable.
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Do these/any streamers work well without internet access to see or pull up music from a hard drive on my phone using an app through bluetooth (does that make sense?)ĭoes anyone have experience or suggestions on the ones I'm looking at or others I haven't suggested? Thanks!
I would to take the streamer (well, more specifically a hard drive with my music on it) to a cabin where I don't have internet access. I do not have a dedicated DAC unit and would prefer not to purchase one. That's why I'm leaning toward the Cambridge audio CXV/851N or one of the Cocktail Audio ones. One key component is the WAF.one thing that we both like and feel it would fit in with our system is a small screen on the streamer that displays the album art (I know we should base it on sound and sound alone, but damnit, it's 2021! I want great sound and good looks!).
My budget is between $1000 - 1500 with some flexibility. From what I've been reading, I will likely get Qobuz, as it seems to get more positive reviews than the other services.
I know the Bluesound Vault 2 would do the job, but, for what I've gathered, the sound quality just isn't up to par. I've been looking at Cambridge audio and Cocktail Audio for streamers. Krell KSP 7B (sometimes switched with a Berning TF10) I'm also a cheapish bastard that's not willing to drop a ton of money on a streamer. So if I sacrifice sound for ripping, then forget it. I'm still on the fence about that.nice to have, but I'm not completely sold on this yet (meaning that I probably won't buy any more CD's, so whatever I rip will be a one time thing (granted a long thing, but whatever)). I have about 300 - 400 CD's that would be nice to rip to a server with some sort of loss-less format.
#Minidsp tidal connect upgrade#
Recently, the CD's have been gathering dust while I hook up an ipad with the headphone jack to the preamp listening to youtube the majority of the time, and I'm ready to upgrade from that. I'm starting to look into a dedicated streamer.
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