Recent content by Bsmooth

Now that is a great post indeed ! Everything wrapped up in a nice little bundle and all so true, If only to read the truth. Now that I have so much access to so may different kinds of music with Amazon Music its so great to go from old recordings to new ones, and so may styles and choices...

I have to say you've done your homework with that list, its almost identical to the one I have for small speakers as well. I was looking into replacing my just about the same age Paradigm Atoms. I also like progressive rock which is similar. I would also consider Audioengine 5+ powered speakers...

I'm not so sure anymore of this. I took the node upstairs and did a comparison of the Firestick and Node using my powered Audioengine 5+ speakers. Soundstage was better with the Node, but I did hear at least to me slightly better highs with the Firestick. But I'm talking very subtle differences...

What I'm wondering is I live near the ocean, and the salt air degrades everything. Ages ago it ruined my Yamaha CR-1020 receiver(talk about a classic)https://classicreceivers.com/yamaha-cr-1020, basically all the switches and rotary controls stopped working. Took it to see what was wrong and the...

This will be a bit long, but I think it will keep your interest. 1st what I have: Bedroom- Firestick 4K into an audio extractor(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074HHSJVN?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details) and then into a powered pair of Audioengine 5+ speakers. I also run it thru a small TV thru...

So If I had my single ethernet cable coming into this: https://www.amazon.com/Poyiccot-Splitter-Ethernet-Connector-Workable/dp/B0152IGVL6 Just a picture example Into the single end and then attached the node to one coming out and the AV receiver to the other. Now understanding only one would be...

BTW out of the 2 DAC's available, either the one in the Node or the one in my Yamaha receiver, which one is probably better ?

I'm losing a lot throughout the house. Getting 280 mbps at router/Modem thru comcast. But If I use Wifi that signal speed degrades to 20-30 mbps by the time it gets upstairs I'm using Cat 6 Ethernet cable. What I really want to know is the splitter for the Node2i and TV. I'll never run both at...

Hooking up a Node 2i and just ran the cable today. I have one ethernet cable going into a cabinet with my TV, AV Receiver and Node 2i. Now either the Node will be on or the TV, but not both unless I"m looking for something. heres my question, If I use a splitter with my main coming in to both...

For some strange reason all the instructions I received don't include english. Which RCA jacks on the back of my receiver do I connect the Node 2i to ? While I'm at it, which ones on the Node 2i do I connect to? There are a lot of jacks on here so its a bit confusing to say the least, plus I'm...

Depends on what you want out of your system as well.If you want both a multi channel and stereo as well, then invest wisely and put your money into what you need. From the research I've done Denon and Marantz are pretty much what you want and need from an AV, at least for reasonable prices...

As soon as I get it and try it for awhile I'll sure let everyone know.

I'm sure some purists will say separates are better, and in some respects they are probably right. But you can also build a lot of this and more into an AV receiver as well. Mine is older, a Yamaha RX-V757 but its a classic It does 2 channel when I want just music, but it also does one of my...

Ok I watched the video, and he touches on the streaming music routing or triangle as he says. I want my Tablet(Fire 8 ) out of the stream routing, and just used as a control only.But he doesn't exactly say how to do this or direct streaming of music. When I try and do a search all I get is...

Thanks I've just started as you can tell. I just found his site a few days ago, and I must say its very interesting