Recent content by labelman68

Anybody like the Gold Note IS1000 Deluxe all-in-one at $6K? Thinking about going with this and pairing with Encore ENC-5's for my small office. Just need a good headphone stage to pair with it.

I like those. I wonder how the sound quality is on that Brooklyn?

Doesn't ship til June. Did you see the Empire?! $20,000!

I'm hoping to keep the following components to under $15K (ideally $12K) (in order of importance:) Quality Bookshelf speakers (want to spend 1/3rd of budget here) Amp (prefer tubes) Headphones Turntable DAC/Streamer

Thanks for the recommend. Do they have a streamer such as this with a really good DAC? Trying to avoid too many boxes: Streamer, DAC, Amp, Headphone Amp... Ideally i'd have a really good DAC + amp (w/ good built-in headphone amp)

Is there a good DAC + Streamer? I was using a Uniti Atom but the sound was 'just okay'.

I think I need an education on this. I thought I understood it but perhaps not. I want to stream Tidal tracks at the highest quality w/ MQA unfold but don't want the phone/ipad/laptop to be the source of a degrade in quality.

Thank you Hans, exactly the kind of feedback i'm looking for.

Okay, thank you tech-heads for the clarification. The question is still the same. I'm interested in the apps used by the streamers- not wanting to build an overly complex system. I prefer to use an ipad or phone to control the 'streamer'. So i'm interested in learning which ones have the...

I don't think I was clear. Several DAC manufacturers have their own proprietary streaming apps. Naim has one, Gold Note another, etc... Tidal, QoBuzz, Spotify and other services can be run though these apps. This eliminates the need for a computer to stream. I'm looking for feedback on the...

For me the usability/user friendliness of a DAC's streaming software is as important as the sound. I'd be curious to hear people's experiences with various manufacturer's apps to see which are the most user friendly, bug free, etc...

Yes, this is what i'm hearing from people (low sensitivity of these speakers will result in having to crank up the volume to get good bass). Good to hear you're getting a different result. So you like the bass w/ volume at lower levels? I'm looking at a Luxman tube amp w/ loudness control.

I have a small room and listen rather closely. I'm using a Uniti Atom and some older Martin Logan 4s and looking to upgrade the whole system with a great turntable, tube amp and a different DAC. A local dealer demo'd me on the Harbeth P3 XD's and the vocals came through with crystal clarity-...

Thanks AVDude. But i'd still need an amp. What do you recommend? I'm looking to drive some good desktop (non-powered) speakers and my Sennheisser HDVD800's or Audeze LCD-3's should i decide to upgrade. I'm running Martin Logan 4's right now but want to upgrade those.

Thanks All. Good stuff. I'm told Tos is best and the Macbook 2018 headphone jack doubles as a mini-tos so with the right cable (mini-tos to toslink) i'm good. I'm also told that Tos is better than USB so i'll go with that. Scratching my head now on this though- maybe I don't need the Atom...