Recent content by LordHill

I have used various combinations of hardware (Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Sonos, Naim SuperUniti, Argon Stream 2, PC lap Top, Chord Hugo TT) to get the best SQ and useability from streaming Spotify to a HiFi whilst using an iPhone to control and so hopefully my findings below will be helpful. To...

I recently acquired a second hand Chord SPM 1000B power amp on eBay. It was a bit of a punt because I could only find one short review from a private user and so I thought I would record my experience here as this may be of interest to someone in the future. Owners of SuperUniti's and PMC's may...

Tidal was set up for lossless and also indicated the stream as "HiFi" when being played. I Have tried a few other tracks today and def better sound from FLAC via NAS. I can live without Tidal but not Spotify.

Great review and spot on conclusions. I have now been trying Tidal for about 10 days and whilst it is a very good, intuitive interface, its not as good as Spotify in terms of searching and speed. With both Spotify and Tidal apps open on my phone and then playing the same track via Airplay I...

Thanks for all your replies on this, Dommer. Yes, I did disable the speakers on the UQ. From your reply (and Davedotco below) I now have an understanding as to why the Marantz is not adding any value to the set up, so thanks to both of you for that. I will now consider selling the Marantz so I...

I would be very grateful for any answers the forum can provide to the following: I bought a second hand Naim UnitiQute (the original one, 30WPC into 8ohm) to act as a network player and DAC for 24/96 files off a NAS drive and also streaming Spotify (Via Apple TV). I want to use the UQ as my...

Thanks for the further suggestions. I would be more inclined to go with an irDAC/Sonos combo rather than rDAC/Kleer, although I note it works very well for you. It’s interesting to note that the DAC in the airDAC is closer to the rDAC and whilst I would like to get the airDAC to work, unless...

By way of an update, i have copied below an email I sent earlier to Sevenoaks and who have been very helpful so far! I tried both DACs over the course of last week and really liked them both. I have to say that I could not choose between them on sound. They were both a welcomed improvement on...

Hi James. The M-DAC looks very interesting, thanks for the rec. I've just spoken to Seveoaks and they are lending me an M-DAC and an Arcam irDAC to try out next week...update to follow.

Hi James, whoops! I had the wrong Marantz code in my signature thanks for spotting it so I could correct. I have the amp, not the CD. Your thoughts on a seperate DAC are welcomed. I'll have a look and check back in later.

I recently bought an open box Tannoy TS2.12 Sub on eBay at £350 (RRP 550-650 ish) so I thought I would update this thread for reference.This is the Sub which Tannoy suggest you match to the 6.2/6.4 Prescision's as part of a 5.1 home av system (and which cannibal had suggested) which I am using...

Hi Cannibal, I searched for REL B2 on ebay but nothing found but dont worry as I'm going to take some time looking aorund. That said, I did see a Miller and Kreisel V-1250THX for £300 which has a decent spec. Thanks for the rec on the audiolab and the heads up on how the Marantz switches to...