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Hi all, I finally bought the Advanced Playstream A1. I chose it mainly for its Bluetooth connectivity with my projector and phone (I know these aren’t exactly hi-fi priorities, sorry!) and for its low price — I found it for 295 EUR. Now, I’m having a somewhat inconsistent experience. Some songs...

Even for bluetooth built-in like Wiim Amp ?

Hi, thanks a lot for this recommendation. If i understand well, if the bluetooth is not built-in in the ampli, it would cause an important quality loss if connect it via bluetooth stick. I imagine Wiim with their bluetooth connectivity, they limite that loss. Ultra Amp is indeed a bit outside...

Considering that I listen to music most of the time from my Apple Music, i would need to find a bluetooth stick. Would I lose any audible quality from NAD ? For Audiolab 6000A mkII is twice my budget, even though clearly it's the winner here

Thanks for sharing these. But my budget is 500 EUR. And buying second hand worries me especially these are sensitive machines for the logistics with difficult return conditions.

With digital playlist I meant Spotify/Apple Music.. For Playstream, I meant ADVANCE PARIS X-i50BT (confusion coming from some websites) Sorry, somehow i pissed you

Yes indeed, it's complicated because of too many criteria to consider for now and future. But that's valid with many tech devices. I think I will learn along the way more what I need from an ampli. For now, what I need is to get the max pleasure out of my Dali speakers from my digital playlist...

And could you explain why you would recommend NAD 316BEE v2 over other amplifiers ? Because I think I have seen this model mentioned several times

Price wise (420 EUR) it's inside my budget. But here we go, I am having more options instead of narrowing down :) I guess because this choice remains very personal. I understand the ideal is to listen them all but in reality not possible in where I live.

I found a deal with 285 EUR. I haven't seen this model before in any forum discussions. If it will match well with Oberon 5, price-wise it looks good! Do you have any experience with that ?

Rotel A8 is at 390 EUR but with DAC (don't know how ,uch a decent one costs) it will be more expensive. Audiolab 6000a is still around 1kEUR here, so outside my budget. Marantz doesn't have a bluetooth built-in but i guess easy/cheap to add one.

Hi everyone, I’m new to the Hi-Fi world and really struggling with all the technical details. I’ve read so many forum threads trying to make the best choice for my first setup, but I still can’t quite synthesise everything. Instead of relying on ChatGPT, I thought I’d ask for recommendations...