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Although I have not heard it, judging from the DAC I had in a 2500 pre amp, The DAC in your MA 1200 I am sure is very, very good. You most likely are then best to go with a streamer without a built in DAC. As another poster mentioned, "if you can for-go MQA" I have been very happy with a Bryston BDA-3. The BDP-3 does not have a built in hard drive but allows the user to install one. This saves some cash. You can order optional build in WiFi or just run an ethernet cable to a WiFi extender or directly to you router/switch. It can be used as a ROON endpoint. As I have mentioned before, in my experience, the sound quality of ripped files and Qobuz was not as good using ROON compared to the Bryston software. ROON SQ may be improved by running a dedicated ROON server directly to the Bryston via ethernet however. Also, Bryston customer support is second to none. Enjoy the Hunt!
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I'm going to give the Auralic G2.1 a spin.
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The Computer Audiophile loves the Auralic G2.1. He put it on the Cash list.
https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/revie...ries-g21-r965/ |
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Thank you!
I can say that for the price, the Bluesound does perfectly the job and I don’t see why I would want to spend a bunch of money , I stay interested in a test of a Lumin/Aurender/Bartok in my home through my setup; that’s the only way to make a decision, like I did when I bought my Wilson Audio Alexia’s. |
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Bonjour Jean-Marc, You should, in that price range, also include the Grimm MU1 in your tests. It's the one I picked after extensive comparing. You're welcome here to hear it!
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Thank you very much Bart, I visited their website and the MU1 seems very interesting, if I decided to test high price streamers I'll include it.
How did you make your choice, Bart? Did you compare different streamers, which ones, at home or at the dealer? |
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I heard different Aurender and Lumin streamers at shows and dealers. I wanted Roon, so Aurender was off the list. Then I did extensive listening tests at my dealer. Speakers and electronics there are very comparable to my set-up at home, and I have been listening to his system on quite a lot of occasions now. You probably read my comparison between the Grimm and the Auralic G2.1. The difference was really huge (after just one piano note my buddy and I knew already, but we did listen for hours ). I was surprised because before the comparison, I had already more or less decided to buy the Auralic, which I had heard on earlier sessions, and experienced it as a great streamer. The Grimm device has a clock that is loved in recording studios, does the upsampling (so that the DAC doesn't have to do this heavy task), and is also a Roon core. In a magazine they tested this Roon core against the Roon Nucleus Plus, and the author found the Roon core of the MU1 sounded, much to his surprise, better than his Roon Nucleus Plus (maybe because of the high grade clock?). I had a cheap streamer to dip my toes into the world of Qobuz and Tidal. It sounded good and I wasn't expecting too much from an expensive solution. Boy, was I wrong! Our TV hasn't seen much use since we bought the MU1... Bonne chance Jean-Marc! Edit: the Lumin U1 was also a candidate, but when you consider the price of a Lumin U1 + a good Roon server + a high quality clock, you easily exceed the retail price of the MU1.
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Thank you very much, Bart, very interesting for me.
I'm going to read again and with more attention your MU1/Auralic comparison. |
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