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    Streamer vs cd player

    Streamer all the way! I initially went to streaming around 2009 as I was moving house and wanted to ‘declutter’ my living room - no more CD’s lying around. I ripped all my CD’s to FLAC and set up a Logitech Media Server / Squeezebox system with a small server put away in a storage cabinet (I...
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    Lots of joy with modest system.

    Raspberry Pi4,IQAudio HAT DAC/Amp, Monitor Audio Silver RX1 speakers - all running as a Squeezebox player. Honestly don’t need much more at moderate volume levels...
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    System Pics 2022

    Famous last words in audio! :) Thanks for your feedback!
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    System Pics 2022

    How do those panels work with the rearward firing woofers of the Dutch 8c’s? Curious as I’m planning those panel for a planned revamp of my AV back wall. looking at a dark charcoal color as I find a dark wall makes the TV less obvious when off (less of a black square on white wall effect), and...
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    5.1 processor as stereo pre advice

    Neat set-up @bazza. ! I like the way the system is hidden in that little corner, and how you have hidden the speaker cables!
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    5.1 processor as stereo pre advice

    The answer depends (of course ;-) ) how you want to use the processor... > If you want to decode newer formats (DTS-HD, Dolby True HD, Atmos) through the processor you need a newer model. The coax / optical in will only do ‘plain' DD/DTS. > If you want to switch newer video formats (4K, HDR...
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    Tag McLaren 100x4R

    Looks great! I recall that these amps were ‘ok’ back in the day, but didn’t set the world alight. Similar priced offerings from Parasound and Rotel were perceived as being better if my memory serves me right. Very curious what these upgrades do! Kevin is such a nice guy, a true pleasure to do...
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    Your loudspeaker history...?

    Not much.. Some speaker on a Philips midi set. Jamo Graduate 3 on the same midi set (teenage years, thought they were the bomb!) Mission 753 (non freedom). With first a 75c center and 731 rears, replaced by a single 751 for center and 752 rears. ATC SMC40. With C3C center and SCM11 rear. This...
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    Your loudspeaker history...?

    Would love to watch a movie with that!
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    Any Buchardt A500 users?

    True. However I think the difference is that with more ‘traditional’ audio such as passive speakers, a non-streaming, non-roomcorrection amp, CD player etc the tech is pretty simple. It doesn’t need any updating during it’s lifetime, it is pretty simple and reliable technology, and if it is...
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    Any Buchardt A500 users?

    The update was released today edit: no idea why I’m getting the double quote...
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    Any Buchardt A500 users?

    Hi Bazza, thanks, yes that is also one of my concerns. Certainly as the the performance / functionality is so dependent on the software. To be honest they are not the only one, I’ve seen quite a bit of delays regarding (for example) Dutch & Dutch speakers. It seems that these software updates...
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    When equipment exceeds your expectations…

    Bit of a copy paste from another post. Last year I set up a budget system in my study for some background music while working from home. This is based on a Raspberry Pi 4 and IQaudio DigiAMP+ HAT. I used an old laptop power supply I had lying around, and spent around 95 Euro in total for this...
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    Any Buchardt A500 users?

    I assume the Platin hub that the A5/700 are shipped with in the current bundle. You can save 200 EUR or so and don’t get the hub. Then you can use use your own WISA hub such as the Primare SC15 (or newer LG TV’s) for wireless connection, or use something with XLR outputs for cabled connection...
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    Any Buchardt A500 users?

    For those not on Facebook, this is the update planned.


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