If integrated is meant to include any single box combination of distinct functions this might be the place to ask this question. Starting with the streamer and DAC, I want to update what I perceive to be the weakest link(s) in my system (GCD, Bluesound Vault2i). I’m intrigued by the Weiss DAC204 a…

[image] stevensegal: I suspect most people who get a decent streamer set up soon abandon the need for other digital sources The reality is 99% of my listening is and will likely remain streamed. But I do have a TV optical out and a modest but growing local library (that any Lumin could proba…

usb is vital for local libraries and people who keep their music in usb sticks. I have a lot of downloads that are not on streaming services. The DAC in the T3 is as good as I would ever want.

“I suspect most people who get a decent streamer set up soon abandon the need for other digital sources - you know - those shiny little coffee coasters.”. You are probably correct…however most of those folks will be missing out on the glory of using a good transport married to the same Dac as the s…

I’ve never had a standalone transport and haven’t played a CD for 13 years. Even though a UK company (Cambridge Audio) issued the first ever separate transport + DAC separates, they’ve always been fairly esoteric and rare beasts. More common were cheap CD players with a digital output that could be …

Streaming is the future, more practical and convenient. I have the Cambridge edge NQ. Preamp, Dac and Streamer in one component. I gave up my Audinet G2 CD player and AMR CD 77 and bought a small but nice CD drive from Projekt CD Box RS for my existing CD collection. The Edge NQ has almost all the c…

It all depends on the quality of the transport, just like a higher quality turntable can isolates noise and vibrations better for a better sound, so does a higher quality digital transport with better parts and power supply can sound much better than a transport with lower quality parts and power su…

Forget the cables, but I can understand that. The last CD player/transport I owned, why I never actually used, was a Tascam CD200, a standard unit with a $40 transport by TEAC called the 5020A. Many millions were made. Tascam/TEAC was part of the same group as Esoteric, that made the famous VDRS tr…

I’m with Steven on this (and I can attest that the Tascam CD200 makes an excellent transport, and also has a nice big clear display of track number etc. etc. that Mrs. Joma appreciates on the rare occasion she uses it). DACs are getting better and better at ignoring/cleaning up/reclocking jittery c…

As you know I’m recently loving MSB products, mostly known for their DACs. Following this brand philosophy they are thinking that going separate is the right way: a power supply in a separate chassis (pretty common) a Digital Director also in a separate chassis, as per MSB this solution can isolat…

Additional boxes require additional cabling, vastly longer signal paths and more exposure to noise. I have a phono pre-amp with an external power supply because phono signals are measured in mV and extremely sensitive to power supply noise. However, for many a really good internal linear power sup…

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Yeah, this is one of the streamers, and I’m already planning my next move

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