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If Blusound is noticibly quicker than WIIM then sounds like it's worth a go. I'll report back. The dream would be to have everything in one box when it comes to digital. It seems like a key part of streamer functionality that is overlooked in reviews. How big is the cache and how fast /...

I get it the requirement to buffer and that I am reliant of third party servers and my own internal network. What I looking ti understand is if anyone has made significant improvement by spending more money and how. With all the audiophile bull around premium Ethernet cable, custom $2k cones...

It’s scenario B. Would love to hear from Roon users. For music discovery I like to skip through recommended albums very quickly, play the 1st few seconds, then skip into say 30 seconds and save anything that has potential to listen to properly at a later point. I think the answer is going to...

Which products / servers offer the best gapless playback?

I’m looking to spend up to $2500 on a streamer / DAC. I want to eliminate the lag when changing songs. There is always a few milliseconds, even after perfecting wifi with fibre and ubiquiti setup on the networking front. I’m actually happy with the sound of my current DAC, a humble Khadas...

Old B&W CM1 or 600s3 are both small, look nice and can be picked up cheap. Won’t measure perfect but for second system do the job.

How is replacing the amp going to to stop your speakers bottoming out? Just buy a couple of subs and high pass the R3’s.

The new MBP has lots of power but lacks magic for me. If I take a tricky headphone like the AKG 701 I'm amazed at what it can push out in terms of power and volume, but it's not as good as say a Heed Canamp and Khadas Toneboard. Maybe it's the DAC that lets it down but that combo is much more...

Aaa genius, cheers. Will have a play around with this and see what happens.

Would fibre to the door, Unifi hardware and a more expensive streamer with bigger / faster buffer help or do I just need to purchase my music and throw it on an SSD plugged straight into the streamer?

I’ve noticed when using Qobuz with an Arylic streamer I browse unknown music and albums less because the time to change / play tracks + albums is often up to a second after clicking. Is this just a reality of wireless / cloud streaming or can it be made faster by spending more on a better...

Heard the floor standers live, with about 5 foot to breathe from the side and back walls. I would have been very happy with them if looking to spend that amount.

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Kii Sevens?

Heard MBL’s at the Ascot show. They sounded fine to me, definitely not one of the highly rated brands that shocked me when they didn’t live up to expectations by a country mile. I guess their audience is such they don’t care much about about value and want something unique. With that likely...