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The ones I have found so far are from Goldnote, Linn and Naim only
What's silly?A preamp streamer, with room correction, that also measures well in the reviews on here, umm, appears to be either very difficult to find or silly expensive.
Sorry, I don't meant to steal your thread.
Bryston BDA-3.14? THD <.002 and noise -134 db claimed on the website.The ones I have found so far are from Goldnote, Linn and Naim only
What's silly?
If I was looking again now I would be looking at this because includes head amp
The ones I have found so far are from Goldnote, Linn and Naim only
If I was looking again now I would be looking at this because includes head amp
I'm very happy with my Cambridge cxn v2. Can be had for £600 or so new and still current in the lineup. Xlr, RCA and digital amps, the analog can be reduced via pre amp function which I believe is all done in upsampled 32 bit 384 so (arguably) no loss in signal. Roon ready now too
Suspect the analog pre amp requirement is what may snooker the OP, as suggested above
That's interesting, I considered the Cambridge, mainly because of the Chromecast built in. I'm always looking to try and reduce the number of boxes, cables.
I wonder if you have compared the built in Chromecast against a CCA+ good DAC ?
Audioengine B-Fi + Anthem STR pre. The former is very small
STR offers straight through untouched analog (audioholics test) or bass management and ARC if desired. Manage one or two subs independently, stereo or mono, including phase adjustment (almost lost my marriage over phase adjustment).
miniDSP SHD
Not analog though and Volumio kind of sucks.
I have plugged a CCA into the CXN V2 optical and casted to it and via the internal cast, using Roon- no different detectable. There are some sample rate limits on the CXN internal cast (Roon maxes at 48khz- dont know about other apps) But even better, since last update the CXN is fully Roon Ready- meaning fully integrated into the Roon apps . Functionality is brilliant
Even John Darko likes it:
https://darko.audio/2020/06/a-short-film-about-the-cambridge-audio-cxn-v2/
Would love to see it reviewed here.
I also considered the Element I, but I've seen some negative comments about the app.
Why "even"? If I remember well some of his reviews it's quite like all the other reviews: everything is great, well worth twice the price, except for one or two inconsequential downsides that give the appearance of a balance view. Maybe the sample of the reviews I saw was unlucky though.Even John Darko likes it:
https://darko.audio/2020/06/a-short-film-about-the-cambridge-audio-cxn-v2/
Would love to see it reviewed here.
I also considered the Element I, but I've seen some negative comments about the app.
Why "even"? If I remember well some of his reviews it's quite like all the other reviews: everything is great, well worth twice the price, except for one or two inconsequential downsides that give the appearance of a balance view. Maybe the sample of the reviews I saw was unlucky though.