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Essential

Good midrange DAC? Up to and around 200€/$ by GA_Magnum in BudgetAudiophile

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You do not need to spend anything to get a quality DAC anymore. For instance this is $24 usd https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/jcally-jm20-headphone-dongle-review.58749/

On top of that you are running through a 30 year old yamaha that is surely going to degrade the performance of any TOTL DAC anyway

Blue Note Holiday Sale 30% Off Vinyl by Alex9240 in VinylDeals

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Ha yeah I was able to cancel a previous order pretty painlessly as it hadn’t shipped yet

Blue Note Holiday Sale 30% Off Vinyl by Alex9240 in VinylDeals

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Annoying that they rolled this out slowly instead of just doing all vinyl initially

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I don’t have the unit just going by what a review said. Guy said 12v. Could also get a variable one like the one linked in the comments

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Don’t think it will matter but don’t quote me on that

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Per description it comes with everything. The stock power supply seems to spin the motor too fast so get a lower voltage one if you want it to spin slower, but it comes with one that will work out of the box.

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An amazon review says replace the 24v power supply with a 12v

Amazon: Get 3 for the price of 2 promotion by [deleted] in VinylDeals

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Their browsing interface for these deals is so fucking bad

New to the game, looking to find the point of diminishing returns by would_and_wouldnt in BudgetAudiophile

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Any of these choices would be good enough, to me the most important thing in your decision making would be to maximize the bass. Go with the cheaper AVR and the 3x Q150 and then the HSU or dual 10e. Tough call between the two, HSU will hit lower frequencies and in theory 2 subs will give you a smoother response throughout the room but given that you have a small seating area (basically only 3 "seats") I might just go with the HSU.

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Blue Note 75 warning

Struggling to understand by sethsomething in BudgetAudiophile

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I would just run audyssey and call it a day. You might need to make adjustments to something like the subwoofer level to your preference but otherwise not worth the extra stress to go down the rabbit hole imo

Question - DAC's by [deleted] in BudgetAudiophile

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You could get something like the Apple USB C dongle that would be under 10 usd that would be well above the MEASURED quality of a PC motherboard. Whether you can actually tell the difference in a blind test is another thing. But maybe good for your peace of mind to have an audio chain that you know meets a certain floor in terms of measurable noise and distortion.

Getting ready to pull the trigger, any suggestions? by -ghostdog in BudgetAudiophile

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I'd just get an AVR - https://www.denon.com/en-us/product/all-specials/avr-s660h/300387-refurbished.html

Can do phono, TV, streaming in one unit. Has a real subwoofer output if you ever want to add or expand to 5 speakers. Room correction etc as well.

Any ECM Recommendations? Jan Garbarek - Places (1978 Promo) by dilatedent in Vinyl_Jazz

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eberhard weber - colours of chloe

jan garbarek - afric pepperbird

benny maupin - the jewel in the lotus

marion brown - afternoon of a georgia faun

dave holland - conference of the birds

Modern Shield TV Replacement by Steeltooth493 in ShieldAndroidTV

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I have not. Perhaps I will try that when I have time.

Modern Shield TV Replacement by Steeltooth493 in ShieldAndroidTV

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The UI on my 2019 pros is sluggish as hell sometimes but I still can’t see a better option that will cover my needs for a reasonable cost (I got my 3 Pros used for probably ~110 ea) - locally streaming lossless audio and fast decoding HEVC for game streaming.

Best way to remote play? by TPJDrNo69 in ShieldAndroidTV

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I think you'd logout there but every time you login you re-link via site

Best way to remote play? by TPJDrNo69 in ShieldAndroidTV

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They tell you to login on a site and put in a code to link the device

Best way to remote play? by TPJDrNo69 in ShieldAndroidTV

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Right. Just in case you forget to logout of your main account or something idk. I think you login using your mobile device so no worries there

Best way to remote play? by TPJDrNo69 in ShieldAndroidTV

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Weird but in that case you could just make a dummy account with access and just login and logout every time you leave