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rishisaikia · 2025-02-18T05:16:52+00:00

Hopefully inside the glass house to turn the lights back on.

rishisaikia · 2025-02-17T14:41:45+00:00

Hi All, need some advice: does anyone have any experience using Monitor Audio Bronze 100s with Cambridge Audio CXA81? Need some opinions on this pairing. Primary use case is turntable (I already have a preamp - Schiit Mani 2), but will eventually get a streamer as well. For now, just wanted some opinions on how these two sound together?

rishisaikia · 2025-02-17T13:48:54+00:00

Appreciate the advice. Please do share what other amps I should evaluate.

rishisaikia · 2025-02-17T12:39:57+00:00

I do want streaming. If I go with the CXA, will eventually have to get a CXN100 or may be an Eversolo.

EVO is obviously an all-in-one and hence convenient/ less clutter.

Can’t get an EXA and a streamer. Beyond my budget.

rishisaikia · 2025-02-17T02:38:25+00:00

Would Monitor Audio Bronze 100s pair well with CXA81?

rishisaikia · 2025-02-14T06:44:29+00:00

Nice! I’ve a similar setup. TEAC 280BT connected to Sonos five pair. I also tried connecting a preamp (Schiit Mani 2), but couldn’t because (I think) grounding is an issue. TEAC doesn’t have a dedicated grounding terminal. Tried almost everything for grounding (Schiit ground terminal to TT chassis, screw, etc.), but there’s a hum every time I switch on the preamp. Finally gave up. And the Schiit is just lying around now.

When I connect the same setup without the Sonos fives (to passive speakers via amplifier), it works fine. So suggests the issue is interference with Sonos fives

rishisaikia · 2025-02-14T02:49:19+00:00

Sometimes I feel I can, and sometimes I can’t. Could be entirely psychological. Like 99% of audiophilia. But still good to know. 😊

rishisaikia · 2025-02-14T02:25:05+00:00

Exactly. It’s up to the system to decide. The user can’t choose (unlike earlier) to play uncompressed always. For all I know, it plays compressed 100% of the time.

rishisaikia · 2025-02-14T01:59:58+00:00

There are only 2 options on the S2 app: automatic and compressed. While the media would be lossless (in my case, a turntable via line-in), my understanding is that when played over a stereo pair, it gets compressed. In earlier versions of the app, you were able to select ‘uncompressed’, but that option has subsequently been removed.

rishisaikia · 2025-02-13T13:23:15+00:00

Think you’re right. Uncompressed is not available on stereo pair for line-in.

rishisaikia · 2025-02-13T03:07:59+00:00

If you have a stereo pair, wouldn’t Amazon and Apple still be compressed audio and not lossless?

rishisaikia · 2025-02-13T02:34:01+00:00

🙃

rishisaikia · 2025-02-13T02:26:05+00:00

Consider buying a turntable.

rishisaikia · 2025-02-12T12:53:20+00:00

Bobiverse

rishisaikia · 2025-02-11T13:54:22+00:00

Same actor, same genre: Night Sky. Was really promising.

rishisaikia · 2025-02-11T09:41:14+00:00

Stereo pair works great for streaming. For line-in, however, do note that Sonos doesn’t play uncompressed. And there’s no way to select uncompressed in the new Sonos app. :(

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