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Greets! I came across a website, based in China, that manufactures audiophile equipment furniture. I am wondering if anyone has had any dealings with this company. They seem quite reasonably priced and the furniture itself looks to be quite well built with clean lines (for the wife factor). Of course the shipping from China would cost almost as much as the rack! I know it's a long shot, but thought I'd give it a try and see if anyone had purchased from this company and what they thought about the quality, transaction , etc. Thank You Home - Nobility Furnishing Design - Scott M.

Hello all..... I really appreciate that forums such as this do exist. People like me would be lost without them. Here's my dilemma. I am attempting to put together a music server system after a very long hiatus from the world of audiophile audio. Here is the components I've thus far assembled. Emotiva XPR-2 amplifier, Audible Illusions Modulus B3 preamplifier, Eastern Audio MiniMax DAC Plus, Thiel CS 7.2 speakers. My primary listening source will be high def lossless (mainly flac) files stored on an as yet to be determined music server, connected to a home network wireless router. I need advice on the best way to connect the wireless server (recommendations for servers also welcomed) to the Minimax DAC. Bill at Morningstar Audio, importer of the MiniMax, says that it will not accept a wireless input. I'm sure this is true but there must be some sort of interim device I can plug into the MiniMax input to accomplish my wireless mission. There is the Sonos bridge but I don't want to go that route because I dont want the audio to go thru the Sonos' substandard DAC. Does anyone out there have expertise and/or experience in doing this. How best to proceed? Any and all solutions are greatfully accepted and solicited. Thank you all! Scott Moorhead

Thanks for everyone's advice and education. I have looked at the nano dac and at that price will probably give it a try. I'm curious though, about the volume control. It appears that it does double duty as a headphone amp. When utilizing it as a dac, does the volume control come into use or is it bypassed? If used, where should it be set at? And, since it does have a volume control, can it be plugged directly into an amplifier? It comes with a Burr-Brown dac which from what I've read quite good. Would there be significant difference in sound between this and the stratospherically priced external dac? Thanks Again!!

No wonder I couldn't find anything in the literature about an M3B dac! Thanks for educating me. So then, is there no way of connecting a digital music source directly to the preamp, unless it has an analog output?

Hi All Just getting back into high end audio after a loooong hiatus. When I was last there we were all extolling the virtues of vinyl and poo-pooing that evil CD medium. Times change....the kids have been educated, grown up, and moved out on their own. Time to jump back in with both feet! My question: I just purchased several used pieces (Thiel 7.2, Emotiva XPR-2 amp, and Audible Illusions Modulus 3B. I still have my Sota Sapphire for vinyl. I find these days though that my listening will be for the most part lossless flac from ripped cd's and downloads. Do I need an external DAC to go between my electronic source and the preamp or should the preamp sound fine on its own? I'm assuming the M3B must have it's own dac of sorts since it takes digital inputs such as cd, but I can find nothing talking about the type or quality of the preamp's internal dac circuitry. I'd really prefer not to add yet another piece of pricey equipment if unnecessary or repetitive. What does everyone think? Thanks!