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Bialykot

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  1. Thanks Dan - actually just sold all my Meridian gear and purchased some AVI active speakers with inbuilt 24/96 24/192 DACs fed from Sonos. Sound is very good on uncompressed songs and any differences in sound quality are more to do with the speakers (I used B&W Nautilus before which i also sold). The AVIs are superb with good quality material but brutal with poorly recorded stuff (their origins lie from studio-developed monitors). But since most the stuff I listen to is well-recorded I am generally very pleased with the setup. And the convenience is what I was looking for - no more hunting around for missing CDs (well, once I transfer everything to my NAS!). Cheers
  2. Hi everyone. Very new to all of this so apologies if some of this has been covered elsewhere. Have built up decent hi fi over the years mostly comprising older top of the range Meridian components - 588 CD player, 502 pre-amp and 557 power amp feeding B&W 805s. Generally very pleased with the sound - nice and organic with standard CDs. However, since kids growing up and been 'borrowing' CDs, smashing cases, losing them and this coupled with my hectic lifestyle has resulted in me dedicating less time listening to music. So I hear good things about NAS servers, wireless streaming etc... I like the look of the Sonos for ease of use (wife would love this!). Question is: How close would the Sonos quality be to my Meridian (assuming that I'd always use uncompressed files and feed an external DAC - eg Cambridge DacMagic or Beresford 7520, directly to my power amp and speakers)? I don't mind taking a slight hit here given the ease of convenience, but not too much. My ears are still pretty good. Ease of use must be top priority (and I can't afford the new Meridian Sooloos). Any suggestions of whether it's worth pursuing the Sonos route?
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