mr_bill

Same situation here - way to complicated for my wife to just listen to music, Something to be said for a simple system and to just play FM, Vinyl or CD - just like the old days. Give me a simple integrated remote for volume and I'm happy. (I won't give up my Auralic Aires streamer for Tidal and Bluetooth though, but that's enouch phone/network interface)

I wonder how many older audiophiles (I'm older) are getting to the point where they: A. don't want so many boxes B. don't want to have to deal with a computer when running your system C. useing your phone to operate your system - I do have an Auralic Aries 1.1 streamer but I will put up with that but don't want to have to usee my phone all the time to operate my system other than the streamer. D. are getting sick of integrateds or pre/power amp that have room correction, digital complicated displays btw - I am ok with a remote control for source and volume!

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Does anyone know if the USB2 is used in the QB9 Twenty upgrade??

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Maybe this plan will turn out like they did with the Freya Preamps thunderdome and after a while they will just the least popular selling options (models) of Yggy

5 of 5 now! Makes sense. The review is great and the comparison to the other reference expensive units is fantastic .....and it’s CASH list but...., ....it is only 3 out of 5 stars? i must not understand something

I see that Xmas is the actual title of the album. I havent listened to it yet but prob will on Tidal.

What is Xmas? Christmas.

Mitcho How did the Golds compare to the Dynaudio Focus XD600 - as in which would you live with or is better? Thanks,

I think we can all agree on a great feature set - streaming Tidal, can read a direct attached hard disk. But, for me it's features, yes, but most importantly, how it sounds/performs sonically.

The feedback on this thread is all over the board. Some great feedback and some emphatically not impressed. Hard to know what to think and very interesting.

Will this work with my Logitech Touch?... and would it be a good idea to use with the Touch or would it not make that much difference?

Hi Mike, I just sent you a pm on the Devialet 200. Bill

What speakers are you using? Do you use the SAM function? Thanks for sharing your comments. I'm a D200 user and considering the 400.