berniebond
Standard Member
Hi,
I am after a major stereo upgrade following the purchase of B&W 720s2 speakers.
Currently I use a Cambridge 740C CD Player and Audiolab 8000p+q combo
I very much like the looks of the Innous Zen Server to buy next, which would need to find a unit that allows "USB B in" with high res signals.
I narrowed down to the following options but I am still open to other options:
- Oppo BDP 205: As I only have the oppo bdp 83 an update on the video side would be helpful. And I could use Pure Audio mode when playing music from the server via USB B. I also have approx. 40 SACDs, which would profit from this upgrade (playing via multichannel analog outs to a yamaha AVR 3067)
- Cambridge Audio 851n or CXN V2: in reality, the innous server can do everything streaming-wise and more (Tidal, Roon, maybe not internet radio?)
- A stand alone dac like chord hugo (used) or audiolab m-dac+: if a seperates solution brings a sizeable plus in quality
- A new stereo amp with a D/A Converter built in (Exposure 3010s2d?, MusicalFidelity6?). As in all honesty, the audiolab 8000q+p combos has seen many springs already...
I hope to get a lot of suggestions to make my head spin even more.
Bernie
I am after a major stereo upgrade following the purchase of B&W 720s2 speakers.
Currently I use a Cambridge 740C CD Player and Audiolab 8000p+q combo
I very much like the looks of the Innous Zen Server to buy next, which would need to find a unit that allows "USB B in" with high res signals.
I narrowed down to the following options but I am still open to other options:
- Oppo BDP 205: As I only have the oppo bdp 83 an update on the video side would be helpful. And I could use Pure Audio mode when playing music from the server via USB B. I also have approx. 40 SACDs, which would profit from this upgrade (playing via multichannel analog outs to a yamaha AVR 3067)
- Cambridge Audio 851n or CXN V2: in reality, the innous server can do everything streaming-wise and more (Tidal, Roon, maybe not internet radio?)
- A stand alone dac like chord hugo (used) or audiolab m-dac+: if a seperates solution brings a sizeable plus in quality
- A new stereo amp with a D/A Converter built in (Exposure 3010s2d?, MusicalFidelity6?). As in all honesty, the audiolab 8000q+p combos has seen many springs already...
I hope to get a lot of suggestions to make my head spin even more.
Bernie