My new Toy

gudnoyez
gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
edited May 2019 in Going Digital
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Not a Major purchase but my tour of Apoxana led me to the Audioengine room a time or two and they had 20% off at the show so I got this B1 to tide me over until I get a streamer I'm streaming Tidal from tablet to my Musical Fidelity dac into the Adcom Stack on the computer rig powering my CRS+s and I'm impressed even the Wife likes it.

So I'm guessing even though this is a aptX bluetooth going into the dac via a wireworld optical cable I'm able to take advantage of the Hi Res streaming offered by Tidal right?
I can only assume so. I was told that by one of the Audioengine guys that yes I'm taking advantage of Tidal Hi Res going this route.

I was also told they are coming out with with a streamer this fall with there own App to control everything, he showed me the App on his phone and they are still tweaking it, but it sounds promising that it should be released by this Fall. I'm going to stream Flac files off my laptop using foobar 2000 next. So far it seems to be $150.00 well spent and should tide me over until I get a Streamer. Does anyone else have one of these?
Home Theater
Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable

2 Channel
Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

Stuff for the Head
JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin B)
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,133
    I've had one now for a couple years and I have no complaints. Sound quality is decent enough it seems. The main reason I have mine is because my router won't quite reach my main rig so I'm not able to use a streamer. With the b1 I'm able to position my phone where it receives a good wi-fi signal and then send the phone's signal to the b1.
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Love my B1 in the upstairs spare room rig! :smile:
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    Nice!!!!
    Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,791
    It's very attractive.
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    I'm digging if. Small but mighty!
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,648
    Steve,

    Just to clarify, while you are indeed able to stream the Hi-Fi level content from Tidal, Bluetooth does compress and then decompress the signal. So you may lose a bit of fidelity in that process but overall, unless you are looking for fractions of a percentage in performance, you are golden.
    "Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."

    "Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip
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