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Cd Ripper - Streamer ( Brennan vs cocktail audio vs ... - JimmyJ - 27-Feb-2017
Hi,
I'm in the market for a CD player with an embedded ripper and some extra streaming functionality too
My options are
- Brennan B2
- Cocktail Audio x12
Budget is around the cost of these 2 (nothing silly, the bloucloud vault is out of my budget at the moment)
I'd plug it in straight into one phantom
What do you guys think?
RE: Cd Ripper - Streamer ( Brennan vs cocktail audio vs ... - Rodrat2 - 27-Feb-2017
I have the cocktail x10. I don't know whether things have changed since but you can't batch rip. You have to tell it what to do each time. A real PITA. The Brennan only rips to MP3 I believe. I am not sure plugging in what would in effect be a hard drive will work. Other than that everything is fine:-)
RE: Cd Ripper - Streamer ( Brennan vs cocktail audio vs ... - JimmyJ - 05-Mar-2017
I think I'll probably wait and see if the really do spotify hi fi :-)
RE: Cd Ripper - Streamer ( Brennan vs cocktail audio vs ... - Jim_Anderson - 05-Mar-2017
I've brought home the Cocktail X40 to give it a try over the weekend. I'm finding it very slow to respond to the controller. In some cases it seems to lock up. I've not setup my iPad to stream music from the NAS, but all in all not the great of an appliance (probably me and trying to nail down the SQ as soon as I can). I am sure there is more to configurations that I can play with.
Firmware is current.
I have the X40 chatting with the 240 via AES. Can i ask how you have yours set Rodrat2?
Jim
RE: Cd Ripper - Streamer ( Brennan vs cocktail audio vs ... - johnsap - 06-Mar-2017
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Cd Ripper - Streamer ( Brennan vs cocktail audio vs ... - Elztalbiker - 06-Mar-2017
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Gesendet von iPad mit Tapatalk
RE: Cd Ripper - Streamer ( Brennan vs cocktail audio vs ... - daibaron - 06-Mar-2017
Any €25 USB Cd player/ripper will do the trick if you use the calibration tools in EAC / Accurip.
RE: Cd Ripper - Streamer ( Brennan vs cocktail audio vs ... - Rodrat2 - 06-Mar-2017
I don't use it currently as I mainly stream. I have bought a Vortebox ripper/hard drive which batch rips to Flac which is what I will use when I get the time.
RE: Cd Ripper - Streamer ( Brennan vs cocktail audio vs ... - Jim_Anderson - 06-Mar-2017
(27-Feb-2017, 12:30)JimmyJ Wrote: Hi,
I'm in the market for a CD player with an embedded ripper and some extra streaming functionality too
My options are
- Brennan B2
- Cocktail Audio x12
Budget is around the cost of these 2 (nothing silly, the bloucloud vault is out of my budget at the moment)
I'd plug it in straight into one phantom
What do you guys think?
(05-Mar-2017, 18:52)Jim_Anderson Wrote: I've brought home the Cocktail X40 to give it a try over the weekend. I'm finding it very slow to respond to the controller. In some cases it seems to lock up. I've not setup my iPad to stream music from the NAS, but all in all not the great of an appliance (probably me and trying to nail down the SQ as soon as I can). I am sure there is more to configurations that I can play with.
Firmware is current.
I have the X40 chatting with the 240 via AES. Can i ask how you have yours set Rodrat2?
Jim
Unfortunately the Cocktail x40 isn't going to find a home with me. I found the interface (although a wonderful attempt) woefully inadequate. Processing speed of CD ripper intolerable. SQ no better than anything I currently have. Design is quite nice and if they had put some muscle (cpu, memory, ssd, support for Roon or a myriad of other more successful interfaces) behind this effort, it would be a killer. Oh so close.
SQ was almost as good as the Linn Akurate DS1 in streaming which is a very positive reflection on what Cocktail is attempting to accomplish. I was hoping for better.
Jim