Upgrade 120

[David A]

"I was beginning to be afraid of looking like the biggest digital idiot, not being aware that the era of streaming has begun"— I spent a few years like that after I knew that the era of streaming had begun. I'm 71 and grew up in an era of genuine "plug and play": get a turntable, connect phono cable to integrated amplifier by, select phono input on amp, lower stylus to LP on turntable, music! They gave you user manuals but once you had read one amp manual you had read them all. Everything plugged and played the same way. Digital started to change that and adding computer networks into the mix is where I hit the wall for several years. I bought my 130 last year and started my learning curve. It took me a while to get things working but I eventually did.

Nearly 18 months later I'm no longer trying to stream my iTunes library using Devialet AIR on my Mac Mini via wifi (never could get that working properly) but I'm now running a wired connection from my router in one room to the room with the audio system, I'm using an Antipodes server running Roon and feeding the 130 (now a 140 after CI board upgrade and firmware update) by ethernet, I'm using Tidal (no Qobuz service in Australia). Everything is working at the moment and I'm very happy but it's been a bumpy road to get there, very bumpy at times.

Once things start to click with what you're doing, it starts to get a lot easier. Just keep plugging away at it.