Agreed on the AudioControl...but that is like $130ish for a volume control and line driver.
The JL is like $60 retail and is still a damn good line driver AND already comes with a volume control.
That iStreamer is an absolutely awesome piece but IMO, a very poor choice for this application. First, it provides a fixed volume output, so you still need something for a volume control/pre-amp...plus, this is in a noisy-ass car and he is just trying to get a real system started. Throwing that kind of money at an "audiophile" DAC is just silly.
I have an Audiocontrol Four.1 that I will feed a full 24 bit HD Audio output from a Android (Galaxy 10.1 on ICS is looking the winner so far) tablet via an "HDMI Audio Stripper"...so full 24 bit 192khz recordings from my turntable will be as high a resolution as is currently available...S/N ratio over 100db throughout the entire audio chain...with a 9.5V RMS output no less. Yeah, it should be nice, but I don't think anyone on R3V would be interested in paying that kind of dough and dealing with that kind of hassle to get that kind of SQ. Especially in a noisy-ass E30.
The JL is like $60 retail and is still a damn good line driver AND already comes with a volume control.
That iStreamer is an absolutely awesome piece but IMO, a very poor choice for this application. First, it provides a fixed volume output, so you still need something for a volume control/pre-amp...plus, this is in a noisy-ass car and he is just trying to get a real system started. Throwing that kind of money at an "audiophile" DAC is just silly.
I have an Audiocontrol Four.1 that I will feed a full 24 bit HD Audio output from a Android (Galaxy 10.1 on ICS is looking the winner so far) tablet via an "HDMI Audio Stripper"...so full 24 bit 192khz recordings from my turntable will be as high a resolution as is currently available...S/N ratio over 100db throughout the entire audio chain...with a 9.5V RMS output no less. Yeah, it should be nice, but I don't think anyone on R3V would be interested in paying that kind of dough and dealing with that kind of hassle to get that kind of SQ. Especially in a noisy-ass E30.



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