brbrock: Yes, I use their equipment, and the gateway is a modem. You have to use their gateway if you have fiber. I don't know of any way to get around that. Apparently, you can piggy-back your stuff onto it but that gets into areas that are way above my pay grade, I like to keep thigs simple and it all works to my satisfaction as is.
Fiber is Coming to my neighborhood
I just talked to a At&t Technician in our neighborhood and he said they are bringing fiber very soon. I hope this improves my internet I have cox cable out several times a year working on my internet from cox. The internet seems to very on my computer when surfing the internet but streaming TV doesn't seem to be affected much. I am building a system so I don't have my DAC or streamer. I do have my amp and getting a preamp as we speak. Would Fiber have any effect on the type of streamer or DAC I look at? I do assume that fiber will be better than cable. What should I look for to improve signal as far as jitter?
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@llg98ljk When you talk about the gateway are you referring to the modem? Did. you use the equipment from AT&T or did you purchase your own? |
I've had AT&T fiber for years now. It is rock solid. Once they start in your neighborhood, things move pretty quickly. Depending on your service tier, the ultimate speed to your systems will depend on your gateway and interior wiring. I have gigabit service and the speed to the modem is usually close to 1000Mbps. Wi-Fi to my phone varies from high 300's to high 400's. All this is way more speed than you will ever need but to me the best feature is the reliability. |
@thecarpathian Yes it may be wishful thinking. The guy I spoke with was actually in a repair truck a block from my street. I figure they are in the know more than a customer service rep. I have had lots of issues with my current provider. It seems like they just put bandaids on everything instead of solving the real issue. |
Fibre optic internet is a “nice to have” , but not a “ need to have”. Streaming dropout frustrations are as much an issue with the inherent hardware and app software warts in budget strata streamers, that are designed and built to their modest price-point; rather than blaming the internet access into your house. |
@soix It has the full gravity base. It doesn't have the external power supply but the Preamp will. The preamp is being built from the ground up. There is a two or three page review online just google TLC2 GT24 and it comes right up. It shows some cool pictures of the internals. It is definitely a very clean looking build like the rest of the equipment they build. |
Ha, I’ve got the same amp. Did you get the full gravity base? All great DACs you’ve got there. I’ll throw out a thought — I have a Musician Pegasus R2R DAC that shares a lot of DNA with the Denafrips Pontus, and when I put an Iris DDC between it and my streamer and took advantage of the i2S input the performance jump was like upgrading to a much higher-level DAC. Toward that end, a Pontus 15th and an Iris are in your budget (the Iris is frequently available used, which is how I bought mine in case it didn’t do much) and would likely be a great sounding front end. But obviously your other candidates are extremely strong too so as always at this level it comes down to personal taste as much as anything. For a streamer I’d suggest Innuos for sound quality and their outstanding Sense app that’s so good it’s led some to even abandon Roon — high praise. Best of luck. |
My speakers are NX-Otica's with triple threat OB subs from gr research. I have a SMC TLC2 gt 24 preamp being built and a SMC DNA.5 GT24 amplifier. The amplifier is single ended but the Pramp has XLR inputs. I think my budget is around 4K for a DAC. I don't mind purchasing used. I have been looking at Denafrips, Musetec, and Mojo Audio, Holo Audio. So many choices for DAC's and still need a way to stream other than a computer. |