Hello everyone. Glad to have found this site. I’m new to audio and computer audio as well so all this is making my head spin, but well worth the effort to find great audio. I was set on the Innous offering until I visited a dealer in SF. They had the Statement and the Antipodes Dx hooked up to Niam player (the rest of their system was Noam output to a pair of Focals- so optimized setup) and the difference was night and day, where the Dx just offered more of the qualities we want in music listening. Needless to say the Statement was very lacking in terms of soundstage, base extension, etc. We did notice a smoothing effect that the Statement did with the music which sounds like artifice. Most suprising was I found my SGC AP I7 server sounded just as good if not better than both players, except in the noise floor. My two companions agreed. Given this experience I’m wondering if there is a deminishing if return on investment. Can someone comment on my findings.
Also what is all the buzz about going Ethernet to optical as offered by SGC and products like the SOTM sNH 10 G which with the SFP module to isolate Ethernet noise. Has anyone gone down this route.
Also what is all the buzz about going Ethernet to optical as offered by SGC and products like the SOTM sNH 10 G which with the SFP module to isolate Ethernet noise. Has anyone gone down this route.