i am streaming Audirvana-Tidal from a Macbook Pro via USB to DAC to XLR to powered AirPulse Model 1 speakers which I guess use some sort of DSP in the digital amps . There is a optical input and DAC in the speakers but i only tested it a couple of times and now it seems that I have lost the optical output from my Mac probably due to an OS update..
Powered Speakers, does your streamer matter?
I’m curious if anyone here are using powered speakers (that have a built in DSP) tried different streamer and do they matter that much? Setting aside the software control app, has anyone tried various streamers (Bluesound/Lumin/PSAudio) using their SPDIF coax out into the speakers and heard a difference between them? Ideally Tidal high res (MQA) would be the source, not ripped CDs.
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