Ways to make your digital streaming sound better
Having tried a lot of different methods including fiber optic , sonically Conventional
Quality ethernet cable sounds more realistic , first at your modem router combo -get rid of the $5 wall wart it is nothing but added noise . Little green computer sells a decent 8 amp 12 v type for $300, that was much better , better still was the Linear Tube Audio LPS , on your router it states the voltage and most are around 4 amp. These LPS go to 8 amp for $700 on Audiogon . Then you need a respectable Ethernet switch,the best one I have found has a LPS built in as well as a OCxo clock -LHY -SW8 , you need 2 Ethernet cables ,your best one goes to your Streamer ,that’s where it makes the biggest improvement .
with the latest Eversolo DMP -A8; really made a nice improvement just by doing these few things many Audiophiles overlook .your streamer will thank you as well as your ears . Excellent streamer dac -preamp for under $2k .Many Excellent reviews . a mini review to follow
@tomic601 Ha, Lou’s definitely never had fiber. I’m still in SD, just waaay north SD county. Peter of PBN suggested I join as well. I’ve just never looked into it as I travel a bunch for work. To keep on topic, I just started streaming using a PSAaudio DS dac through the bridge II and I've found a good portion of this post informative. I might try one of those Ifi ethernet filters.
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@tko956 Well , i like Encinitas as well… Lou’s records probably doesn’t have fiber…. IF you are still in the hood, consider joining the SD Audio guild or meeting for java, talk audio and music…. |
@tomic601 Don't go to Solana Beach. As someone from Encinitas I can tell you that those are some freaky folks! |
There is a device called an FMC - fiber media converter. It converts fiber to copper or vica versa. What bandwidth limitation are you talking about with fiber? Please explain. I run a fiber optic LAN and have plenty of bandwidth. I have audio streamers, video/media streamers and an OLED. Occasionally, most are online and speedy fast at the same time. |
How do I use fibre for my home theatre when I have an Apple TV box? I use an AV processor and have all the fibre gear but the Apple TV box don't allow optical. My streamer/dac has optical but I can't split the HDMI signal so the audio signal can pass through the streamer dac, or maybe somehow it can be done. Maybe optical is not very good for home theatre because of the band with limitations. Why does home theatre sound sucks so bad? The wife cries constantly screaming why is my home theatre sound not very good and then I wonder why is my wife here when I'm not even married |
I’ve had an iFi LAN iSilencer in my system for about a month now, between the Purist Audio Ethernet cable and EERO (I figured cleaning up the signal coming out of EERO kind of makes sense since the Purist 🐈⬛ 7 is already pretty good at noise rejection). |
Great question. Have thought a lot about this, and here are two of the reasons I’ve come up with: 1) Internet anonymity has diminished the obligation of common civility, which is traditionally reinforced by the social norms of our “community.” On another thread, I compared it to the tribalism of the children in “Lord of the Flies.” Same dynamic: there the boys on the island were marooned on an island away from civilization and adult supervision. 2) The members of this forum are overwhelmingly male. My wife is convinced that the Y chromosome is inherently unstable, lol! If we were all neighbors, there’d undoubtedly be frequent fights breaking out, with the occasional shooting on weekend nights. |
Usually, people are willing to help others. But there are some who like to pull other people's chain so that they feel that they have some sort of power of influence, likely they want attention and not feel powerless. It's like some kid who acts up just to get attention. Sometimes they put others down so that they feel relatively better about themselves. Often they're quick to blame others for their unhappiness rather than ever looking at their part of the problem. These people are selfish. If they want to get along with others aka join the community they must change, the world will not change for them. The change they must make is to develop empathy. You can't teach maturity, they must do the work. Back on topic. Sifting through the many audiophile switches while keeping a lid on costs was difficult. I'm not a fan of extra cabling connected to external clocks and LPS. I liked Ediscreation and Synergistic Research offerings, but I finally settled on Network Acoustics new switch and Ethernet filter when budget allows. Still deciding on Ethernet cabling but I'm leaning towards SR offerings. |
@tomic601 dude that was epic! |
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@tomic601 lol
dik-tak…your entire neighborhood? Well…you can never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. |
In case anyone is interested, @ditkaditkaditka is the formerly banned recklesskelly, jerryg123, earlflynn...and many others all banned because of well, just look at the above. He's not even pretending to be civil this time. Childish insults right out of the gate. Personally, I give him less than a week this time. |
@thecarpathian so sweet of you a Peach Hat. Bet your still on dialup and AOL. Cave dwellers and you poke yourself in the Third Eye every time you wipe your peach. You truly are the pride of Neanderthal New Hampshire. @audphile1 No our Neighborhood, you are not a wise guy, think you are more like Pussy from that lame show.
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Garbage. You should get out more you cave dweller. And get fiber. |
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@thecarpathian yeah, I just researched- there are stories of both. I think they heard better with them closed though. @audphile1 LOL this is some good entertainment today! What was this thread about again? Oh yeah, trolls. Wait, how many eyes do they have? |
@mclinnguy I totally missed that. I had my third eye closed. |
Bunged up? Maybe that is just Canadian slang LOL Meaning of bung something up in English
bung something upphrasal verb with bung verb [ T + adv/prep ] UK informalUK /bʌŋ/ US /bʌŋ/ UK informalto cause something to be blocked so that it does not work in the way it should: |
So the entire psychiatric ward converted? Nice! |
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@audioman58 @audphile1 @ghasley Yaddah yaddah yadda. |
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@ditkaditkaditka Its not really clear from your posts….are you a fan of fiber? |
