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| Music Server Advice So @communique1, let me get this right after reading your thread. You’re wanting to spend several thousand dollars on a music streamer/server to put into your setup to improve the sound quality of your system, and you like Roon, but you want to di... | |
| A Different "Analog" Question My dedicated headphone system is a combination of digital and analog components. My handheld computer that doubles as a communication device is an Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max. I rotate between two analog wristwatches. One is a Rolex Explorer 114270 th... | |
| Music Server Advice I stream music from the internet via Roon almost 100% of the time because it’s simple and convenient. | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @nyev, have you ever entertained the idea of a music server/player like this? https://www.hifi-advice.com/blog/review/digital-reviews/network-player-reviews/antipodes-k50-music-server/ | |
| Why do I need a switch? Interesting discussion @curiousjim. I presently am running two network switches in sequence between my CAT6 router and my Network Acoustics Eno Ethernet filter on the way to my server. The first switch is an inexpensive 5-port D-Link that is conne... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? This digital streaming thing is a strange science. There are those who insist that their implementation of a particular solution is the one and only parameter when it comes to achieving audio nirvana. I think that any music lover’s solution to hea... | |
| Curious to know your streaming and dac set up and the best recommended streamer under $15k @woots, first let me say that I’m extremely jealous of the difficulties that you find yourself having. The Nagra Tube DAC is a great piece of kit to build a system around. And I would assume that you actually want to hear how good it is without ad... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? Well @nyev, if you’ve already got the Gryphon Diablo 300 amplifier, which is an absolute beautiful beast of a thing, plus the Gryphon DAC module, then I wouldn’t sweat looking for another DAC. Try to keep things simple I always say, but don’t alwa... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @nyev, if you’re in the market for a $10k Grimm music streamer, then you’ve got better problems that I do. Lol. Yes many folks are looking for a one box solution to cut down on all of the plethora of accoutrements that can proliferate in a dedicat... | |
| Digital is far better than vinyl @ghdprentice, when I was a kid my parents had Basie’s Chairman of The Board LP that we played on our RCA Victrola home stereo console that had pride of place in our living room. I guarantee that if they were still alive today, and could play The C... | |
| Do Streamer only devices really impact sound quality? So @ghdprentice, you’re saying that if I put a $22K dedicated streamer somewhere in my listening chain, only then will I hear the benefits of what digital can do? | |
| Neutral Dac? @schw06, if I’ve read through this thread correctly, did you say that you’re prepared to spend in the neighborhood of $15K to get what you’re looking for in a DAC? Now that’s a nice problem to have because IMO once you get into the world above $10... | |
| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers @scottya118, IMHO having the best DAC that you can afford with the cleanest power is far more important than looking for a streamer that can supposedly do everything. I use a Chord Hugo TT2 DAC with a Chord M Scaler that use Nick Bacon’s excellent... | |
| Upsampling, Can there be too much? @brandonhifi, the first thing that I’d like to ask is what made you get an Aurender W20SE music server? Very nice! My go to audio gear guy in the Twin Cities since 1976 has been Bill Soderholm who owns Stereoland in Bloomington, MN. I bought my fi... | |
| Router for Audio Streaming @yoramguy1, I use a $100 Calix Aspire CAT6 router that was provided by our cable company, and it does its job without any fuss. My point being that you don’t need a fancy router to stream music and watch football at the same time. What you do need... |