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| Ok now I am frustrated with streaming @ OP: As others have stated, digital data packages are not precisely controlled in the time domain. I had a similar problem with an Apple airport extreme WiFi router (airport express 'satellites' have no internal clock). The best explanation in my... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) With a room that low, may be worth to consider open baffle with cardioid pattern (Gradient, Spatial, ....) | |
| Most organic / real / analogue sounding DAC (ideally with Volume Control) for $1500?????? @ singinthebluesIn my experience digital sources can produce a very life like sound.You are asking for the ‘best’ DAC at a price point and while I can’t answer this in general I have been stunned how good the Jolida/Black Ice Audio Glass FX Tube D... | |
| Subwoofer. Great one song. Not so great the next song. George,if you are constrained with placement options and number of subs (two is better, a DSA is best), this little dsp device works wonders:http://www.dspeaker.com/en/products/anti-mode-8033.shtmlYou will notice a virtually complete elimination o... | |
| Considering the option of "DSP speakers" Take a look at the DSpeaker X4 as preamp.Active digital crossover, incl phase/time domain alignment, for subs and room correction across 16kHz.I use it in two systems with excellent results. | |
| First order/Time Phase-Coherent speakers discussions For what it is worth:The genetic difference between chimpanzees and man is 1%. Any two random humans differ by less then 0.1% genetically. Message: Small differences matter.In my experience, time/phase coherent speakers reproduce for example the ... | |
| Integrated amps with room correction... Hi there,I use DSpeaker X4 as pre-amp/DAC and DSP room correction. Excellent room correction and also crossover/integration for subs.Recently reviewed in Stereophile (Vol. 42, No. 5) with A rating in recommended components, category Digital Proces... | |
| Is soundstaging emblematic of reality? One could probably argue that a system which gets the soundstage right gets time coherence right. That should be important for micro detail and 'texture' - like the body of an instrument or vocalist.Ime, these features are linked. | |
| Separate DAC or continue using the Oppo UDP-205 The OPPO 205 functions - via USB and wifi - as a full Roon endpoint (rendering and decoding). wifi works flawlessly, if you have a good home wifi system (Linksys Velop, Google mesh, ...). If you replace the SONOS with a Roon Nucleus (or download R... | |
| High value, giant killer speakers? Helsinki Gradients and a pair of 15" sealed box Rythmik subwoofers; subwoofer integration with DSpeaker X4 (active crossover, room correction); Imaging/reproduction of space, texture, micro-detail, tonality are wonderful; voices, piano, guitar, vi... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations @willgolf A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to listen to the Avantgarde Acoustics Uno Fino at HifiProfis in Frankfurt (I have Helsinki Gradients with Rythmik subs, combined w DSpeaker X4 for room correction in my main system, and I am co... | |
| Under $3K streaming dac suggestions, Roon Ready? Hi there,New to this forum and at best a part-time audiophile.To share my experience: I use an OPPO 205 UDP in two systems - ROON is run on a MacBook pro (my 'dedicated music server'), conncetion w/ OPPO is seemless via Toslink, USB DAC or wireles... |