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| Newbie Looking for Advice on Streaming Music My integrated, a hegel h360 has an onboard dac but i'm new to streaming and currently run a usb from a laptop to the unit and with tidal's highest res option many songs sound very good but am I getting the most from both formats? 1 being tidal and... | |
| Newbie Looking for Advice on Streaming Music gary wrote:@audioengr, for those of us who don’t have an Ethernet-enabled DAC and use a Windows-based PC to stream our song library (JRiver) / TIDAL to a USB DAC using Wi-Fi, is there an Ethernet-based solution - other than buying a different DAC ... | |
| Newbie Looking for Advice on Streaming Music Just looking at your oscilloscope plots, I would say you have plenty of triggering issues - this would explain why you get bimodal distributions and distributions that look a mirror image of each other.You would be much better served by analysis o... | |
| Newbie Looking for Advice on Streaming Music Don - I can always sell one if you want one. 30-day money-back.I will never add a webpage for it or put photos on my DAC webpage. Maybe I could put photo on my audiocircle forum:Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Newbie Looking for Advice on Streaming Music I'm afraid I don't have anything to read. It's a $1K option for my new $13K Overdrive SX DAC, which has Ethernet interface.I use this WIFI solution interchangeably with my wired Ethernet and they sound identical.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Newbie Looking for Advice on Streaming Music You can certainly use WIFI from your latop and even the DAC. The DAC however requires more attention for good results, since it is the endpoint.If you want a WIFI solution that sounds really good, I have one with grounded LPS supply and CAT7 cabl... | |
| Newbie Looking for Advice on Streaming Music No streamer, a computer plugged into the DAC via ethernet cable, and that’s it.You must be using a swap cable to go directly from computer to DAC with Ethernet.Would probably get better SQ using a router with a LPS with earth ground tied to DC com... | |
| Newbie Looking for Advice on Streaming Music shadorneI suspect that differences in SQ when changing cables or sources on S/PDIF can be heard in DACs with low J test jitter. I just don't put much stock in this method. I have yet to hear ANY DAC that is immune to jitter on the S/PDIF input.T... | |
| Newbie Looking for Advice on Streaming Music By and large I don't believe there are many meaningful sonic differences between well designed electronics, whatever the subjectivists on this forum want to believe. If there are differences, they are not necessarily for the better (e.g tube sound... | |
| Newbie Looking for Advice on Streaming Music The more power the better, and solid state amps usually perform rather better/more neutral under real speaker loads (see the graphs in Stereophile). Beefy solid state power amps do not need to cost an arm and a leg.This is how I felt, until I was... | |
| Newbie Looking for Advice on Streaming Music Are you having stability problems using DLNA networked streaming, USB or S/PDIF input?DLNA can be problematic depending on the playback app used. RAAT will probably be more reliable when it is Roon ready.If you like using your Sonos Connect, you ... | |
| Should I PURCHASE AN EXTERNAL DAC It’s hard to find a universal "transport" that doesn’t break the bank which led me to buy an OPPO 103D. It is a great machine that sounds pretty good but the reason I bought it was to pair it with my DAC. I would buy another OPPO in a heartbeat, m... | |
| Should I PURCHASE AN EXTERNAL DAC It seems like what I read on this forum the vast majority are not into home theater set ups , just 2 or multi channel music. I love my music but I enjoy a bang up movie too working that sub! l am in the 2-channel biz, but I prefer HT myself. I a... | |
| Should I PURCHASE AN EXTERNAL DAC Until you upgrade your sources to lower the jitter, the differences will be small. I continue to hear audiophiles say that a $200 DAC sounds the same as a $2000 DAC, or that all DACs sound the same. This is why I highly recommend upgrading your ... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC FS - It can be fairly easy if you order a LPS supply from one of the small vendors. You can request that they connect the earth ground from the power IEC to the DC common that is on circuit board and the DC connector.If you have a 2-prong plug on ... |