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| Focal Sopra 2’s vs. Legacy Focus SE’s I love the Focus SEs. And paired with Ayre electronics, they have superb synergy. I have owned mine about 2 1/2 years and I really wanted to listen to the new at the time Magico A5s, but it was impossible to find a place to demo them. Magico refus... | |
| How much does a DAC do the more expensive it is? A little update on my A/B comparison between a PS Audio DS DAC Mk1 ($6800) and an Ayre Codex ($1800 new?) w/ both being fed by an iFi Neo Stream (I²S to DSD and USB to Codex). I was using Roon, as I always do and the Neo was using fiber from NUC ... | |
| How much does a DAC do the more expensive it is? @charles1dad wrote: "Good observations. I would bet a paycheck that your Topping DAC measures better than your LampiZator Baltic 4. I’d also bet that it doesn’t sound nearly as good as the Baltic 4 DAC." Charles I bought a D90SE soon after it... | |
| Streamers? @nglazer wrote: "I have ordered the Holo Red streamer ($800) to replace the streamer card in my PS Audio DSD Mk I DAC. As streamer costs go, this one is modest, but we'll see what improvement is wrought. " I recently purchased the iFi Neo Strea... | |
| How much does a DAC do the more expensive it is? I'm going to dust off my Ayre Codex this weekend and compare it with my PS Audio DS DAC. Both will be fed by an iFi Neo Streamer due to it's fiber optic input and aftermarket LPS. I²S out to the DS DAC and USB to the Codex. I suspect they'll so... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers @singingg wrote: "It was reported that the ethernet cable direction makes a difference. My findings : definitely!!!!!" Well thank God my LAN is all fiber optics then. That would be a complete clusterf**k! I could switch around the only two co... | |
| Future DACs with Fibre Optical My LAN is all fiber and I've been thinking about trying the iFi NEO Stream and running fiber right into it (SC), as opposed to converting back to copper to iFi's fancy FMC/re-clocker. | |
| Anyone tried fiber into EtherRegen SFP? I have a full fiber ISP and LAN. So my ER is used to convert light to copper right before my PS Audio Bridge II. Works great as a higher-end FMC. | |
| Digital is far better than vinyl I have ~$10k into my VPI Classic TT, Ortofon Cadenza Blue cartridge, Pass XP-17 phono stage and cables. But more than double that into my digital setup (PS Audio DS DAC, Intel i10 NUC, NAS, EtherRegen, etc), LPS's for every single device, switche... | |
| Sound quality of Roon @kray agreed and I definitely employ static IP addresses in my LAN. For all important devices anyway...streamers, switches, DAC/endpoints, processors, servers, etc. That could be yet another reason ROCK has been incredibly stable for me. | |
| Sound quality of Roon @jji666 wrote: I definitely agree that trouble-shooting Roon is a highly complex process. But it’s just not fair to say that nearly all problems with Roon are the user’s fault and usually due to their crappy network. True: many users that compl... | |
| Sound quality of Roon @jji666 wrote: Sorry but I couldn’t disagree more with this. Roon is great but those who post saying they’ve never had a problem are just lucky. Plenty of power users have had issues too. If it’s a network issue, why does restarting the softwa... | |
| Best budget USB I'm using a Oyaide NEO d+ Class A USB cable for my PC music editing station. It was the first USB cable that opened my mind (and ears) to how much of a difference a USB cable can make with digital audio. Excellent for the money and worlds better... | |
| Lumin U2 Mini @malibu457 wrote: i think spending over 1K for a streamer is not worthwhile. even a 5K streamer will not beat a CD or flac. file for SQ. streaming is great for discovering new artist and in most cases good enough SQ can be had for under 1K if i ... | |
| Sound quality of Roon When I first starting messing with Roon, I compared it to what I was using - JRiver hosted on my Win10 PC. And the difference surprised me. So I let my trial for Roon expire. But bugs and tons of stupid DLNA issues with JRiver drove me batty. ... |