audphile1
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| Should I upgrade from a Mac Mini to a dedicated server or should I upgrade my dac? I’m using Mac Mini as a roon core (I think it’s the 2018 version with 128gb SSD). No issues. I would keep the roon core away from the system and use it purely as Roon Core. Then run Ethernet into the streaming DAC from either the router or an acc... | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? @wsrrsw you can try the EE8 from upscale. Their return policy is decent - 60 days. Check out Hans Beekhuysen’s review of the Eno filter which is detailed with lots of good info on the subject in general and what I hear in my system with Eno prett... | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? @wsrrsw ok. So you need one Ethernet to Roon core and one to streamer. I thought EtherREGEN can split one in to two outs. So I fail to see why fibre optic is necessary in this chain at all. One more thing…I tested and didn’t care for the iFi power... | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? I don’t think stacking switches is a great idea. I would just recommend running one EtherREGEN with a good cable on a dirty side and the best possible cable you can get your hands on for the clean side going into your streamer. Also try grounding ... | |
| Bryston BDA1, where from here? Tough to get all that you want for $1000. If you don’t need balanced connections Chord Qutest, if you do the look into Benchmark DAC3. Just going based on my experience with Bryston BDA-3, Chord Qutest and my current DAC Benchmark DAC 3. The Chord... | |
| Anybody watch Steve Huff audio on the Tube? @pkatsuleas thanks didn’t know! I just watched his Macho Man Randy Savage video. I was waiting for Steve to play Randy’s voice thru the Fleetwood Deville speakers to really get some sense of space of where Randy is speaking from but to my disapp... | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? @ghdprentice definitely. What we’re trying to achieve is minimize electrical noise in the analog signal that carries digital information via copper Ethernet. Buffering in streamers helps with the digital part of it while noise is noise. Higher end... | |
| Ethernet - Analog/Digital Signal Clean Up @soix 👍 | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? See my take and updates on different configs I had just tested (including Network Acoustics Eno Streaming System, D Link switch and basic FMC) in my post here | |
| Ethernet - Analog/Digital Signal Clean Up I’ve concluded the listening tests with various config/combos below: EERO -> Supra Cat 8 -> Lumin U1 Mini EERO -> monoprice Cat8 -> D Link Network Switch -> Supra Cat 8 -> Lumin EERO -> Supra Cat8 -> D Link Network Swi... | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? @wsrrsw 5v | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? I just got the iFi 5v power supply for my D-Link 105 and will be testing it vs the supplied smps this weekend. The switch by itself with the included smps made a positive difference though. @wsrrsw have you tried without switch direct into EtherRE... | |
| Ethernet - Analog/Digital Signal Clean Up @jerrybj let us know if clock upgrade is an audible improvement | |
| Ethernet - Analog/Digital Signal Clean Up The Network Acoustics Eno Streaming System is here! Running it in. I also have installed the D-Link DGS-105 powered by iFi 5v Silent Power SMPS. I ran few tests already configured as follows: 1. eero->switch->Lumin U1 Mini 2. eero->swit... | |
| Opportunity to buy Demo Magico M2? @nyev Magico A5 after your B&Ws is a totally different sound and I expected you would not be a fan and like the Wilsons better (I owned B&Ws and liked their sound a lot and appreciated how engaging they were). One important note about Wil... |