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| To ROON or not to ROON ? @jabbaman What do you find lacking with Tidal Connect? | |
| To ROON or not to ROON ? Your question can be answered in better knowing your streaming requirements. I can share some of the reasons Roon became a part of my streaming diet. I used Qobuz by itself for 2.5 years before tying it into Roon. Now, I run Roon with Qobuz and T... | |
| The Music Room Erie CO I'm a big fan of theirs. I've bought a lot of my equipment from them now, and I only had one return. I haven't sold or traded anything in yet. Their business model (wholesaling) makes the audio space better--it provides liquidity and convenience t... | |
| Herbie’s Spike Decoupling Gliders: my…experience @nyev The way you describe the effect the gliders have on sound is the same way I describe it--the muddy bass is eliminated, along with some bass impact I suppose, and the rest of the sound characteristics are greatly enhanced. I use the threaded ... | |
| Warming up digital in my setup Hey martinman, you and I seem to have similar priced setups at the moment. I believe I may have some insight for you. My system is as follows: B&W CM9 S2 Peachtree Nova 300 Jamo sub iFi Zen Stream + Roon (Qobuz & Tidal) with USB out I've... | |
| Pro-Ject Stream Box s2 Ultra - Network Change HELP! @zm Home networking continues to become more complex. It's generally a good idea to keep the same SSID and Wifi password for the new router so that, if you have 50 devices or so on your network, you don't have to manually connect them all to the n... | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? @wsrrsw If you’re running fiber from the EtherRegen into the streamer, my thinking (and hope) is that nothing upstream from the fiber cable, including EtherRegen, affects the sound, as long as you’re not losing data. Have you found that network co... | |
| Does a REL subwoofer make the speakers' job easier? @hilde45 Great point about the phase adjustment. I do feel that granular phase adjustment makes a difference for my affordable Jamo sub. But my REL sub does perform super well in its system. I wonder why REL doesn't provide more gradation in phase... | |
| Soundstage and image height, does it exist? @simonmoon I don’t know about the mastering process, but my recent experience with entry level gear may provide some insight. In the last 4 years, I started with KEF Q150 stand mounts on Monoprice Monolith stands. I didn’t know it at the time, but... | |
| WiFi streaming — streamer vs. through iPad I agree with @bkeske on software being a two-way road. Qobuz Connect is something Qobuz has to make, which is a tool to help streamer manufacturers implement native support easier. Qobuz is considering making a "Connect" option like Spotify and Ti... | |
| WiFi streaming — streamer vs. through iPad Hi @soix, have you put thought into how you’re going to get Qobuz to the iFi Zen Stream? I was/am a Qobuz user who upgraded to the iFi streamer. One of the major issues for me was the iFi doesn’t natively support Qobuz, Qobuz doesn’t have a Qobuz... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? +1 for converting your ethernet line to optical in between the server and streamer if you haven't already. x2 converters, x2 transceivers, and an optical cable costs $100, and place a low noise power supply of your choice on the optical converter ... | |
| First impressions of the Isoacoustic Gaia 1’s @ronboco I guess if there is a negative to decouple the positive must out weigh it. That’s a good way to say it. So many advancements in engineering (and life) are still tradeoffs, but with an overall net gain. I’m not certain what the best ... | |
| First impressions of the Isoacoustic Gaia 1’s @ronboco Hey Ron, I've heard that argument from a local dealer against the idea of isolation/de-coupling and used in favor of coupling. The argument in favor of de-coupling is that the environment affects the speakers (or components) negatively, a... | |
| First impressions of the Isoacoustic Gaia 1’s @bdp24 Thanks for the Pods recommendation. I’ll probably look there first once I have endgame speakers to keep costs down. It would be nice if this forum had more features like emojis and threads. It would go a long way to help the conversation. |