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| 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. | |
| First impressions of the Isoacoustic Gaia 1’s This is my experience too. I picked up some used B&W’s and sat them directly on the wood floor because the seller didn’t has the stock spikes. I went with Herbie’s Stud Gliders because $150 was more my speed and because these won’t be my forev... | |
| Optical vs Ultra Rendu. @high-amp I had to consult multiple resources before I figured out how to install optical. It sounds like you're still learning, so I recommend reading that article I linked to earlier in this thread for another take on the topic of getting starte... | |
| Optical vs Ultra Rendu. Great to see more people getting into optical. I recently tried optical after coming across Tom Gibbs’ article. There he invites the reader to try a $100 optical experiment to see how it affects their system. Because my streamer (iFi Zen Stream) d... | |
| Just updated my virtual system @erik_squires How do you feel about the idea of purpose built streamer hardware? I think they are worth considering, and enough audio folks say that the SQ does improve with purpose built streamers. Is your position that nothing upstream from the... | |
| Just updated my virtual system PC + Raspberry Pi 4 + Roon as server, streamer, and library management software. Gotcha. I resonate with your argument against the business model of HiFi streamer manufactures. As soon as we introduce software into hardware, its shelf-life dimin... | |
| Just updated my virtual system @erik_squires You gave me the push I need to pick up a Tidal sub. Tying Tidal into Roon immediately filled out more of the music library I've been missing when using Qobuz only. I've been wanting to consolidate my subscriptions, but instead, they'... |