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| Upsampling PCM or DSD in 2022 @deadhead1000 I've been trying to avoid introducing general purpose computers into the audio chain, but when Spotify ditched it's CD quality tier I caved and picked up Roon and Qobuz. I still don't particularly like having to boot up a computer in... | |
| Upsampling PCM or DSD in 2022 @erik_squires I looked into upsampling with Roon. When I use the computer as Roon Core only (and send the stream to the HiFi), I don't see the ability to upsample. I do see the ability to upsample when the computer is also acting as the streamer. ... | |
| Coax Internet Cable: If I have to build one, what am I looking for exactly? I couldn’t wait for Spotify HiFi any longer, so I picked back up a Qobuz sub, and I also picked up a Roon sub over the weekend. This is my first time using Roon, and I wish I had been using it for the last couple years. It’s a nice interface. Roon... | |
| OK-- I think I get it, now... I like it. So music and gear is more of a both/and rather than an either/or. Our language and concepts can often get in the way. | |
| Coax Internet Cable: If I have to build one, what am I looking for exactly? Thanks everyone. I went with @jea48 's cable recommendation in the first message: PHAT SATELLITE's solid copper core quad shielded. It was very affordable. In the future, I may play around with pricer cables here, but for now, I'm just eliminating... | |
| Short list of musical subwoofers Of the subs on your list, I’ve only auditioned the SVS and REL brands, and I auditioned them head-to-head. The REL was a HT model, and it integrated so much better than SVS. Based on that audition, I went with a single REL HT 1205 in my small HT s... | |
| Coax Internet Cable: If I have to build one, what am I looking for exactly? Thanks, everyone, for the productive conversation. Will check out that filter linked above. I've considered running the coax internet connection through a surge suppressor before. Coax filters seem to be common on surge protectors. I have a Furm... | |
| Coax Internet Cable: If I have to build one, what am I looking for exactly? @lowrider57 Could you provide a name or link to the RFI/EMI filter you used? | |
| Coax Internet Cable: If I have to build one, what am I looking for exactly? Thanks @jea48 ! | |
| My Ifi Zen Stream Review: 3D Soundstage! @gillsysb You're confusing sampling rate with bandwidth requirements. CD quality has a bit depth of 16-bits, and a sampling rate of 44.1kHz--often expressed as 16/44. Taking these figures together, CD quality requires a bandwidth of 1411kbps. You ... | |
| My Ifi Zen Stream Review: 3D Soundstage! I am seeing how iFi's software makes this unit difficult for current audiophile uses. I never plan to tie in a library of my own music or access internet radio, which would require that I use iFi's application via web browser. I don't want to eve... | |
| Next Step on the Digital Journey Solutions that check all of your boxes:Look at the NAD C658. I believe it checks all of your boxes. Or you could use a streamer together with a Mini DSP. My understanding is that your system would look like this: Streamer --> Mini DSP -->... | |
| Are Fall Sales Leveling Out in the Used Market? Zero Fidelity thinks prices will increase and remain at the new level after the increase. I haven't examined the used market to know whether there's more supply, less demand, than earlier this year. But, if the HiFi market generally trends the way... | |
| My Ifi Zen Stream Review: 3D Soundstage! I see. You use the Auralic app as a meta-platform. There is a real need for this. Currently, I have Spotify, Apple Music, and Qobuz. It would be nice if I could access those three libraries from a single app, and it would be nice if that app was h... | |
| My Ifi Zen Stream Review: 3D Soundstage! I heard Ifi was considering developing an app. Not sure if that will materialize, but for now Ifi allows for control only via web browser, like Volumio. From what I can tell, the web browser can only select media servers and web radio at the momen... |