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| Streaming: WiFi or wired?? I only stream, and I've been testing wifi and Ethernet connections at various stages of my stereo build. The last components I upgraded were the power supplies for my streamer, modem and router, and the Ethernet cables connecting them. I used the ... | |
| Synergistic UEF Blue v. Cerious Graphene Matrix Power v. Mad Scientist Audio Nitro Nano Hi OP, Your system sounds excellent. I want to push back to say that the next bang-for-the-buck purchase for your system may not be power cables for your downstream gear. Consider placing a reclocker between your streamer and DAC. Upgrade the PC i... | |
| Downfiring subs on carpet? I have down firing subs on a wood floor with a rug in front of the speakers, and a thick rug mat. I also found that isolating the sub and adding a second sub made big improvements. In my limited experience, I haven't found a difference in the fron... | |
| Streamers and bit rot. My experience with reclockers aligned closely with ASR’s findings: Great DACs don’t need reclockers. Good to know. I've heard some say that more expensive DACs will have jitter reducing (reclocking?) built in to their various inputs. Now that I... | |
| Help! High level subwoofer input on a class D amp introduces ground loop. @almarg I'l have to read up on your speakers. I hear equalizing software provides real benefits for music. | |
| Help! High level subwoofer input on a class D amp introduces ground loop. @millercarbon I love the pictures you have for your system. I imagine it sounds fantastic. If you could only run two subs, would you run them high or low level? Also, how many subs do you run? 4? | |
| Help! High level subwoofer input on a class D amp introduces ground loop. @ghnrbob Interesting. My had a high pass filter, where the speakers connected to the sub and only received the higher frequencies. The sub I now use (an older Jamo) connects like a REL where the speaker receives the full range of frequencies and t... | |
| Streamers and bit rot. @erik_squires Good thoughts. I was thinking about writing a similar post about how streamer manufacturers are not in a good economic position to author apps. And related is the ability to easily manufacture obsolescence in software. The recent new... | |
| Help! High level subwoofer input on a class D amp introduces ground loop. @erik_squires haha. The swarm guys do proselytize here. To be fair to the swarm guys, I believe a swarm setup is the right compromise in a home theater space. In a HT space, bass needs to be similar across a larger seating area, and stress can be ... | |
| Help! High level subwoofer input on a class D amp introduces ground loop. Thanks, almarg! | |
| Smooth sounding integrated +1 for a Peachtree (try used!). Good DAC to send audio out via Optical from TV. Comes with a remote (necessary for a TV integrated). Probably the best looking integrated to tick the WAF box. You’ll have to use the TV as the hub, and you can have a... | |
| What player to stream Amazon HD with? Cool. Maybe Amazon is streaming CD quality to CC then. | |
| What player to stream Amazon HD with? @iluvsansui, ear training takes work. I don't think you're actually hearing CD quality or better because Amazon only streams MP3 to Chromecast. If you still have free trials with Tidal or Qobuz, compare some songs over Amazon and one of these othe... | |
| What player to stream Amazon HD with? I stream on the cheap, through a tricked out Chromecast Audio. I trialed Amazon HD last year with the hope that I would purchase a high res subscription for the family for Christmas. Unfortunately, Amazon will not stream CD quality or greater to C... | |
| Streamers with best apps? @cal3713 do you see any benefit to using Bubble if I only stream from Qobuz? My understanding is that Bubble might work best for those who play music from multiple sources. |