davehg
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| Tidal app vs Roon. Wich one sounds better? AudioTroy speaks the truth. If you just install and play music through Roon without using the DSP functions, you are not getting the power from Roon to upsample. Also, Roon’s DSP defaults, specially the sample rate conversion filter, should be alt... | |
| Qobuz. I’m running both Tidal and Qobuz via Roon and preferring Qobuz more generally. UI is irrelevant due to Roon. I am finding more high res pop and rock titles with Qobuz, and both have gaps, nice to use both. Not sure whether I’ll pick one or just ke... | |
| Need DAC/Streaming Advice Surprised no one referenced Roon. Allows you to choose your preferred streamer gear but not be enslaved to an app or UI that may not be supported once a device is obsolete.Running Roon with Tidal and Qobuz on a Squeezebox and will shortly add a Lu... | |
| Bel Canto e.One Stream See this thread at head-fi. https://www.head-fi.org/threads/bel-canto-stream-loaner-program.891952/I lked the e.one but not it’s DAC. As purely an MQA streamer it was fine but the asking price is a bit steep for just this function. I ended up buyi... | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio That makes sense...fifteen years ago jitter was still a problem, and the asynchronous designs like early Gordon Rankin designs were all the rage.is jitter still an issue with the Phillips chipsets, or is it just that the source components have lar... | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio I like reading the measurements to see if they correlate what I hear in subjective listening. But I agree that great measurements alone don’t signal great sound, nor do poor measurements signal poor sound.Case in point: I’ve owned several great SE... | |
| Luxman DA-06 DAC vs Chord Qutest/Hugo 2 I’m siding with @astelmaszek. I heard both using a variety of headphones, mostly Audeze LCD 3 and Focal Clear. The Luxman was smooth but not nearly as dynamic as the Chord Qutest. I was very impressed by the Chord - my main gripes were really only... | |
| Does a ripped cd onto a digital format sound better than the cd played on the cdp Ten years ago, I sold my Pioneer Elite PDS-95 transport, a giant of a CD transport, after extensively comparing its sound to a highly modified Squeezebox (both feeding a Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista DAC). The Squeezebox received its bits from a Mac ... | |
| Roon Nucleus Pretty sure this was the inspiration for the Nucleus: https://youtu.be/8pplat_Mhe0 every time I look at the Nucleus I can’t help but imagine action Jack Barker whining to Richard: “No Richard. We don’t need to launch a new build of Roon. What we ... | |
| Class A Options for adding Roon and MQA to existing system Roon Nucleus has no DAC, it is just a server. It has a USB output to hook up a USB DAC. I bought one recently and as a plug and play server I like it but not what you are looking for.check out the new Bel Canto e.One Stream. It is a music streamer... | |
| Roon Nucleus I answered this for myself by buying a Roon Nucleus recently. The simple fact is that no one "needs" this device but it absolutely simplifies your onboarding and integration of Roon.Though I have the technical chops to build and setup NUC based se... | |
| New Sony HAP-Z1ES Firmware Out Today @sfseay Do you use a streaming service like Tidal via your Auralic Vega? If so, do you have a music streaming device or just your PC? My goal would be to have my Sony HAPZ1 handle the purchased tunes, and somehow interface with Tidal to enable str... | |
| New Sony HAP-Z1ES Firmware Out Today Downloaded and updated to the new software today. Not using a USB DAC, just balanced out to a headphone amp (Woo WA22) and using the headphone in balanced mode. I would swear the HAPZ1ES sounds smoother, more detailed, and a tad warmer than before... | |
| Sony HAP-Z1ES or NAD M51? Thanks Brownsfan. Now I just have to locate a local dealer.Last night I received a Sophia Princess rectifier tube for the Woo Audio 6se headphone amp. It was a revelation, easily the most impressive upgrade I've done with this amp (including cable... | |
| Sony HAP-Z1ES or NAD M51? I checked out the Sony recently and came away impressed with features. All my tunes are currently burned to WAV and reside on a Mac Mini and drive, so transferring to the Sony would be pretty easy, if a bit time consuming at first. I like the idea... |