daveyf
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| Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound? Or, you can optimize your system so that it works the best in whatever room you are working with. Instead of just plopping some over size speaker into a room and hoping it will work. Then you can 'just bang on rocks with sticks'! | |
| Coax SP/DIF to USB..thoughts? @treynolds155 Thanks. That looks like a very good option if one is using a Aurender upstream. | |
| SACD is VERY confusing @tony1954 A good question. Possibly because the old factor of....greed, got the better of them. Cut off their nose to spite their face! Not the first time a large company( ies) have done this...and won't be the last. | |
| Coax SP/DIF to USB..thoughts? If you place a great sounding streamer with a marginal DAC, you will not be that happy, OTOH, if you place a great sounding DAC with a marginal streamer, this will still be very satisfying. At the highest level, it all matters, but my ratio still ... | |
| Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound? @kennymacc Your room is definitely on the small size, like mine. OTOH, I don't think that your Revel's qualify as large speakers. They are, at least to me, mid size. When I am talking of large speakers, I am thinking of the likes of Wilson Alexx'... | |
| Coax SP/DIF to USB..thoughts? @vthokie83 Agree that the quality of the streamer is important. Although, IME the ability and quality of the DAC is actually a lot more important. Seems to be about 20% for the streamer and 80% for the DAC. | |
| Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound? @kennymacc You put your 'big' speaker in a small room ( or a room that is not synergistic with this speaker) and see if it gets you what you state---- top-to-bottom "BASS'", Dynamics, Slam and Impact! Then tell us they are the best way to have... | |
| YG's Sonja 3.3 The one thing that seems to be a consistent issue with YG’s, is their reliance and need for amplifiers that are basically ss brutes. Tubes probably need not apply. Not sure why YG’s are such bears to drive, but one has to remember this if you are ... | |
| Coax SP/DIF to USB..thoughts? @ghdprentice I think what you said makes a lot of sense. What connection and cable do you use from your Aurender? I believe your model has the option of all three connections, AES, Coax or USB. I would think the AES or Coax would sound better th... | |
| Coax SP/DIF to USB..thoughts? @fuzztone You are using a Coax to USB connector? Tell us more. | |
| How long does it take your tube amp to warm up? If you are talking warm up vs. how long it takes to sound its best, I think these can be two very different things. My tube amps are ready to play, so they are warmed up, in about 15 minutes. However, to sound their best, about an hour or so of pl... | |
| Coax SP/DIF to USB..thoughts? @fuzztone You should swap cables in your system. Until you have done this, you really do not know how much effect they have, and trust me, they have a major effect. | |
| Coax SP/DIF to USB..thoughts? You'll get past your resistance to replace the DAC much sooner than you think Nope. This DAC has bested a lot of others in my system. Not going anywhere. | |
| Have you asked yourself this question? @mijostyn I was told that a SP/Dif to USB converter is not really a great way to go, if one is concerned with SQ. I do not know of anyone who uses this, so no personal experience. Do you have a thought on this? Anyone else use this type of connec... | |
| Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound? I think size alone has little to do with a speaker's capability. Implementation and design are the key here. I would much rather have a small speaker that is designed to work well in typical listening space than a large speaker that is thrown toge... |