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| Cheapest way to enhance SQ with digital streaming sns, I'm still confused about the distinction between server and streamer. To be specific, my router, Roon Nucleus, and Ayre QX-5 (Roon endpoint) connect to an Ethernet switch. So is the Nucleus the server and the QX-5 the streamer with a builti... | |
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| Wireless vs. Ethernet for Streaming My router is upstairs and connected to a Google MESH network that services an Ayre QX-5 Twenty upstairs and an ultraRendu downstairs that sends USB to an Ayre QB-9 DSD. The QB-9 displays 192 for files that Roon shows as 192/24. I’ll be connecting ... | |
| Best Server To Run Roon Core I briefly used USB from a Mini to an Oppo 205 with balanced analog to a pair of Parasound JC 1 monoblocks. Then I switched to USB from the Mini to an Ayre QB-9 DSD DAC with balanced analog through an Ayre K-5xeMP preamp to the JC 1s. A big jump in... | |
| Best Server To Run Roon Core I’m still undecided. Setup will be router, server, Ayre QX-5 Twenty, and Google MESH node connected to an Ethernet switch upstairs. The server and QX-5 will be connected directly to Ethernet, but the utraRendu with LPS 1.2 and Ayre QB-9 DSD DAC do... | |
| Kef 104/2 Replacements I replaced a pair of 104/2s with 107/2s, a very major improvement. If you can find a pair they should be in your price range. Make sure you get the 107/2 KUBE. For music, even pedal notes of pipe organs, you will not need a sub. I replaced my ... | |
| Thorens, TD-125 MKII goofyfoot, not coasting, still trying to decide what I want to be when i grow up. | |
| Thorens, TD-125 MKII goofyfoot, my TD 124 is quiet and sounds superb playing high quality vinyl, but when I bought it I didn’t care how it performed. It looked like a fine example of an icon I've wanted. I’m 85, so I’d guess within the next 20 years or so it’ll be auc... | |
| Thorens, TD-125 MKII goofy foot, on the few occasions I’ve used the TD 124 I’ve been unaware of any motor noise. It’s quiet and the strobe stays fixed. I bought it from a fellow at a Santa Barbara audio shop who restores turntables as a hobby. The price, IIRC, was und... | |
| Thorens, TD-125 MKII I have a Thorens TD 124 with SME III and Ortofon 30H I bought as a visual icon, a handsome combination. I was surprised that it sounds so good playing expensive vinyl, but it gets no more than yearly play when a vinyl-head cousin comes for Xmas. I... | |
| Run Roon in an iMac or dedicated Mini goofyfoot, USB from an ultraRendu with LPS 1.2 goes to the Ayre QB-9 DSD, then balanced analog through an Ayre K-5xeMP to Parasound JC 1 monoblocks that drive a pair of KEF LS50s. The LS50s are augmented with a pair of KEF KC62 subs. It's my seco... | |
| Run Roon in an iMac or dedicated Mini goofyfoot, how do you like the QB-9 Twenty? Ayre is working on the parts to upgrade my QB-9 DSD. | |
| Run Roon in an iMac or dedicated Mini I’ll keep an eye out for a used Nucleus at a good price. Meanwhile, core will run in the dedicated 2011 Mini. It has SSD installed. I plan to connect the Ayre QX-5 Twenty and Mini directly to Ethernet, so only the ultraRendu downstairs will use Go... | |
| Try a sub a third in the back I use a pair of Velodyne HGS-15s with bass management to augment KEF Reference 1s. The subs sit close behind the mains. A third HGS-15 is in the rear of the room, and receives LFE from a Bryston SP3 processor. The SP3 has a provision that enabl... | |
| Is an audio media transport really better than PC? I’ve used two setups for Roon: (1) USB to an asynchronous Ayre QB-9 DSD DAC from an ultraRendu with LPS 1.2, and (2) USB direct from the Mac Mini to the QB-9. Balanced analog from the DAC passes through an Ayre K-5xeMP preamp to Parasound JC 1 mon... |