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| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? @yyzsantabarbara You put a bug in my ear with that fiber stuff. Turns out Supermicro makes fanless mini-PCs with dual built-in SFPs, and probably other brands do too. One of those PCs and a SFP-equipped DAC would make a great backbone for an all-... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? @mitch2 Thank you for helping recenter and focus this thread with your excellent post, thorough and thoughtful like your ongoing DAC review series which I also follow. Digital audio nomenclature is understood and used pretty loosely, resulting in... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? @yyzsantabarbara Thank you for the additional info, however on a conceptual level I am still confused. I may just be missing something obvious. How can fiber constitute a "moat" when it is merely a conduit without filtering abilities of its own? ... | |
| Power cord upgrade Well, folks, it gets better. The unit used in the Shunyata video is an Ideal SureTest circuit analyzer model 161-64. I’m remotely familiar with this unit, which in my world is used by building inspectors to detect bootleg grounds that go undetect... | |
| Power cord upgrade Just watch this and learn something instantaneous current draw I like to learn, so I watched. Besides the fact that wire gauge is never mentioned in the video, I was surprised that that crappy PC power cord had a measured .5kA transient curre... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? @yyzsantabarbara I guess I was hoping to learn more about the types of components that make up your fiber chain, like end points, interfaces and such. If that was explained in previous threads then by all means please point to them. Thank you! | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? @yyzsantabarbara Interesting. Can you comment on your fiber setup? Toslink is fiber too, just want to make sure I'm not misunderstanding. | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? Whaa? One could plug his hifi streamer into his big TV or projector, sit back with a wireless keyboard/mouse and watch Netflix too??? HBO Max too??? Watch music videos and concerts with hifi audio on a streamer??? Play games??? Send emails??? The... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? Some would argue that some DDCs are "voiced", or that they add a little bit of gain to the signal. Either or both would produce audible differences. You have to wonder why so many seemingly reliable and reasonable folks report that strictly digit... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? @soix Thank you for your post and your point is well taken. I'm against extra boxes on principle, but maybe further investigation is warranted here. | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? If you already own a DAC that has a good clock, galvanic isolation and all the I/O ports you want, you don’t really need a DDC. On the other hand a good DDC can mean a new lease on life to a vintage DAC you love. If your DAC is just old or middlin... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? @milpai The T+A DAC200 is essentially two DACs (PCM and DSD) in one, so a very good choice in this scenario. Plus, it looks great! | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? Sounds like pretty much everyone reporting sonic improvements from switching to a dedicated streamer so far had a macbook or macmini before. Personally I wouldn’t use apple for a door stop, but I’m biased that way :) In any event, it’s not surpr... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? The BDP-3 is largely a computer but one that is built specifically to do one thing. Streamers are computers. Some brands, such as marque du jour Aurender, make a convincing effort to conceal that basic fact. And they’re right, because who wants... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? Here's a link, scroll about halfway down, there's a top view of the BDP-3 with the cover off. https://www.stereolife.pl/archiwum/testy/przetworniki-i-streamery/3321-bryston-bdp-3 |