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| Bluesound Node 2 as a preamp? audionoobie/Joe: Can you explain what you mean? Did you change from using the RCA analog outputs of the Node 2, to using the digital out? If yes, then I think this is changing your DAC from the Node 2 to your Aria Integrated. Do I understand t... | |
| Everything else being equal, should I expect better Spotify quality through wifi or USB? willemj: I hooked up a Chromecast audio puck directly to my receiver via the analog output, and was not impressed with the sound of spotify. Compared to a CD, it sounded really bad. I would not consider it a good DAC.gdnrbob: The Ayre Codex is m... | |
| Everything else being equal, should I expect better Spotify quality through wifi or USB? willemj: Why are you bringing up Bluetooth? There has not been any talk about Bluetooth in this thread. We've been only talking about wifi, ethernet, and USB.Also, if you read my earlier post, I did try a Chromecast audio puck into my receiver,... | |
| Everything else being equal, should I expect better Spotify quality through wifi or USB? gdnrbob: I was planning to use the Bluesound Node 2 as a streamer and a DAC, as it does both. Why did you add an Ayre Codex into your pipeline? Where you not happy with the sound quality coming out of the Node 2? | |
| Everything else being equal, should I expect better Spotify quality through wifi or USB? gasbose. I am still a newbee, but I believe I would be correct to say that you cannot expect great performance from a $25 DAC from Amazon. I just tried a Google Chromecast audio "puck" ($35) into my receiver via the analog output, and I was not ... | |
| Everything else being equal, should I expect better Spotify quality through wifi or USB? kijanki. Great information. Thank you. Is there an easy way to tell what band my wifi is operating on? | |
| Everything else being equal, should I expect better Spotify quality through wifi or USB? kalali: thanks for the response. I don't have a laptop though. As I said in my original post, I have a desktop. Having said that, since you brought it up, should I expect better sound quality through an ethernet cable to DAC or via a wifi strea... | |
| Everything else being equal, should I expect better Spotify quality through wifi or USB? willemj: Did you read my original post? Yes, same DAC. My question is written: If the DAC, amp, speakers are the same, will one of these 2 options likely provide better sound quality? | |
| Everything else being equal, should I expect better Spotify quality through wifi or USB? The 2 choices I am looking at are:1) USB out of desktop computer into DAC2) Wifi connection to DACI am wondering if there would be any difference in streaming Spotify sound quality between these 2 options, using something like a Bluesound Node 2, ... | |
| Everything else being equal, should I expect better Spotify quality through wifi or USB? Willemj: Can you explain more? If you change between cable for USB and wifi, where does optical/coax come into the picture? | |
| Everything else being equal, should I expect better Spotify quality through wifi or USB? I have heard that computers are noisy, and that their internal clocks can cause issues with music playback. I was thinking that this would impact the playback through the USB cable. Do you get the same jitter/clock issues regardless of if you go... | |
| peachtree amp vs. traditional amp czarivey: By traditional amp, I mean the black box amps, made by Dennon, Yamaha, Marantz, etc. They all kind of look similar. Usually priced $500 to $2000. Can be found a Best Buy and Crutchfield. | |
| peachtree amp vs. traditional amp Thanks Bubba. Did you compare it to a traditional amp? I just don't understand why everyone else requires more space/weight to amplify than Peachtree. Do they have some proprietary technology that no one else has? | |
| looking for a new pre/amp or integrated amp yyzsantabarbara: Can you post a link to the thread you referenced? I'd like to read it. Thanks, Doug | |
| looking for a new pre/amp or integrated amp Hi mesch. I'm curious into your idea. Can you give me an idea what you are thinking relative to a server? |