erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| When did you last update your Wifi firmware? I wish either of mine auto updated | |
| Repeater/extenders are evil! @curiousjim It is not your ears but it may be your neighborhood!! :) A good Wifi signal can do justice to any music, but wifi signals do go bad. I’m lucky enough to live in a detached home with excellent wall to wall signal coverage and no channe... | |
| Schiit input selector switch - speaker "pops" The preamp could pop if you are switching between signals with different DC offsets if there's no inter-switch muting delay. Ideally, there's a relay which turns off the output, switches inputs and then enables the output. It takes some logic an... | |
| Why do Wav and Flac Files Sound Different? I can believe that. I've owned both JRiver and Media Monkey. Honestly not a huge fan of either's UI, even less Qobuz, but I do think Media Monkey has a better overall handling of metadata. Do I think it affects the sound quality? Absolutely not. | |
| Schiit input selector switch - speaker "pops" Depens on your source. Is one of them a tube source? | |
| New wireless hub/router They want you to rent a wireless hub. Buy your own. Otherwise, what @carlsbad2 said. Truth is however that wifi signal quality varies by your neighborhood. If you are in an isolated home in an area that’s not densely populated you’ll have a bette... | |
| Wired connection from Iphone to processor Wirelessly it seems like you are limited to Airplay, but it looks like it will play music from a network DLNA server, and worth trying with a USB cable. It also supports Roon and Tidal. | |
| Why do Wav and Flac Files Sound Different? Do you all understand that the metadata and music data are not in the same places in the file or is that ... not relevant to this discussion? The metadata, if read at all, is not interwoven with the music stream. It's a completely separate part ... | |
| Repeater/extenders are evil! @carlsbad2 Yes but it's a continuum: Ethernet cable > Good Wifi > Bad Wifi > No Music | |
| Repeater/extenders are evil! They are not at all evil... but getting Wifi working well from point A to point B is sometimes a challenge. I always recommend the use of a free Wifi analyzer to make sure your router is on uncongested channels and your signal strength is good. O... | |
| CAL alpha dac resistor values This is what a multimeter is for... :D | |
| Why do Wav and Flac Files Sound Different? AFAIK, WAV always had metadata, just not cover art, but if you find a player that plays music differently because of the cover art, you should report it as a bug! | |
| dbx 10/20 cap issue? Hey, So glue on large caps is normal. You can’t tell it’s glue cause it’s pretty solid or rubbery. Even if it’s started to get flakey and brittle, it’s fine unless you are taking your gear on the road. If it is viscous it’s probably the electrol... | |
| MQA....again. MQA is a solution to a 1980's problem. What might have been useful then is snake-oil now. | |
| Ideal lengths for specific Ethernet (RJ-45) cables Ethernet cables are not like coaxial. They are specifically designed for very long and short runs. If you can take advantage of a 1' long Ethernet cable go ahead. |