erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| CD ripping for the lower end. Look into volumio or Picore player. | |
| Can an HDMI output be converted into something a USB input would accept? External DAC's accept DSD only in two ways:DSD over PCM (DoP) for S/PDIF and USB. Limited to 2x DSDDirect DSD via USB 2.0. My Brooklyn plays at least quad DSD this way just fine. But to get here I have to buy DSD files I'm afraid. You may find mor... | |
| Neutral or Detailed. You can't have both Nonoise:Same. :) What speakers are you talking about? | |
| Neutral or Detailed. You can't have both Prof: Give specific examples of speakers you consider detailed and neutral. | |
| Port Plugged Towers vs In-Wall The in-walls will be better optimized int the bass, and give you more floor space. | |
| Advice for killer desktop speakers I do things a little differently, using an NAD D 3020 which is a super small integrated/DAC/AMP. Then you can pick any small speakers you like. :) Best,E | |
| Mytek Brooklyn vs manhattan Mayor:Did you match the filters? Best,E | |
| My old wavelength audio DAC is still usable Are you even playing MQA files? :) | |
| Is preamp's headphone output as good as "true" output? Ideally you want the tape output. Best,Erik | |
| Dali Specktor Review / Wharfedale Shootout @10000_hz_legend I had the previous generation of Silver bookshelves, with the ceramic woofer but not the dimples. No, what I am using in the bedroom are the Radius 200. I originally bought them for surrounds.AMT’s don’t really sound like ribbons ... | |
| Audio as a weapon For the record peeps, I was not far off:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/us-intelligence-thinks-russia-may-have-microwaved-us-emb...Someone get me a cookie. | |
| High order crossovers @trelja The manufacture of a component is not the same as it's electrical performance. We cannot look at a cutaway via a microscope and evaluate how it will sound anymore than we can look at the glowing plate of a tube. Best,E | |
| Dali Specktor Review / Wharfedale Shootout @10000_hz_legend I didn’t claim anything, I suggested a price to get an experienced craftsman to make it for you if you could not do so yourself. As you know, you don’t ask a plumber to install pipes and charge you for the pipes alone. However, i... | |
| What components might I check into that have a small foot print? Mytek Brooklyn DAC/preMytek Brooklyn stereo amplifierMustic streamer. | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? I should have said "...this varies by *genre*" |