jabbaman
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| Ifi Zen Streamer plus upgraded power supply - the streamer to beat?? @soix - I gave MConnect HD a try today with a Qobuz free trial and my personal view is that: 1. I can't hear a difference between Qobuz Hi-Fi and Tidal Hi-Fi (I am old so my hearing is maybe not able to discern the finer points between the two fo... | |
| Ifi Zen Streamer plus upgraded power supply - the streamer to beat?? You do make an excellent point! | |
| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? @slbjbb now that is super interesting, thanks for the insight! | |
| Ifi Zen Streamer plus upgraded power supply - the streamer to beat?? This is a great thread. I've just started building a digital system and my first purchase was the Zen Stream and so far I've been really impressed. I'm feeding it with a 15v iPower X from a good Power Conditioner with a couple of AC iPurifiers plu... | |
| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? In the interests of transparency I've spent the last several hours listening to a number of pieces of music that have passages of silence as well as single instruments and acoustic vocal tracks - with these on repeat I've slowly removed a number o... | |
| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? Having done some initial listening tests this evening between Wi-Fi and the very complicated (and expensive) Ethernet path my conclusion is that Wi-Fi is just as good as over £1k's worth of Ethernet toys. I plan to do some more tests tomorrow but... | |
| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? Interesting but I'm not ready to drop £6k on a pair of speakers. I am planning to do some A/B testing tomorrow against my upgraded wireless router to see if all the Ethernet magic in the chain has any discernable benefit. If I can't hear a serious... | |
| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? @oddiofyl great comment. As I'm learning as I go I've already started researching and saving for a better network transport and DAC. I have my eye on a few options but will take a look at the Aurender. | |
| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? @daveteauk I don't respond to trolls but I can guarantee that you would not speak to me like that face to face. At least not twice. Go and learn some manners then come back when you are ready to be a grown up. | |
| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? I am loving this thread already as the emphasis is on best components first and then Ethernet and USB "treatments" second. That said my system does sound glorious with some well-chosen Ethernet, USB and Power upgrades. | |
| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? @ghdprentice - absolutely, the beauty of forums is that you get many different opinions. Sometimes people with less experience can bring fresh insight to the table and folks with more experience might be a bit "stuck in their ways". So, it's all h... | |
| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? I think there is a mixture of opinion. Some are saying that the DAC is all that matters and others are saying that DAC and Streamer / Transport are equally important. Note, I'm deliberately not discussing the analogue chain as it is well known t... | |
| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? @dman1974 - great advice | |
| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? @mahler123 - agreed the CA CXN60 does look rather lovely at that price point though I do like the idea of keeping the streamer and DAC separate there are virtues to have them integrated whereby there is no cable to attract interference between the... | |
| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? @roadwhorerecords - whilst Tidal is more expensive than Spotify it's not a significant cost (compared to Roon!) (I know what you mean though and I'd love to justify starting a Vinyl collection but I can't) |