jaytor
Responses from jaytor
| A long harsh digital trip - final meter? If it was actually a single ethernet connection from the data source to your DAC, then it would be the last meter of multiple hundreds of thousands of miles, but in this case, the digital network connection is passing through numerous digital devi... | |
| Why do I need an additional player device if I have a Roon nucleus and a dac? From my experience, it really depends on the DAC you are using, and whether you are willing to pay a premium to get incremental gains.I initially set up my Roon system with a separate streamer (Bryston BDP-2 with upgraded audio card). At the time ... | |
| Audio envy - dang! Here's a question that I've never seen answered: what's the difference between the O'nestian 4:3 and the O'nestian G:L? Both XLR ic's, and both same price. I'm also curious about this. | |
| GR Research NX-Otica and Servo OB Subs The subwoofer amplifiers also have high-level inputs designed to connect directly to your main speaker outputs. So just run some speaker wire between your main speakers and the sub amps. Since these wires will carry very little current, you can us... | |
| Lifetime Roon is a go - alternative to Roon Nucleus When you build your NUC, you'll have to select an M.2 drive to hold the OS and database, and RAM. Make sure you visit Intel's compatibility website to find M.2 drives and RAM that has been validated on the particular NUC you are using. You can oft... | |
| Lifetime Roon is a go - alternative to Roon Nucleus The Nucleus is built using an Intel NUC in a fanless case. It is not that difficult to put this together yourself if you are somewhat comfortable with computers. If you have ever built your own PC, it will be easy. https://kb.roonlabs.com/ROCK:_Ge... | |
| spend on the streamer or on the DAC ? I think this depends a lot on the DAC and how it is connected to the streamer. The Node 2i, for example, only has SPDIF and TOSLINK outputs. A DAC that derives its sample clock from these digital inputs will have SQ much more influenced by the qua... | |
| Is the Roon Nuceus device a good streamer? I originally set up my system with the Roon core running on my PC and purchased a Bryston BDP-2 (with upgraded audio card) to use as a streamer. I also have a Node2i to compare, and the Bryston sounds a bit better. This spring, I built a Roon ROCK... | |
| Projector comparisons I'm now on my 7th projector since getting into home theater in the early 90's. In the mid-90's, I was feeling flush from an investment that paid off and bought a Vidikron Vision One and Snell&Wilcox video processor - total investment about $10... | |
| Roon - Sample rate conversion? The nice thing about Roon is that it is easy to experiment. I have found that using setting sample rate conversion to Max PCM Rate (Power of 2) with Precise Minimum Phase can provide some subtle improvements on many recordings. I'm using a Denafri... | |
| Qobuz or Tidal? I've got both and slightly prefer qobuz SQ but if I had to pick one, I'd go with tidal because most of the music I like is available. I listen mostly to jazz, folk, classic rock, alt pop, electronica. Very little classical, country, rap. | |
| Long XLR cables - help me decide @mitch2 - yes, my mistake on the model number. It's the NEI-3001 Mk III that I ordered. | |
| USB sucks As for jitter from servers and transports.. Asynchronous transfer is designed to eliminate that. The DAC asks for data packets at its pace and clocks them on down the line using its internal clocks. Any jitter from the source is therefore disreg... | |
| Long XLR cables - help me decide Good to hear. Thanks. | |
| Long XLR cables - help me decide @stringreen - While I agree that balanced interconnects impart less of their sonic signature on the sound, and thus sound more similar to each other, I have still been able to notice a difference between every balanced interconnect I've tried - s... |