jaytor
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| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... I'm approaching 1000 hours on my Terminator and it's really sounding great. I'm using Roon ROCK on a fanless NUC through an EtherRegen to a Bryston BDP-2 (upgraded audio card) connected to the Terminator through AES3. I've found using Roon sample ... | |
| Next step in improving digital chain? As is indicated by the Stereophile review, any noise introduced on the USB bus will result in timing errors on the DAC since this DAC is particularly sensitive to jitter. If the OP is happy with the sound from this DAC, then the best strategy woul... | |
| Is it fine to bunch together power wires? XLR cables have good common mode rejection (assuming the signal is really balanced and the receiving end is using a differential input or transformer to cancel out the common mode signals). This means that any induced signal from neighboring cable... | |
| Is it fine to bunch together power wires? The biggest issue occurs when cables run parallel to each other. Crossing is not so bad, particularly at right angles. You are better off having a jumbled mess than having all the cables neatly organized running parallel, even if they are spaced a... | |
| Recommendations for PC -- for modest system -- DIY is a great option, particularly if you are on a budget and not looking for anything really esoteric. Wire/cable companies generally don't offer their very best cable for bulk purchases, but there are great options that are equivalent to finish... | |
| Bryston 7Bsst2 vs Parasound JC1 Before you swap out your preamp/amp, you might consider trying a different DAC. I had a W4S DAC2 for a couple years and wasn't really happy with it (I had MG3.6r at the time). I thought my two-decade-old Levinson 39 CD player used as a DAC sounded... | |
| Roon Power Supply @fundsgon - to each his/her own, but I have found streaming to be a game changer for me. 15 or so years ago, I had all but lost interest in high-end 2-channel audio, and focused on home theater instead. This was mostly because I was bored with my... | |
| New Denafrips recklocker/converters: IRIS and GAIA My guess (and it is just a guess) is that the Iris won't provide significant benefit, although it might reduce USB electrical noise a bit which could help. The Gaia, on the other hand, may have a better clock and improved noise isolation and data ... | |
| Roon Power Supply You're welcome. Glad you found it useful. | |
| New Denafrips recklocker/converters: IRIS and GAIA I was proposing dropping the dedicated endpoint and using your server as the renderer/endpoint as well, and then using one of these between the server and DAC to provide isolation and reclocking. So it would basically replace the dedicated endpoin... | |
| Lumin u1 mini vs bryston bdp3 I have a BDP-2 with the upgrade audio board (same as used on the BDP-3). It works very well as a Roon endpoint. I haven't even tried the Manic Moose software since I've been using Roon since before I got the streamer. The only other streamer I've ... | |
| Recommendations for a stereo power amp with a XLR/RCA input switch around $2k I would look at Parasound. Most of their amps have switchable inputs and they offer excellent performance for the money. | |
| New Denafrips recklocker/converters: IRIS and GAIA They can't be Roon endpoints since they don't have an Ethernet connection, butt they might act as very good buffer between a device acting as both a Roon server and endpoint that is connected to your DAC over USB, such as a PC, NUC, or Nucleus. I'... | |
| Roon Power Supply Roon software consists of three parts - server, endpoint, and controller. The server is what manages your music library (either locally stored on a hard drive and/or streamed from Tidal and/or Qobuz). The controller is the part that provides the u... | |
| Roon Power Supply The Nucleus (or NUC running ROCK) can be connected directly via USB to a DAC. This isn't recommended by Roon for the best SQ, but if your DAC does a good job of rejecting noise from USB, or if you use some form of USB re-generator, it will work fi... |