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| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... I have noticed more dropouts with tidal in the past few weeks. I suspect, with so many people sheltering at home, that their servers are much more heavily loaded than normal. Have you noticed dropouts from local content instead of streaming? | |
| Oscilloscopes - what specs to look for? I didn't spend any time looking at the Uni-T, but did consider the Rigol and Siglent. Both are a great value. Keep in mind that with these lower priced scopes (including the SDS1204X-E that I bought), you can only use the full bandwidth if you are... | |
| Oscilloscopes - what specs to look for? Noise and bandwidth are directly linked in most modern scopes. The higher bandwidth ADCs will also have more dynamic range when used at lower sample rates. This is probably the biggest price differentiator as well, as the cost of the ADC is usuall... | |
| For efficient speakers, how much difference does an amp really make? My take - the more efficient the speaker, the more the balance shifts toward quality from quantity when it comes to amplifiers. For a given budget, any amp designer is going to have trade-offs between power and finesse. There are obviously going t... | |
| Roon Nucleus as Network Player I'm using Roon ROCK running on a NUC8 i7 (essentially the same as a Nucleus Plus) but just as a server - streaming through a Bryston BDP-2 with AES connection to my DAC. I'm curious to hear how well the Nucleus works streaming directly over USB. M... | |
| Understanding DAC's I would also disagree because the number of recordings available in DSD is pitifully small. I have a small number of DSD recordings, but it's probably less than 0.1% of my collection. The SQ of the DAC playing Redbook is BY FAR the most important ... | |
| Yggdrasil - what next? Thanks for the responses so far. I don't think the Ayre QB-9 Twenty is available any longer. I heard the QB-9 DSD and thought it was a good value, but not an improvement over the Yggy for me. There is a local Ayre dealer, so I will stop by once we... | |
| New purchase Bryston bdp 2 +1 on BDP-2. Good value as used streamer. Great sounding using AES/EBU. Only downside is it doesn’t have USB out to dac so if this is what your DAC needs, you’ll have to look elsewhere. | |
| What would you say is THE MOST important factor to good imaging? Speaker placement, but you have to have a room that allows a good placement. While I've been able to achieve excellent horizontal image placement and a very wide sound stage in a small room, getting great depth has, for me, required that speakers ... | |
| Parasound JC-1 - How old is too old? I've owned the JC-5 for about five months now. Very nice sounding and way more power than I need with my efficient speakers. I had a chance to listen to the JC-5 and an older pair of JC-1s on the same system. I thought they had a very similar soni... | |
| Speaker cable recommendations in my budget Actually, the Dueland cable you linked to is $10/meter, not /ft. I agree that this would make good speaker cable, although you probably want to double or triple up on this wire, depending on how long a cable you need and how efficient your speaker... | |
| DIY cables I'm a fan of DIY cables. I think you can build quality cables if you use high quality raw materials, careful construction including high pressure crimping of connections, and good design. That said, building a speaker cable using cheap copper wire... | |
| Spatial Audio open baffle speakers, who has them? Worthwhile change from Maggies? @berber99 - Yes, they are sold as a kit, and need subs to be full range. They were not difficult to build, but took about 50 hours including building the stereo open baffle subs. See my post https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/gr-research-nx-ot... | |
| Spatial Audio open baffle speakers, who has them? Worthwhile change from Maggies? I haven't heard the Spatials, but I have owned four sets of Magnepans (MG1, MG2, Tympani IV, MG3.6r) and now own a set of GR Research NX-Oticas. Over the years, I went back and forth between Maggies and dynamic box speakers. Each time I owned the ... | |
| GR Research NX-Otica and Servo OB Subs @sortner Hi Steve - I'm glad to hear you liked them enough to build your own set. It was fun to show them off to you and the rest of the group. Good luck with your project! |