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| Gapless I have a ton of live music and when the renderer does not support gapless it really stinks as it inserts silence between every “track”. If one never listens to live recordings then it likely does not matter. Far from useless and critical for me at... | |
| Gapless Usually the renderer which is typically in the streamer. DLNA and upnp generally I can’t get gapless to ever work. | |
| Streaming network issues - need a geek Yep, those broadband speeds are way too slow for reliable 4k. Starlinks is fast enough but a 1 yr wait. But if that is your best path get on the list now. It is $110/month tho. | |
| How to control volume for DAC with no volume control FYI, I own a Node and the Denafrips Ares II. If you use coax or optical into the DAC you can use the volume control in the Node software. If you use USB (which is for sure a better connection between the Node and Denafrips, look this up) you'll ne... | |
| Improving Comcast modem signal Starlink is one of the solutions to address the current monopoly of ISPs. But the wait for gear and service is at least a year. | |
| Apple iPad music streamer Yes, the current Node is roon ready. You probably know you can rip your CDs and setup a library which the node can see as a source. It takes times and for the vast majority streaming has the same stuff one would have on CDs. | |
| Using my TV as a node, buy a streamer? I did this and was shocked how bad the results were. The rendering in my reasonably modern Samsung TV swapped L/R channels. It also resampled the audio to 48khz and 16 bit no matter the true file specs. This may been uncommon but I will never use... | |
| Improving Comcast modem signal Easy to use a non rented modem. Unlike fuzzytone’s experience everyone I know who has swapped rental modem out has never gone back. Maybe 10 people so just shows how a small sample size is problematic. Modem compatibility is easily verified on... | |
| Apple iPad music streamer Just a heads up that the combo chargers and usb output dongles are often super noisy. A streamer is the right solution here. | |
| Apple iPad music streamer Thx Vodoo. I forgot about using a USB connection to get non lossless files. There are a host of streamers that have various remotes. I am using the latest bluesound node now which has a good interface and is simple to use. It is about $500. | |
| Apple iPad music streamer How exactly are you connecting your iPad to the DAC? The main methods I know are lossy or analog neither is very good. | |
| Car streaming blues, ain’t marketing great Other than checking if you can improve the source, car audio upgrade path is always: power first, then speakers, and lastly sub. A little soundproofing mat I would say is fourth. Just buying new speakers will not work well as stock power is always... | |
| Does a solar power home inverter negatively affect the sound of audio systems? It really is all up to the quality of the inverter. A good sine wave inverter with well designed batteries and charger can produce a less noisy and more stable power than many utilities. | |
| Does a solar power home inverter negatively affect the sound of audio systems? I think the devil will be in the details here. A typical gas generator likely has a poor inverter to generate the 110v or 220v output. I am always wary of connecting electronics with circuit board directly to them for this reason. I have a re... | |
| Ripping CDs to Hard Drive and Live Recordings Metadata on CDs is pretty poor and certainly not standardized. Not sure who in the chain does this but it is not the users. The dats is also often wrong and reliably inconsistent. I always look it over and correct to my liking when ripping. I ha... |