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| Lumin U2 mini vs Mac laptop sound test @yage I think he was saying the information via packet is easily and perfectly transfered via USB. He was referring to the timing information for playback that is crucial to good sound. I would have to go re-listen to it but the guy is making ... | |
| Lumin U2 mini vs Mac laptop sound test @yage Yes I agree but I listened to the owner of Antipodes interviewed on Darko podcast and he explained that the packets are always sent complete and any incomplete/corruption is erased as the system re-sends the packets. He said the crucial p... | |
| Lumin U2 mini vs Mac laptop sound test @designsfx I never said I was using Tidal for volume control. There was a volume diff that I was able to fix but turning on a setting in Tidal that allows it to control but volume has been and always is controlled by the Director preamp. Leedh ... | |
| Lumin U2 mini vs Mac laptop sound test @wsrrsw Using only XLR cables no RCA. They are Mogami and another japanese brand so they are solid. The USB cable was a cheap one that came with my scanner! This should be a stark audible difference. Could be my room or other things but as me... | |
| Lumin U2 mini vs Mac laptop sound test @wsrrsw I have the U2 Mini connected by ether cable then to the DAC in the Director. For comparison the mac was connected via wifi then into the Director. The reimyo was not in the chain for comparison | |
| Lumin U2 mini vs Mac laptop sound test @wsrrsw System other than streamer SPL Director pre/DAC SPL S1200 Power Amp Reimyo 999 main DAC Kirmuss speaker cables Audio Solution Figero M speakers My ears? Maybe. I am better than I used to be at hearing things in the music but my m... | |
| Lumin U2 mini vs Mac laptop sound test I did another test today. I carefully listened to the Mac/USB/SPL Director DAC combo for a while before changing to the Lumin. What I "think" I am hearing is more depth in the sound stage, more details on decay of symbols, more ambient feeling li... | |
| Lumin U2 mini vs Mac laptop sound test @12many Yes! Welcome. I am doing another test today lower volume really listening deeply to see if I can hear a difference and will post the results. However, when I was setting things up this morning, it is absolutely not night and day. | |
| Lumin U2 mini vs Mac laptop sound test @designsfx The volume was different until I switched the button to allow Tidal to have full control of the sound and "adjust volume with another program". It was a significant probelm when I first did it. @wlutke I am glad you heard a di... | |
| Lumin U2 mini vs Mac laptop sound test @sandstone Ventura 13.3.1 I left all the open programs running on the mac. Never shut anything down and there was a setting when you are in tidal and switch output on the icon to stream from the mac. I clicked "more settings" and selected ... | |
| Lumin U2 mini vs Mac laptop sound test @soix Me too!! That is why I had a friend listen for a diff blind. Have you heard a significant diff in streamers? JH | |
| Parasound to Pass Upgrade I had an XA25 which is class A and it sounded amazing and it ran hot, not warm. jh | |
| Starting from scratch and say $5000 How about this combo? I have SPL gear and there will be a review coming on the BMT speakers. Didn't know if you needed a DAC but the SPL Director (peramp/dac) is not much more than the Elector preamp (no DAC). Speakers (assembled in USA) BMT ... | |
| Is the XA25 a realistic option for LRS’s? @j_andrews Sure. The f7 was wonderful sounding, warm and much better than the Amp camp amps and the Schiit Aegir. Better in clarity, tone and soundstage. I heard the diff as soon as I turned it on. The xa25 is so much faster, clearer/transpa... | |
| Is the XA25 a realistic option for LRS’s? I have had both the f7 and the xa25. they sound very different. have you heard them because the sound is important. after getting the xa25 I sold the f7 because I never listened to it. the xa25 is that much better to my ears than the f7. As ... |