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| Why are so many people spending so much money to build “perfect” streaming system? The one purchase that took me over that plateau was my new custom build streamer with amazing LPS. @sns Is it raspberry pi based? Could you articulate and share a bit more details with us? More importantly, I am interested to know how is it ... | |
| Why are so many people spending so much money to build “perfect” streaming system? Charles, I believe better SQ can be expected with higher end (in price) streamers. However, there is a diminished return as you know and the poor men like me is trying to find the sweet spot. Based on what I have seen/read from the reliable revie... | |
| Amp for Vandersteen 2ci @gdnrbob Amps with Zero Feedback tend to make the Vandy's shine. Interesting. Based on my limited knowledge, the neg. feedback (NFB) of the amp. usually reduces distortion and improves both input and output impedances of the amp. For examp... | |
| Why are so many people spending so much money to build “perfect” streaming system? ... The Wilm unit will absolutely “cut it” for the “bits are bits “ adherents... Charles, I actually want wiim to sound good, at least closer to the IFi ZS, so I can keep / enjoy it. It is very affordable and the UI programming is brilliant gi... | |
| HELP!!!! Newbie looking for a decent 2 channel power amp in the $1,000 range +2 Parasound A23+ used. Couple of them on usaudiomart around your budget. Also, if you definitely want new model, consider Parasound NC 2125 v2 for $900 on Amazon. I had it for one plus year with my 2nd system. Love the solid bass and laid back... | |
| Why are so many people spending so much money to build “perfect” streaming system? You do not need to spend 2-3k to have a decent streamer but the $80 wiim does not cut it. I tried it and, as Stereophile commented, the bass is soft and the sound is not as engaging. Tried IFi Zen Streamer ($300) and loved the SQ, although the U... | |
| DAC recommendations You have gotten a pair of top notch speakers that was highly appraised by Stereophile especially known for its soundstage, expensive / high quality amp, state of the art streamer and a highly hyped DAC. I do not understand why you settle down wit... | |
| I have found out why new cables and tweaks actually work! @clearthinker All right, I give up. I was being cynical and sort of tagging along playing dumb. I apologize for the invented dust "theory". Lately, there are several dumb threads like this, such as comparing digital to the cheap TT/analoug equ... | |
| I have found out why new cables and tweaks actually work! @clearthinker Not every cable I have has perfect insulation. I am frugal, not because I do not believe in expensive cables. Every time I clean the dust, immediately I hear the sound improvements just as claimed by the OP... Ha! Why nobody thi... | |
| I have found out why new cables and tweaks actually work! Audiogoners won’t joke around here. They took music listening a serious business. Dust usually does not conduct electricity. However, when the moisture in the air "adsorbs" and forms a thin film on the surface of dust particles, the dust layer on ... | |
| Potential upgrade path… Donate the money to charity. That will elevate your value of living to a higher level that you enjoy music more from your current system. | |
| Music Servers/External Drives SSD with max. data transfer rates over 800 mbps. This will work much better than 7200 rpm HDD with only 160 mbps in terms of indexing on the first setup or later update. No moving parts inside SSD makes it less volunerable and hence longer life ... | |
| IFi Zen Stream with Qobuz I like Qobuz better than Tidal primarily because, although they both have similar number of songs (90 millions), the Qobuz has more newer productions. For example, Qobuz has the albums of Beady Belle, the female singer I like, after 2020 but lacks... | |
| DAC league table When budget is tight, iFi Zen Stream is imho the best bang to the buck. Both usb and rca digital outputs has been purified to eradicate the jitter so it really sounds great. People have reported its SQ is comparable to 7 or 8 times price gear. ... | |
| IFi Zen Stream with Qobuz As of today (12/23/2022), the free version, Mconnect Player Lite, is working smoothly with ifi ZS in the AIO mode on iphone for streaming music from Qobuz. It has most of features you need such as gapless play. If you need track sorting which I do... |