lordmelton
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| Aurender N20 or A15 If money is not in short supply, take the N20. Otherwise look at the N200 it has USB and COAX outputs. If you take the N20 you can use the McDAC and upgrade later and also add a Master Clock during the meantime. | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers Why do you need a modem? I have 5G fiber straight into my router. | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @nyev The N20 and MU1 are more or less set and forget units whereas I believe the K50 may require driver downloads etc., like the Taiko. I really don't want to get involved in setting dozens of parameters. Buying used you won't lose money on eit... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @nyev Why don't you phone or email the sellers and see if that helps. They, of course have first hand experience and are not reviewers. Good Luck! | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @ghasley @lordmelton Again, I have no affiliation with the seller of the MU! Nor should @nyev purchase anything he isnt ready to purchase. With that said, your pricing data is a bit dated as well as the supply chain/availability is quite a bit... | |
| For SACD fans only I would be willing to give the K-05XD a demo because it has full MQA unfolding and it also plays MQA discs. MQA has improved significantly since they were called out, a year or so ago and 96khz seems to be the limit of what most recordings are tr... | |
| Baffled and Frustrated: Streaming/DAC Sound Issues Use the HDD or USB drive to play stored files so you can isolate the problem to only streaming/ROON. If problem persists change USB cable. Still persists, it's the DAC. | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @nyev Of course. The main problem with the Musetec 005 DAC is that it takes forever and a day to burn in. So, yes I used AES and USB in tandem until the USB started pulling away from AES. I have a 10mHZ master clock connected to the N20, which co... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @kairosman Thank you, I2s is the best provided it is handled natively, although USB is very, very close. DSD is important to me so I won't use SPDIF. I use the Aurender N20 to the Musetec 005 (which you have) an excellent pairing via solid silver... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @kairosman Regardless, can someone explain why you think Grimm opted to forgo USB/I2S outputs? Because it's for the same reason that people were told SACDs were no better than Cds. A lot of people here have DACs that can't play DSD so it's of... | |
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| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @shkong78 Yes, I prefer a one box solution if possible and the extra $$$ can be allocated elsewhere. Both the N20 and N30 are massively influenced by power cables. If you get a chance try an Audioquest Dragon PC on your N30, you will then be ver... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? ^^^^^ This is very good advice. The Taiko Extreme is widely acknowledged or advertised as the best streamer but there is no way I'm investing that amount of money in such a small operation. The Grimm will not give you soaring, razor edged guitar... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? No, it's not the best and "Pro" reviewers get paid one way or another. It doesn't do DSD or USB which is pathetic. I've heard it and it's more suited IMHO to classical or acoustic music. Get an Aurender N20 a N30 isn't worth the extra $$$. I h... | |
| Firewall module by Less Loss @jerryg123 The first time I tried a capacitor across my speaker terminals I was amazed by the increase in SQ, it was like a component upgrade or a new set of speaker cables. I am just saying that the people who are giving feedback are not having ... |