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| Innuos 3.3 with Quboz Connect just dropped. @buellrider97 Sense doesn't show anything on my Pixel when it's playing unless I open the app. Quboz Connect shows what's playing with album art on my lock screen. | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes Here's Gemini's explanation of how proprietary software can affect streamer output. It's a little more complicated than 1s and 0s. Here is a more technically detailed explanation of how proprietary software in digital streamers can influence the... | |
| Why most $3000 and lower DAC’s sound almost identical Interesting theory. I've found consulting with a good AI agent is a useful way of answering questions like this. I start by telling the AI that's it's a professor of electrical engineering and focus on the special questions with follow up for bett... | |
| Are streamers digitally enhanced? @sudnh I can assure you that both my friend and I have forgotten more about audio during our 40 year careers than you will ever know. But I appreciate you informing me that better components result in better sound. That’s apparently the one thin... | |
| Are streamers digitally enhanced? To put a coda on this discussion, I spent an hour with Gemini as an EE professor, explaining the fine points of digital streamer design. It confirmed the primary of clock and PSU, but also mentioned another variable. FLAC is a lossless but still... | |
| Are streamers digitally enhanced? I originally asked this question hoping someone knew more factual information about how digital designers program chips to convert Internet packets to a PCM stream and, how that might affect the sound. I don't know whether chips are just built to ... | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound Here's a Meyer Sound story FWIW. Around 2010 the studio I worked for was looking for monitors for a new room. We demoed a few contenders including a 15inch Meyer horn system. I don't remember the model but they were in the $25k range. We played ... | |
| B&W 802D1 - How can I tame the brightness? In that price range, I recommend ATC SCM50 or SCM100 Active or Passive depending on the rest of your system. All the clarity and presence without any harshness. | |
| Harman To Acquire B&W, Denon, Polk And Marantz From Masimo In $350 Million Deal Personally I think Samsung/Harman has been a good corporate parent of their high end brands. I was rightly concerned when they bought JBL back in the 1990s and turned out a bunch of mediocre products. But since Samsung took over, they've allowed t... | |
| B&W 802D1 - How can I tame the brightness? A high quality graphic equalizer. Or you could search for just the combination of components and cables forever. I'd recommend selling those to someone who likes them and buying speakers that sound the way you want. | |
| Then I Got a Pulse, Now I'm a Believer @ghdprentice Only the USB cable is new. And it has improved a lot after only 72 hours. I want to thank you for the insights you offer. Your focus on musicality over pure sonics has greatly influenced my listening. As I've moved up in resolutio... | |
| Then I Got a Pulse, Now I'm a Believer @soix You're absolutely right. I spent a good part of today listening and comparing. What I noticed is that the USB has a much bigger and deeper soundstage that initially sounded strange. Today I toed in my speakers about a half inch more and th... | |
| Then I Got a Pulse, Now I'm a Believer @ronboco I never used the DAC in the Node 2i except when my BitFrost needed service. I just happened to receive the LPS for the Node the day after I sent it off. So I listened to the Node DAC for one day without LPS and the next day I installed ... | |
| Then I Got a Pulse, Now I'm a Believer Well, I finally got to hear the BitFrost with the USB input. And I didn't like it! I listened for a day and something just sounded off. Tried a lot of different music and they all seemed not quite right. So I switched back to my coax cable and i... | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound +1 JBL K2 S9900 |