mayoradamwest
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| Seeking guidance for a very small/easy music server / vs a DAP And if you want small, I hear a new Mac Mini is arriving soon. They are very popular as music servers. | |
| Seeking guidance for a very small/easy music server / vs a DAP Have you considered a computer? Even a dedicated iMac can be found well south of your price point. | |
| Does Roon sound better? I’m not totally sure which difference you are seeing but if the same Tidal bits are making their way to the dac then it shouldn’t matter. It could be one of those two is decoding and re-encoding, like AirPlay does. For th OPs case, sending Tidal d... | |
| Does Roon sound better? I get that, but it’s still pushing the same bits over. I guess there could be a very slight difference depending on network noise but I doubt you’d be able to tell. My point is mainly that Roon isn’t doing anything different. It’s just sending the... | |
| Does Roon sound better? I don’t think you understand what I am saying. If you have a single device that does Tidal and Room, it will sound exactly the same playing Tidal through Roon as it would playing Tidal directly. This was the question the OP asked. | |
| Does Roon sound better? If you prefer the organization then it’s a grest deal, but to be clear it should sound exactly the same on a device that offers both Room and Tidal directly. It’s processing the same bits in the same way. Once you start adding other hardware and p... | |
| Hegel H590 I work in software in Silicon Valley with the best programmers in the world. I can’t see why any reasonable engineer would make their own OS anymore. It’s so easy to customize Linux or Android, which are stable platforms and actively being improve... | |
| Does Roon sound better? Roon doesn’t sound any different. It’s playing the same digital data. | |
| Best Speaker cable in the $400.00-$500.00 range for 2 meters I don’t know about a specific cable, as I’m no expert, but why not buy used? You’re asking on a forum for a used marketplace. Cables in this price range are frequently found over 50% off almost brand new. Even new, I was able to negotiate 20% off ... | |
| iPad as music server/player Airplay to Mcintosh MAC7200 upto audiophile quality? I don’t see any reason to believe you’d see any noticeable impact. Tidal will still stream CD quality and Airplay is lossless at that quality. I use Roon sometimes now, mainly because Airplay will not be able to stream full MQA, but I don’t know i... | |
| DAC/Streamers Under 10k - Mytek, PS Audio... @tdimler thanks! I watched several of the PS Audio videos on YouTube. I thought it was interesting that the founder specifically mentioned not really liking B&W, which makes me think the DirectStream and 802 might not be the best combo anyway.... | |
| DAC/Streamers Under 10k - Mytek, PS Audio... For clarification, I found a good price used on audiogon and usaudiomart. They do pop up from time to time and I jumped on one. There is a great price on the PS Audio as well. I mean, that’s why we’re all here, on the forums of a used marketplace,... | |
| DAC/Streamers Under 10k - Mytek, PS Audio... happy to try the Naim when it becomes available. Until it's out there and has reviews, I need a DAC, and found a good price on the Manhattan. Even if I resell it, I doubt I'll lose money. | |
| DAC/Streamers Under 10k - Mytek, PS Audio... @audiotroy I appreciate that, but I'm more interested in comparing in-home with someone who has a PS Audio or Lumin at this point. @1graber2 good suggestion. I'd never heard of that group until now. Will look into it! I've got 3 DACs now, so a sho... | |
| DAC/Streamers Under 10k - Mytek, PS Audio... @chachi112 It was tough finding reviews of the S1 and it seems a little out of date with the X1 arriving. That said, I would love to hear them side by side. The nice thing about the Manhattan is that I have the Brooklyn already, so I know I genera... |