mdalton
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| Sound quality differences in streamers lol! We’ll just have to disagree on that. I’ve provided my 20+ years’ streaming experience, links to discussions where multiple perspectives have been shared, industry resources for helping others evaluate products, and credible explanations for ... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @kevn Sure, it makes sense, but is not really responsive to my fundamental points. Jitter is well understood and measured. And there are folks who know a lot more than me about the science who have done all sorts of tests on the limits of huma... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @kevn ”sigh”. You slightly misrepresented my position. Please see my post on 4/25 at 4:05 pm. I do and have heard differences across streamers, and I believe many others do as well. However, due to a misunderstanding of what streamers do or ... | |
| Building a second, vinyl focused system. Speaker advice needed! (<$10k) They’re a little polarizing, but I’m a big fan of the Rethms. The Trishna started out @ $10k, but may be up to $12k now. Perfect for virtually any tube amplification, even SET. They use a full range driver combined with a powered low end featur... | |
| Need Recommendation for Coffee Shop klipsch the three | |
| Need Recommendation for Coffee Shop If you’re going midcentury vibe, Klipsch the three might be a good choice. | |
| OT: Espresso machines Rancilio Silvia Pro X. Dual boiler machine. Easy to use. | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @fleschler iFi Zen Stream: $400 Primare NP5 Prisma: $800 Project Stream Box S2 Ultra: $900 Holo Audio Red: $950 Volumio Rivo: $1200 Volumio Rivo+: $1500 | |
| DDC or Better Streamer? oops, did a bit more research. any reason you wouldn’t just go with Laiv Harmony uDDC? | |
| DDC or Better Streamer? here’s a recent, relatively robust discussion re streamers. streamer discussion Re DDC, I have no experience myself, but would simply note that It makes sense to me that Denafrips would make a separate Hermes in part because their DACs are NOS,... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @devinplombier ok, but if you’re playing WFB Jr. I get to play Christopher Hitchens. Deal? | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @devinplombier ? I’ve always referred to it as bile on the soul. Some people just have it. We can talk about them over scotch. | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @devinplombier yes, the proviso is always “absent up/oversampling, dsp, etc.” | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers To the OP: As you can see, there’s an ongoing debate among a number of us who’ve responded to your question that sometimes gets in the way of clarity. So I’ll speak directly to you in order to clarify my position, rather than have it cartoonish... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @steakster You’re joking, right? I responded to the following assertion: “Anyone who’s compared a $400 streamer to a $2k+ streamer will tell you there’s a very significant difference between the two.” Congrats on your google skills, but I do... |