mdalton
Responses from mdalton
| New streamer needed 144 is plenty. And the Volumio seems like a great choice - I really love the look! | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love Phillips SACD 1000. Back in 2001, it was all the rage. Made the cover of Stereophile, lots of hyperbole. It originally sold for $2k, but all of a sudden I saw prices at $400, so had to do it. Well, turns out it suffered from a known flaw with ... | |
| New streamer needed Internet download speed Works for Ideal number of Wi-Fi users 0–5Mbps -Checking email -Streaming music on one device -Searching on Google 1–2 people 5–40Mbps -Streaming video on one device ... | |
| New streamer needed 63mbps is not great, but is more than enough for high res music if it doesn’t fluctuate much (video is much more demanding). For comparison, I’m getting over 375 in our mbr right now, and that’s probably the slowest of any room in the house. But... | |
| New streamer needed oh, one more thought, to emphasize. You don’t need to spend alot for wifi streamers. Am pretty sure that all 5 of the units unde $1k I mentioned do wifi. Finally, I highly recommend you keep the server separate from the streamer. just as you’re... | |
| New streamer needed Few observations: - Do a wifi speed test near your router, and then where your streamer will be to determine whether you need anything to enhance speed (i.e., to get an idea of how much speed you lose with distance). - A dongle is just a design ... | |
| The Emperor Has No Clothes!! oops, fat fingers: to finish the thought: I finally realized that the Yamaha stuff was great engineering, but a terrible user interface, which was just getting in the way of musical enjoyment. That’s when I moved to Sonos (~2007 maybe?), before... | |
| The Emperor Has No Clothes!! @bolong an interesting metaphor indeed. I have frequently been accused of not understanding or embracing the digital side of our hobby whenever I point out the server/streamer craziness out there (and don’t get me started on network switches). ... | |
| New streamer needed btw, my home network is completely thru the mesh. In other words, router to base mesh unit. then switch to same mesh unit. then everything else on network plugs to switch (e.g., small green computer which is my server, ethernet connection for my ... | |
| New streamer needed I have a high speed 3 unit mesh system, 1 unit for each floor. I have 3 different streamers on wifi, one for each floor. None are wired to a mesh unit, in other word 100% wifi, and they all receive high res files without issue. I was prepared t... | |
| Volti v Charney v Rethm I’ve heard the Volti and the Rethm Trishna, both in show conditions, one year apart, the Volti with Border Patrol amplification, the Rethm driven by the new Western Ekectric integrated. I liked them both, but loved the Rethm. I find myself incre... | |
| Jazz Mount Rushmore so many, but the OP started with specific lps, so in that spirit, not already mentioned: Grant Green, Idle Moments Miles Davis, Round About Midnight Jim Hall, Concierto Ben Webster, Meets Oscar Peterson, or, Soulville Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben... | |
| New streamer needed The one thing that’s factual and clearly knowable is what exactly is happening to the digital data stream in your two use cases. Without knowing that for sure, I believe it’s difficult to make a decision on what you want for a streamer, because y... | |
| New streamer needed in other words, I don’t think you’re hearing the streamer, I think you’re hearing the upsampling, which you don’t like. am guessing the cd transport sounds more natural to you, but just a guess. | |
| New streamer needed @stievus Sorry, I wasn’t clear. The W4S modified Sonos bypassed the internal DAC just like yours. So my comparison was of a stock sonos with digital out to benchmark, vs modified sonos out to benchmark. The dac’s sound dominated, which is wha... |