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| Need Guidance for Next/Last Pair of Speakers @ortodox Have never seen the Zingali speakers. They are beautiful. Can you say more? | |
| Old phones as streaming sources that’s an example of “petitio principii” (assuming the original point). The OP and some others seem to have experienced quite good, “audiophile” results using their phones. I myself would never use a phone as my streamer because a modern IPhone ... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources well there it is! @ghdprentice has spoken! can’t believe we wasted our time on this topic. thx so much for enlightening us! | |
| Old phones as streaming sources @soix You seem very angry. I’ve complimented your decisions about your system, and i meant it! But you’ve accused me of bad judgment, called me a fool, and described my well-supported opinions as absurd. I’m pretty sure that we would find eac... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources @soix of course you heard the difference without the ddc! that was precisely my point! your dac is not immune to noise. so there was an obvious difference between the phone and the zen. that’s what I would have predicted! | |
| Old phones as streaming sources @soix I didn’t actually make such a blanket statement, no. I can imagine there are $10k DACs that do a poor job of cleaning up noise on the incoming digital signal, in which case I would definitely recommend a well-engineered, noise-free stream... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources posted this earlier, but in case you missed it. noise is easy to measure. so while different streamers can be noisier and have higher levels of jitter, some, but not all, DACs can level the playing field, making it unnecessary to spend big $ on ... | |
| Need Guidance for Next/Last Pair of Speakers check out my vintage rig posted on my systems page. I had a pair of Altec Santiagos resto/modded by aural hifi in denver (jeremy). cost was within your budget. he could source a pair of vintage speakers for you. | |
| A quick question on what streamers to consider....... Aurender is made in Korea. Not sure why you want to spend $2000; seems like overkill, but Sonore products are made in U.S., are highly regarded, and you can get a roon ready streamer for less than $2k | |
| A quick question on what streamers to consider....... Aurender is made in Korea. Not sure why you want to spend $2000; seems like overkill, but Sonore products are made in U.S., are highly regarded, and you can get a roon ready streamer for less than $2k | |
| Aurender Model Choices @jfrmusic This topic has received quite alot of attention on Audiogon - and other forums - recently. There are definitely opposing views on this, so I would encourage you to do what you’re doing; keep an open mind and sort thru the issues in a ... | |
| Aurender Model Choices Here’s another thread, this one on Roon Labs, where several Benchmark DAC owners swear by their Raspberry Pi’s - one discusses his comparison to an Aurender unit: https://community.roonlabs.com/t/what-led-you-to-benchmark/238494 | |
| Aurender Model Choices Ran across this thread on another forum. Another Benchmark DAC owner reached out to Benchmark to ask about streamers. Interesting response: https://www.audioaficionado.org/showthread.php?t=52456 Not really a surprise though. This is the same ... | |
| Aurender Model Choices oops, sorry, you need both a server for your use case. But same idea, even more so on the server side. For that, there are a lot of cheaper alternatives; one that I have alot of experience with are the sonicTransporters from Snall Green Computer... | |
| Aurender Model Choices have to agree with @benanders on this one. The extent to which streamers have a “sound” is somewhat controversial in some circles (i.e., if jitter and power source noise is minimized). So spending a lot of $ on your first streamer seems like a b... |