mike_in_nc
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| TOSLINK Optical vs Coaxial for CD transport to DAC The only way you will know is to try, as the difference will depend on the quality of receivers in the DAC for various inputs. Such differences, in an ideally engineered DAC, will be small to none, typically far less than differences heard when mo... | |
| Cello Palette w/ Capacitors Use the preamp! They were made to very high standards. If you do have a tech go through it, tell them NOT to do any work other than cleaning without your explicit permission. I owned a Cello Palette Preamp for over 10 years. I sold it for more th... | |
| Subwoofer Phase Control If your goal is flat frequency response in the bass, then yet, a continuous phase control (or one with small increments, such as 1° in the SVS app) definitely is a help and will give more positioning options. | |
| Is Stream via ethernet Superior to BlueTooth? Yes, if you have a pretty quiet room, you should be able to hear the difference. The difference is reduced quite a bit if you are using one of the newer, lossless codecs like LDAC or AptX HD. That said, if the source material is compressed (say m... | |
| Idea for a new component NAD M66 has those functions and more. | |
| Best Cheap DAC Streamer You might try the Bluesound Node Nano. I think it's probably very good for the low cost. | |
| What do you do when the music’s not speaking to you? When the music's not moving me, I go do something else and try again the next day. | |
| B&W 802D1 - How can I tame the brightness? If repositioning doesn't work, I'd suggest trying a Schiit Loki Max to take down the top end a little bit. It's a lot less money and hassle than selling and buying speakers, and you might find it useful to adjust some recordings, to boot. Occasio... | |
| Class d amplification Excellent Class D amps I have preferred to Class AB amps at 3× the price: NAD M23 Atma-Sphere Class D Orchard Audio Premium Ultra I'm sure others are equally as good. | |
| Class d amplification @hbarrel - Currently, NAD M66. A flexible device whose US price has increased by about $1,500 since US tariffs on Chinese goods were announced. I think you will find that with a good Class D amp, what you will hear is the quality of the source an... | |
| Class d amplification I think the Atma-Sphere and Orchard entries are very much worth auditioning. They are two excellent amps with different sound profiles. https://futureaudiophile.com/atma-sphere-class-d-gamono-amplifiers-reviewed/ https://futureaudiophile.com/orc... | |
| Need help with Roon, system output is not showing by Streamer/DAC Have you gone into Roon's Settings > Audio to see if the Metrum is shown there and enabled? If you are still having trouble, check out Roon's own community at https://go.roonlabs.com/Roon/community | |
| Matching a amplifier to speakers @twangy57 - Future Audiophile has reviewed quite a few Class D amps. I can think of worse places to start your reading. As you do your reading, I hope you'll consider two things: (1) Class D has improved a LOT in the last 10 years, and some peopl... | |
| Matching a amplifier to speakers You could try some of the Orchard Audio GaNFET Class D amps. I have some and really like them. They sound a little different to me from PuriFi Class D amps (which I also like). I suggest you should investigate which approach sounds better to you i... | |
| Matrix Element M2 or Topping DX9 + WiiM Pro @kofibaffour - Interesting ideas. Thanks! |