mike_in_nc
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| Streaming network issues - need a geek What model is the router? If relatively new, you may have customer service available from Netgear for free. Their paid service, I'd be hesitant about. The one time I tried it, it cost me to have them tell me to reset everything back to default (wh... | |
| If a speaker cable added 1 - 2 ohms of resistance would that be? Of course, @crustycoot is correct that a couple of ohms of speaker-cable resistance will degrade the realized damping factor considerably. The nominal damping factor is usually computed DF = 8 / Z where 8 is the assumed impedance of the loudspea... | |
| If a speaker cable added 1 - 2 ohms of resistance would that be? I've concluded audiophiles are crazy. You can sell them anything if you make it expensive enough and get some guy with no qualifications to say on YouTube that he likes it. Then people will like the sound on one album and one system and say it blo... | |
| If a speaker cable added 1 - 2 ohms of resistance would that be? If the speaker’s impedance changes markedly with frequency -- as speakers tend to do -- a couple of ohms in the speaker cable would be a bad thing indeed. It would form a voltage divider whose values vary with frequency. That would change the freq... | |
| New to computer audio Look here. Roon has pretty good online information. | |
| Duplex outlet next to speaker cable Doesn't matter. Speaker connections are very low impedance and relatively high voltage so EMI in this circumstance will be inconsequential. | |
| Question about Audioengine speakers... A2 or A5+? If you want even a simulacrum of bass, get the bigger ones (A5+). I've had a pair for years and think they are a tremendous value. The sound is quite non-irritatating and enjoyable. Perhaps a little polite, but I find that far better than the oppo... | |
| SQ or performance? @mahgister - I am another who finds most audiophile recordings, as you said, "boring, non creative, and without interest." Does no one else remember Holt's Law? -- the idea that the better the recording, the worse the musical performance—and vice... | |
| When You Buy The Whole Album And Only Like One Song. This is what's so great about Qobuz et al. | |
| Roon/Bluesound Node - adding new DAC (non Roon-Ready) Different users will prefer Roon or not. It’s worth a trial IMO. In the trial, try to use it extensively, as there is a learning curve. Roon’s at its best for finding music related to what you already like and for providing tons of metadata for a ... | |
| SQ or performance? @rvpiano - Like you, I find both sound quality and performance quality contribute to my enjoyment. I’m especially averse to old piano recordings where the instrument warbles due to its analog origins -- even the best tape recorders were never as s... | |
| Roon/Bluesound Node - adding new DAC (non Roon-Ready) If @painter24 is connecting his new DAC to the Node, and the Node (not the DAC) is connected to the Roon Core by networking, it is irrelevant whether the DAC itself is Roon-Ready. Roon-Ready applies to devices that Roon will control directly. In t... | |
| Roon/Bluesound Node - adding new DAC (non Roon-Ready) If the Node is connected over the network, it seems to me that Roon will see the Node as the endpoint, and it doesn’t matter what is connected to the Node’s digital outputs. I have an Auralic Aries in my network and Roon recognizes it as Roon Rea... | |
| High quality CDs Many (but not all) BIS CDs are well recorded and mixed. They are not minimalist recordings but are clean. If you get them as downloads from eClassical.com, you can get a refund if you don’t like a particular release. Oddly enough, given their ori... | |
| Connecting Amp to speakers I had my monblocks fitted with SpeakONs (as mentioned by Erik) and love them. Benchmark Systems says they provide the lowest measurable distortion of connectors they tried; they are easy to connect and disconnect; they are impossible to short out;... |