mike_in_nc
Responses from mike_in_nc
| Streamer or DDC I suspect a dedicated streamer will give you better sound than using a notebook, with or without a DDC (by which I assume you mean digital-digital converter). I don't know why -- people have ideas, but no one really knows -- but I've always heard ... | |
| Best Digital Music Server Trying to be helpful, but if you’re on a different track, maybe it doesn’t seem that way. But please realize, no piece of hardware that has ripping will give you the ability to fix metadata like JRiver’s software will, or dedicated metadata progra... | |
| Innuos: A Cautionary Tale. This is an unfortunate risk one takes in buying a used piece of gear. Often these days, the discount offered from new doesn't seem to be enough, considering the lack of warranty coverage. I look for dealers' demo units sold with full warranty.I ag... | |
| Best Digital Music Server Ripping and serving are two different things. A third thing is fixing missing metadata -- there are several types of software available for that. You will be better off with best-of-class solutions for each aspect of this. I suggest a little more ... | |
| Does it annoy you when companies don't show the internals of electronics ? No. | |
| Blasphemy! I want an 1/3 octave EQ @fastninja12 - DSP -- Digital Signal Processing -- is just digital equalization. That’s all. It doesn’t imply room correction or anything else, nor anything automatic, though DSP is often used to accomplish room correction.I have tried a fair numb... | |
| Converting two-car garage to listening room. What would you do? Check out "Acoustics Insider" on YouTube. It is a series done by a professional acoustician, a studio and control room designer. Many questions are answered, including yours.I agree with MC that the issue would be similar dimensions, not parallel ... | |
| Ethernet source What DAC are you using?Would it be possible to run a long Ethernet cable to your audio room to see if that improves things? | |
| Where to buy Mogami 2804 /2803 in the US? Good luck with this! From the one page that came up via Google search -- an outfit that sells cable assemblies made with 2804 -- it looks nearly impossible to obtain. | |
| What ever happened to.... I sold my VPI brick about 20 years ago. I was hoping it would reduce transformer hum in my amplifier. It didn't. | |
| We spend too much time talking about tweeters 85% of the sound out of a speaker if not 95% is not in the tweeter True, depending how you measure it -- yet 95% of the *irritation* comes from the tweeter. That's why people talk about them. | |
| NAD M33 or NAIM UNITI NOVA? I’ve heard the Naim at a local dealership, and I enjoyed it very much. I have not heard the M33, but I’ve listened carefully to another amp using the PuriFi modules, with a very positive reaction.So, it seems to me you may have two good choices. O... | |
| what is the advantage of having a Roon core that's not on your computer? What Eric said. And less wear and tear on your imac. | |
| The Absolute Sound as compared to just sound? re: Headphones. You are the best one. Make a short list from reviews and recommendations, then find places to try them. Tedious, but far more reliable than trusting someone else 's ears. | |
| Tube Preamp to go with Bryston SST2 amp and Magnepan 1.7i speakers Not crazy. While shopping for speakers years ago, I had an extended audition of the Arial 7t using an all -Bryston system with a 4BSST2. It was one hell of a good sounding setup. One of the best I’ve heard. |