mike_in_nc
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| I need to pick between A and B but I can't hear a difference is the worst type of thread. It is an annoying question, as there is an obvious answer that every audiophile should know, at least every audiophile who reads The Absolute Sound: Get the more expensive one. | |
| Lumin D2 - Late the Table You have a really nice system. Just remember, no streamer will work well if the network connection is not very good. Probably, as @nekoaudio audio says, an extender will work. Make sure you can return the Lumin if it doesn't. | |
| Sport Court as Listening Room? Tall ceilings are wonderful for listening IME. It’s not ideal to have the same dimension for height and width, but it’s probably manageable.Since sport courts usually are fully enclosed, the room may accentuate bass peaks and nodes, though the lar... | |
| App/Player for Bricasti DACs? On the PC, you can set the firewall to accept connections from the local network only (not the WAN, or Internet). I consider that safe. Does the Mac offer that?Regarding Kazoo, I don't know -- you could try. My understanding is that Linn uses Open... | |
| Automatic Room Correction has won the Subwoofer Wars As mentioned, a too-common post in audio fora is, "I got a sub, and it doesn’t sound good. Help me!" Unfortunately, trying to integrate a sub without measurement capability is a fool’s errand. That’s a tough thing for a newbie to accept, one who h... | |
| PS Audio Direct Stream DAC w/Roon Nucleus + vs. Auralic Vega G1 DACs have gotten very good these days, so I’ll give the usual hackneyed advice: Try Before You Buy. A "better" DAC may not sound better to you.That said, I am an one who aims for neutrality -- not a warm sound, not emphasized treble. When I borrow... | |
| Location of instruments in the orchestra... I've found that the apparent layout of instruments on classical recordings often is not what I'd expect. I suppose that at least in some cases, the sections are rearranged for ease of recording. | |
| Quobuz - does anyone know if Quobuz will be adding DLNA as Streaming Protocol? I’m using Android, too. You have entered your Qobuz login into BubbleUPnP in the settings, I suppose?BTW, you're using the original PSA Bridge, or the Bridge II? | |
| DAC Chips I also think that what @goofyfoot said is an important point. It is as silly to judge a DAC by its chipset as by the thickness of the front panel. | |
| Absorb or Diffuse Behind Listening Position? To answer the question you actually asked -- I repeat -- try something like the ASC Matrix Panel or RPG BAD panel. They are made for the application. The GIK Alpha line might work, too, but I’ve not tried it in that application (very close to the ... | |
| Quobuz - does anyone know if Quobuz will be adding DLNA as Streaming Protocol? A pity that BubbleUPnP isn't working for you. Your phone and tablet are on the same network as the PS Audio unit? And the PS Audio shows up as a renderer in Bubble? I've been using it with Qobuz for quite a while now -- sending the audio to my DLN... | |
| Absorb or Diffuse Behind Listening Position? I think a combination of absorption and fine-grained scattering would probably give best results. One option is the ASC Matrix Panel (as mentioned ty @asctim above). Based on the quality of their other products (I have plenty), I’m sure it’s a gre... | |
| Quobuz - does anyone know if Quobuz will be adding DLNA as Streaming Protocol? What kind of device are you using as a DLNA control point? If an Android one, take a look at BubbleUPnP, which interfaces with Qobuz (and Tidal) to send it to a DLNA renderer such as the PSA Bridge. | |
| DAC Chips When an 8-channel chip is used in a 2-channel application, the chip's extra channels typically are run in parallel. Assuming the noise and distortion are random (noise is; distortion may not be), running 4 channels of DAC in parallel should lower ... | |
| SPDIF cable same as coaxial cable? There are many types of coaxial cable. SPDIF cables are typically made of coaxial cable ("coax") with a 75-ohm characteristic impedance.Regarding bandwidth, the SPDIF specs and those of the receiving and sending units are more likely to limit band... |