mikhailark
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| USB to external DAC, Ibasso DX160 DAP Looking at specs it is unlikely it supports USB-C. Try regular USB-A cable and port. | |
| Pass labs krell parasound amps Remember that Pass is MOSFET which is a closest solid state to tubes. It does have nice ’house’ sound which is on a warmer (just a little bit) side. There is also Accuphase which may be regular or Class A MOSFET, like Pass. | |
| Is "detailed" audiophile code for too much treble? I define detailed not by amount of treble but rather when attack and decay are correct and not smeared in time. So sound is not muddied by the fact that notes sound longer than they should be and do not start overlaping with other. | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? @yyzsantabarbara - the problem with Toslink is that a) it is limited to 24/96 and b) there is no error detection or correction like with USB. USB is way more modern, I am running 15 ft USB just fine, it is not worse than a twisted pair. | |
| Dedicated CD Transport vs DAC Quality DAC first. Besides, you can use DAC with 24/96 streaming rather than CD transport limited to 16/44 CDs. Sorry, haven't owned CD transport for like 15 years, everything is long ripped into lossless files. | |
| The Low Volume Loudness Dilemma Why not get Accuphase voicing EQ? At low, low $18K it probably has better quality than dbx. | |
| The Low Volume Loudness Dilemma @limomangus - it may as well fix it if room is not properly treated. May add some other problems, but perhaps OP music sounds good now. With some older material I rather use EQ and lose a bit of transparency than not enjoy it at all. | |
| The Low Volume Loudness Dilemma I think for that amount i'd build detached shed and treated it with proper acoustic materials like a recording studio. | |
| Six DAC Comparison Every DAC sounds different simply because each has different filter after the actual chip. | |
| A brief review of GR Research Bully @ozzy62 This is very subjective, my material may not be very "audiophile" :-). I would say, sound is clean and transparent. GR spends quite a bit of time on time alignment and off-axis response. The latter is actually very good. As compared to Pro... | |
| Comparing Powerline Ethernet to WiFi for streaming audio @soix transmission of files over networks is absolutely identical to music streams. There is no concept of jitter in network protocols. Or any loss. Are you mixing up primitive coax AES transmission with internet? Poorly designed non-correcting Re... | |
| Comparing Powerline Ethernet to WiFi for streaming audio Wow how much ADO about same bits. Is your WiFi not capable of copying Word files or printing documents? If it does, then there is no difference with Ethernet. Networks are designed to deliver information with zero loss. Over cables, satellite, fib... | |
| Music server recommendations needed. Frankly it is only worth ripping if something is not available in streaming. Rather than ripping 16/44 CD you can have 24/96 stream on Tidal... It has been a long time since I listened to any of my ripped CDs. | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? @dcmnto - Paul Allen had absolutely zero to do with modern (or old) Windows. He left company (or, rather, was pushed out) long time ago. Never had any influence on OS design. Besides, since 25 years ago OS changed quite a bit. | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? I primarily use Windows desktop as a source, but occasionally Macbook as well. Streamer is just a computer. And I am pretty sure Apple gear is much better designed than some ARM Linux box. |