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| Will floorstanders work in a small listening room? @slash21 room or wide open space is probably more of a listener preference than anything, as long as the room is large enough to avoid the basic problems.I personally prefer a dead room, which is closer to a very large room or open space. Others p... | |
| Will floorstanders work in a small listening room? Assuming the larger room allows for a symmetrical presentation of the speakers, I'd go with the larger room. The downside may be that the larger room cannot be "filled" as much and is therefore more reflective, versus what you could do in terms of... | |
| Setting up a Mac mini as a music server, and other digital music questions I also don't see any significant reasons not to simply upgrade your computer since that's what you're currently using and probably has the most convenient upgrade path. I also don't see any issue with staying within the Apple ecosystem, and all of... | |
| Lumin X1 with Innuous Zenith Mk3 Question @snackeyp you might consider the Linn network streaming DACs which do have digital inputs. They also use output transformers like the Lumin, but with a different DAC chip so it will sound different from the Lumin. | |
| Lumin X1 with Innuous Zenith Mk3 Question If you aren't storing any of your music on the Innuos then you won't need it anymore (or move any music you have stored on it to your NAS), as Roon Core could be run on a much less expensive computer, either whatever computer you already have or y... | |
| Streamer with AES3 Out and no DAC @djones51 another option is to get a high-quality converter, if another box isn't a problem. That would give you a lot more flexibility in the streamer, while still ending up with AES3 to your speakers. I recommend the MUTEC MC-6. | |
| Streamer with AES3 Out and no DAC Oops, my bad on the Matrix Audio. I got input confused with output. Sorry. | |
| Keep investing in peripherals to make expensive an DAC work in my system, or get a new DAC I think you would be best-off looking for a different DAC. | |
| Streamer with AES3 Out and no DAC Auralic's G1 has an MSRP of $2700, and Matrix Audio's Mini-I is relatively inexpensive (I'm not sure of the current price).The Leedh volume algorithm is excellent and a significant improvement over the previous Lumin volume algorithm. | |
| Music streaming device The SVS Prime Wireless SoundBase displays the Tidal logo, but it's not entirely clear to me if they support it natively or just by using something like Bluetooth or AirPlay from your table or PC. Might want to check that.But since the SoundBase is... | |
| Turntable dealer/set up percon @lewm that's why I would go with software and measurement tools wherever possible. People have already picked out a sound preference, so to speak, when they selected their equipment and music. | |
| Dutch & Dutch 8c Loudspeakers @seadogs1 you can only have one source connected at a time unless you add a switcher/mixer/router between the multiple sources and the speakers.The OPPO BDP-95 supports analog XLR output. You can use one channel each from the BDP-95 to each 8c, an... | |
| Turntable dealer/set up percon @optimize well from my experience a bunch of records went anywhere from slightly blurry or an outright sonic mess to focused enjoyable music, after matching phase across two channels using software. So I will continue to recommend it. Especially a... | |
| Turntable dealer/set up percon Optimizing phase and crosstalk by adjusting azimuth is best done with measurement software. | |
| Is it truly HT bypass It's actually full-range to the L/R speakers that presents the problem. The JL Audio software lets you put a low-pass filter on the subwoofer.But one of the benefits of a subwoofer is that your main speakers would no longer have to deal with tryin... |