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| Separate DAC or continue using the Oppo UDP-205 If you like the way the OPPO UDP-205 DAC sounds, and you're not looking for a change, I wouldn't recommend trying too hard to better it. Yes, there are people who don't like the way it sounds and so either mod it or would prefer a different DAC. O... | |
| Meridian G68 and MiniDSP Use a miniDSP unit that does all the work in the digital domain? | |
| Do standalone digital-to-digital EQ and Room Correction products exist? SPDIF in SPDIF out +1 for the miniDSP SHD Studio. It's very flexible and has a lot of functionality in addition to PEQ and Dirac Live. I don't think you can beat it in terms of bang for your buck.A couple of more expensive options are the Trinnov ST2-HiFi or DEQX Pr... | |
| Apple TV 4K vs Network Player for streaming via Air Play I believe all generations of Apple TV devices will indeed resample audio to 16-bit/48kHz, for all use cases. I haven't seen anything contrary to that yet.Given your specific setup, I think it is unlikely you will get a different sound by swapping ... | |
| What streamer? @ymc226 there isn't any issue with data being converted to ALAC for transmission, but there will be resampling if necessary like @melvinjames mentioned. The iPad or whatever you are using to send audio data to the receiving device is what is invol... | |
| What streamer? @ymc226 if you liked the sound quality of the Azur 851N, the Edge NQ would be a step up in quality (although perhaps not as pleasing to your ears—as you'd have to make that determination yourself).However I assume when the 851N was demonstrated to... | |
| OPPO or Something Else? @jrpnde it may help to know if you're specifically looking for the OPPO sound character and also if you specifically want to use the analog outputs on a CD player instead of an outboard DAC (second box). From your question, I think it's safe to as... | |
| What streamer? If you want to stream Apple Music there aren't as many options. Given you're also using iTunes, it kind of sounds like you're best off getting an Apple TV. | |
| Salk Audio Sound Salk Sound speakers are very good, and Jim Salk is a great guy. I don't know where you're located, but you can sometimes find him at audio shows. He's been at RMAF and the California Audio Show, based on my memory. | |
| Stacking subs to save space You can probably use some feet or material to make sure vibrations don't cause the top sub to shift off the bottom one, and I would assume the existing feet are sufficient to deal with most of the vibrations.The downside is really the loss of smoo... | |
| Looking for A Cost Effective Phono Amp- Any suggestions?" In addition to the phono stages others have suggested, I've measured the Pro-Ject and Rega phono stages and they work very well. | |
| Why HiFi manufacturers don't make active crossovers anymore? @cosmicjazz Bryston and JL Audio make active crossovers. But as @erik_squires mentioned things can get pretty complicated if you really want to do it right, and I also strongly recommend (and offer) miniDSP in large part because of that. Inclusion... | |
| How To Proceed With Room Treatments @jrpnde I think it depends a lot on what you're trying to accomplish, and your first goal should probably be to figure out what kind of a room you want to have. That will tell you the types of acoustic treatments you should go, where to place them... | |
| Lumin X1 and headphones amplifier: what to do ? If you read some of the posts in the AudioCircle Bryston BHA-1 thread (linking directly to a relevant post) you'll see that the some people order their BHA-1 in a "low gain" configuration, because otherwise the XLR output on the back is too high/l... | |
| Lumin X1 and headphones amplifier: what to do ? There are several analog-only headphone amplifiers that accept XLR inputs and have 4-pin balanced XLR headphone outputs, such as those you linked to. I would recommend sticking with that approach as you've stated you want to keep the analog output... |