o_holter
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| Better desktop DAC @chayro - I looked at the Apos audio site, interesting, many options. Anyone you would consider? | |
| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? I do get the idea that better-built DACs offer better sound. But streamers? As long as the input is right, no stuttering, not much noise, etc? I'd like to invest in a streamer if I was sure it actually performed better than my laptop. And a clear ... | |
| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? "if the data gets to the DAC without any errors, then there's no logical reason for one transmission mode to be better than another." Yes - but maybe there are reasons, nevertheless? Why do people insist that streamers make a change? What are the... | |
| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? @yage - "There's no advantage to using a wired Ethernet connection vs Wi-Fi. As long as you're not hearing dropouts or glitches during playback then your network is performing fine." Hmm - well yes - but there are different opinions. Some say tha... | |
| Streaming through upconverting DAC - can I even improve audio quality? For checking if your system can do DSD, you can download a sampler from the Native DSD site for a symbolic cost. If the playback of the sampler disables the volume control on your mac / pc (or your DAC tells you this is DSD), you are probably in t... | |
| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? I am also wondering, what would be the benefit of a dedicated streamer, compared to the solution I use now - an ethernet-connected Thinkpad T14 with USB to my DAC. Subjectively I don't notice any problems with the laptop as streamer. | |
| Better desktop DAC Yes, its a possibility. However it is a bit big for my desktop. And still quite expensive. And I am not sure I need the streamer part, since my ethernet connected laptop seems to work ok. Both streaming and playing DSD native from my hard disk. No... | |
| Better desktop DAC Testing some more today, Steven Wilson: What life brings, in Nightowl headphones from Teac Nt-505 in main system vs Topping e30ii in office system. Streaming from Qobuz. - No contest, Teac is better. No surprise. But it is a gradient. Not night an... | |
| Better desktop DAC One more test - what exactly am I looking for, with a better DAC? Point of interest: testing two DACs playing pure / direct / native DSD. The low priced topping e30ii and the mid-priced Teac nt-505 dac-streamer. Testing my own DSD files, in this c... | |
| Better desktop DAC I appreciate all the suggestions, very interesting, I look at their manuals and reviews - Bifrost 2-64, exaSound, Hidizs DAP. @soix asked about budget. Maybe max 1200 USD. Depends on the sound quality. The Topping e30ii is an over-achiever at its... | |
| Bose 901 Series V Questions @mbarrett635 - new equalizer - this is probably what I should have done. But in the end I wanted something new anyway. Great speakers but they did have limits. | |
| Better desktop DAC With most fairly new DACs I can play DSD files packaged to PCM using DoP. How much do I need the true / direct DSD capability? I've thought, maybe not so much, since I can play direct DSD in my main system with my Teac NT-505 - no problem. But I h... | |
| Better desktop DAC Forget DSD? The above discussion maybe illustrates a broader point. To get a good-sounding desktop DAC for a reasonable price, I should drop the DSD requirement. This is still a somewhat new and niche thing. If I keep to DACs with acceptable 1... | |
| Better desktop DAC Hi @Hilde45 Discussing DSD versus PCM is interestering, but off topic here. I just want the DAC to do the job for DSD as well as PCM. I am not so interested in DSD versus PCM filters etc. I have fifteen years experience with DSD recordings. I kno... | |
| Structural beam in middle of listening room @carlsbad2 Interesting suggestion. In my room I could maybe do away with the single column (too close to my listening position) by an expensive beam that does not need a column - but also, with a circa three thirds arrangement, two columns. Easi... |