o_holter
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| What Holiday Gifts did you ask for or Give to Yourself? Just a small gift for myself. A balanced headphone cable, between my Audotailor Jade OTL preamp and my Audidoquest Nightowl and Nighthawk headphones. Ca 70 usd. | |
| Better desktop DAC @chayro - thanks. They are on the other side of the globe (I live in Norway) but I will check them out. Qualified impartial advice is very valuable. And I've actually bought from Oakland before ; - ) I finally got around to disconnect the Teac NT... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more Sorry if I am a bit slow, answering the many good comments in this thread. Reason; I need some time to adjust my ears back to the music. I get tired listening to the sound. "Is A better than B, or maybe C", and so on.Testing is fine, now and then,... | |
| Playing DSD files Some more comparison. Is DSD worth it? First, from the Native DSD sampler, Shostakovitsj. Sounds good. A well recorded symphony orchestra with no compression. Maybe it sounds just as nice in PCM. Second, my DSD128 recording of Grateful Dead: Da... | |
| Better desktop DAC I asked what would be the typical symptoms that the streamer function needs upgrade? this is much debated, on Audiogon and elsewhere... I come to this digital debate from analog. There, also, opinions have been very divided, maybe the only thin... | |
| 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... |