oberoniaomnia
Responses from oberoniaomnia
| Do I Really Need a Dedicated Streamer? I find in the "streamer" discussion, the access management and the DAC question is muddled. For sound quality, the DAC is the chief factor. If you plan on keep using your Chord as the DAC, then the streamer is solely for access convenience. Maybe ... | |
| The HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL Thread Continued Rites of Spring (self titled) is a gem. Also SNFU as a band. Maybe at the Heavy Metal - HC Punk intersection. If I am going heavy, it is more towards HC punk. | |
| What software has good sound quality? I compared Roon and Audirvana a while back, but could not make out any difference. Tried hard, but nothing. I am not surprised as either app just sends 0/1s to DAC, just wanted to not-hear it for myself. I like Roon's interface a bit better, so us... | |
| Can someone explain the clock sync? I would not worry about any of the clock stuff. The whole jitter-worry is overhyped as with anything remotely contemporary, jitter is not audible at the values found in contemporary digital devices. See here for a discussion: https://audioxpress.... | |
| Cassette decks. How good can it get? I only have a few older OG and a few newer tapes and bought a TEAK V-7000 off eBay. Sound fine to me, but I have no idea about either tell-tale signs of issues, or if any regular maintenance is required, say degaussing heads. I also remember some ... | |
| How does sound influence your appreciation? A significant and underappreciated factor is psychoacoustics. We listen to different types of music depending on the mood we are in (knowingly or unknowingly). We approach music differently as well: sometimes anything sounds just great, sometimes ... | |
| How does sound influence your appreciation? A significant and underappreciated factor is psychoacoustics. We listen to different types of music depending on the mood we are in (knowingly or unknowingly). We approach music differently as well: sometimes anything sounds just great, sometimes ... | |
| Enough is Enough In my experience, dealers are useless. I'd love to give a brick and mortar store my business, but so far it's been mostly disappointing. - when looking for a TT upgrade, shop said LP-12 or bust. Said I don't like the LP12, never got a reply, so ... | |
| VPI Prime Upgrade I had a VPI super prime scout and traded it for a Rega Naia package. I bought the VPI for unipivot arm and VTA on the fly. However, since then learned that unipivots also move in undesirable axes, and after much fussing with VTA, I cannot hear a d... | |
| Phono preamp or SUT for low output moving coil I recently got a Zesto SUT for a Rega Aphelion 2 cart going into EAT Eglow petite hybrid-tube PS. I can either go directly to PS with high gain and get a bit of tube hiss. Or I can add the SUT and get a bit of transformer hum. Both at very low lev... | |
| Do you have a perfect digital marriage? MacMini with Roon (lifetime) -> USB -> HoloAudio May DAC L2. For FLAC files only, I don't stream. No complaints, but have not been listening to many DACs. Just got a decent one so that I won't have to wonder anymore. This is just for the oc... | |
| Why does USB feature so much in discussions about DACs when the newer HDMI seems better? @2psyop "USB was for data not audio." Sending audio DATA over USB *is* sending data, zero and ones. Digital data transmission does not depend on what type of data it is. Data is data from a transmission perspective. | |
| How do you pick your gear? Tips and insights are welcome. @suartk Re Upscale, I tried to set up a demo with plenty of lead time for some TTs when I had something else going in LA. They flat out would/could not do it. So in-store demo is a pipe dream. It is not possible anymore if you have something speci... | |
| Spades vs. Banana plugs ?? @oldaudiophile @davetheoilguy P.S. Re bare wire and gauge, I use ~AWG 4-5 (so VERY thick) bare wires. Took a bit of fiddling to get them in neat, but works fine both amp (Pass XA25) and speaker (PearlAcoustics Sibelius) side. And no, they don't ge... | |
| Spades vs. Banana plugs ?? +1 bare wire. |