rbstehno
Responses from rbstehno
| Does your DAC sound better through the S/PDIF or I2S inputs than through USB? I2s is the best, followed by anything else, I used Ethernet before i2s, last is usb. My $1000 i2s cable is .75 meters long. A lot of the better dacs are not including usb, while some like Berkeley make a $2500 box to try to make usb sound better. ... | |
| Subs - Installation Look at Rel subs. They have multiple ways to hook them up. Their preferred way is to use their high level connection which is connecting their supplied speakon cable to you amp. You run your speakers full range and the rels integrate perfectly wit... | |
| How much do I need to spend to make vinyl sound better than digital? 10x the cost of digital to make vinyl sound as good and even then it’s not worth all the headaches that go along with vinyl. I had 3x the cost of my digital in vinyl (digital at that time was close to $10k) and I got rid of my vinyl. I have friend... | |
| Keep Acoustic Zen or move on? Why ask everybody gf because only you will be able to determine if there is a difference or not. There will be a difference, but it might not be a positive 1. Why not work with a dealer or the Cable Company that will give you 30-60 days to see if... | |
| Revel F36 or Dali Oberon 7 I got a pair of revel f35’s in white for sale too. Great speakers. I have their larger brothers in my dedicated audio room | |
| Help in Sarasota Florida…Will Pay for help in setting up my room and equipment… Jim smith. He is very knowledgeable. Anybody else how do you know if they know how to do this. I’ve read Jim’s book, Paul McGowan book, visited and asked Cardas and also have info from the old Rives Audio room setup, so I do my own setup using the... | |
| What is a "reference" system? A ‘Reference’ system has nothing to do with being the “best”, it states a system you are familiar with. A lot of manufacturers put ‘reference’ in the name of the product to try to boost sales. Just like ‘Signature’, what does that mean in referenc... | |
| Listening Room or Components or my ears? IMO, if you are having this problem with a Rogue magnum 3, which is very warm sounding (I had 1 for years), it’s both your speakers and the denon. You have no dac and the denon isn’t any good. The focals are also on the cool side of things. start... | |
| Pairing streamer I’ve been using ripped music since 2005. Remember amarra, pure music, audirvana from the mid 2000’s. I sold my $3000 Classe cdp in 2007/2008 and never used a cdp since. I do have a sacd player that’s 20 years old and it doesn’t get used much for 1... | |
| Pairing streamer If your router is using a wireless connection, then you better be using a wifi 6e or newer mesh router so you can use the 2.5Gbps backhaul instead of the normal router wireless speed which can be anywhere from dismal to just ok | |
| Pairing streamer @buellrider97 - if you need a new lan setup, remember that your isp provider or the geek squad don’t know how to do internal lans, get a new mesh network. | |
| Pairing streamer buellrider97 - your network has to have 1 main router that connects to your isp modem that sets up your wifi ssid (you only need 1), port forwarding, and other parameters and then your 2nd and more routers are setup as a wired or wireless bridge n... | |
| Pairing streamer Ok, people don’t know how networks work. Frequencies, 2.4 or 5 ghz has no bearing on connectivity to a node. The number of routers you have doesn’t have any bearing on connectivity. I have 4 mesh network routers that use both wired and their 6e pr... | |
| Pairing streamer If your streamer is not connected to your internal network, nothing will work. Check your router connected devices to see if it’s on the LAN. I don’t know what the device will be called on the device list on the router but you should know what ip ... | |
| Im going to regret my cable question You ask 50 people what is the best XXX component and you will get 60 different answers. It doesn’t matter what kind of music you listen too. Do you want to change cables if you play jazz after just playing rock? Getting many different responses, ... |