rbstehno
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| USB sucks SQ from usb sucks too! Get the best network attached dac you can afford then you get the best of both worlds: be need for a dedicated server in the audio room and no usb along with its many tweaks | |
| Best Speakers for a small Nearfield room, budget at most $10000 (used is also ok) I used a pair of Totem Model 1’s for years in a small room. I then moved up to a pair of Totem Mani II’s which require a powerful amp. Both speakers need stands. Another option which is a little more money are the Usher mini-x stand mounted speake... | |
| Looking for new speakers I agree with a couple of people here, ignore the 1st responder unless you want to go backwards in sound quality.I also agree with others to try a different source. Also, try different speaker cables, even some cheap 16/14 gauge wire just to see if... | |
| Ethernet cable question You have multiple networks: internet, private internal, wireless, and maybe a guest network. All networks can have different speeds. Hopefully you built a 1G internal private network, an AC wireless network, and up to a 1G fiber internet network. ... | |
| $5k Pair Full Range Speaker Shootout - Help me pick I used to have the Usher MD II’s, great speaker, I upgraded to the larger Ushers. The revel’s are very good too. Another very good speaker is the Totem Wind or totem forest. I used to have the Classe cap151 and it’s a nice integrated but not sure ... | |
| Cheap/expensive or expensive/cheap? Auxinput-a 10k system isn’t reaching the point of diminishing returns? Are you talking about $10k worth of cables? I hope so because a $10k system can still be classified as a starter system or maybe getting into The midfi range, depending on what... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) The 1st thing that I was going to say about your list of speakers is you must really like cool and analytical sounding speakers. I would be able to listen to any of these for a few minutes max.A couple of suggestions would be the Usher mini dancer... | |
| Been away for a while, need some help why do you think you need a dedicated streamer? I got rid of my Auralic Aries (which I thought was the best at that time) years ago along with my attached USB dac. Use a Mac or raspberry to run Roon and get a network attached dac, which is the mos... | |
| speakers for a large room Used: revel salon2 or Usher be-20’s | |
| DAC Measurements vs Actual Experience If you want a shrill/way too analytical/fatigue sounding dac, the benchmark is your dac. I would walk into a room at an audio show and know if it was a benchmark dac, I could only stand listening for a couple minutes before we had to leave.If you ... | |
| Educate me on music streamers, please. I use the bridge II with my ps audio ds sr dac. Usb is flawed, use either Ethernet or i2s to a dac for best sound. Using Ethernet, your dac becomes an endpoint.You also don’t need a server/streamer in your audio room, keep the server in a differen... | |
| A challenge to the "measurement" camp The guy in the video is a clown. I have watched a couple of his videos (mainly because posters have passed them along) and they are painful to watch. If he can't hear, then he needs to take up another line of work | |
| Will a $700 turntable outperform a CD player? I sold my $14k turntable/arm/cartridge because my $7500 dac surpassed the sound of analog pretty easy. A good MQA or DSD cut surpassed vinyl.I had a very good collection of albums too but most of the new jazz I liked was never produced on vinyl an... | |
| Speaker placement and dB differences why not move your listening chair to make the distance equal from each speaker and take another snapshot? | |
| Anyone remember the lateral tracking Bang and Olufsen record player from the 80’s?? The B&O players back then were cool to look at but had a bad reputation for reliability. I knew 2 friends with them and they got an extra identical player later on just for parts. The other bad thing about B&O tables were the restriction o... |