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| Tidal or Qobuz I completely disagree with Jay. But I like his wall of speakers. To my ears there is an obvious difference streaming thru an Innuos Nextgen Statement and the InnuOS Sense app. Qobuz is much closer to ripped files and is richer and more detaile... | |
| Desire to try tubes Check out the Decware CSP3. It is an excellent pre amp. It has gain adjustment for the input and output tubes allowing something Decware calls gain-riding. It changes the character (tubiness) without having to have a lot of tubes. I had one an... | |
| How easily can you distinguish between different DACs? Have you had your hearing checked by an audiologist. I know I have hearing loss and have an appointment next week. Still I can readily hear differenced in DACs. I have found the more I invest in AC and electrical noise control the easier it is ... | |
| Getting 2 subs I have 2 REL subs, big difference with 2 vs 1. I also use their wireless connection, I love not having to run speaker cables to the far corners of the room. | |
| Does an upgrade make sense? I would start with noise/jitter management. Something like a Puritan 156 for the electrical noise. At least one audio ethernet switch (I use 3) Adding an ethernet filter like the Network Acoustics, or using an ethernet cable with a filter like... | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update @liangx5 Glad to hear you ended up better than you started with the new firmware and Iris 12th with I2S. I sold my TP and Iris due to the conflict between the two and because I had purchased another DAC. I recently purchased another DDC and am ... | |
| WiFi Streaming Versus An Ethernet Cable Connection To get Audiophile streaming you need an audiophile network. Two switches each with good LPS and Ethernet cables. A filter like ENO I will make things better. Something like a Switch8 to an EtherRegen- using the Moat would be a place to start. ... | |
| Are higher end preamps worth the investment when you are only streaming Tidal & Spotify ? I agree with your thinking. I have an Allnic L-8000 DHT pre it is amazing. I also have a Lampizator Golden Gate DAC with DHT analog output and volume control. I stream Qobuz via an Innuos Statement using the InnuOS Sense App. Its much better ... | |
| Balanced/Differential tube preamplifier recommendation? You might find an Allnic L3000 in that price range. Allnic is holographic transformer balanced and has a remote | |
| About ready to give up on Roon and my streamer I gave up on Roon, its a great library but sound wise not so good. Look at the Innuos Pulse mini- https://innuos.com/pulse-mini/ Streams Qobuz perfectly, the Innuos Sense app is a reasonable library but sounds leagues better than Roon. There is... | |
| Do I really Need a Digital to Digital Converter? After upgrading my Terminator Plus to firmware v3.7 I felt I2S was no longer better than USB. Before the upgrade my findings were the same as @vthokie83 "adding the Iris DDC and I2S was not a subtle upgrade, it was a very noticeable upgrade in S... | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update FWIW I found the v3.7 on my TP to be better than v1.0. I also have an Iris that while if functions properly playing over I2S, I need to reset the pin out to switch between PCM and DSD. I also found the USB is now better than the I2S (wasn't so w... | |
| Tip for purchase new power cable Decent entry level power cords are going to cost a bit more. Wywires are a value and their high end cables are excellent. https://wywires.com/collections/power-cords-high-fidelity-wywires/products/power-cord-juice-ii-silver-series | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! @aamiransari I listened to 3.7i’s at a dealer in Woodland Hills and was unimpressed. They actually sounded harsh and edgy. Maybe it was the electronics, I don’t know . I had previously purchased 1.7i’s from them. The 3.7i’s did not audition ... | |
| What's the point of reviewing? I mostly ignore “professional” reviews, and fanboy reviews and reviews with an axe to grind. I find value when a goner gives their impression of the differences in pieces of fear they have owned. |