rms456
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| Upsampling PCM or DSD in 2022 @reg19 , therein lies the issue with HQPlayer, there are many choices of modulators and sampling rates to choose from. I found the process difficult to narrow down for all different types of music, there was no ‘one’ setting that a) worked for t... | |
| Electrical Power Outlet advice Keep the basement outlet as is and run a dedicated line just for audio equipment. | |
| Digital is as confusing as ever The connectivity with Roon is a known problem, and lies with roon, so forget that. Wouldn't give up the Lumin just yet, try Minimserver on the host PC, and for remote, JPlay works well on an ipad. | |
| Do I need a streamer? @whitestix streamer is probably the wrong term, I would have thought the term renderer is more accurate what you’re after. A renderer connects to an LAN to convert TCP/IP into something a DAC can translate to produce audio or a digital output lik... | |
| Streamer/DAC - Where is the value? The new ifi neo stream is worth looking at. Many inputs including optical and a little Oled. Built-in DAC or USB and more outputs gives flexibility for better DAC. I wish it had XLR out, is only provided with RCA analog out | |
| New AES3/USB interface? The USB cable should be rated for class 2 transmission, that will at least solve one drama. The other possibility is the cpu is just busy at the wrong time and interrupts USB. Many other causes, loose corroded connections. Try a different playe... | |
| New AES3/USB interface? The Mutec will mute when the signal lock is lost, this is probably normal, input from Mac playing up? | |
| Warning when trying Innuos PhoenixUSB Im thinking to buy the Phoenix to replace Micro usb3 from ifi. Thank you for the tip. Once burned in, does it still require a warm up time to sound its best or recommend to leave on 24/7? | |
| ETHERNET CABLES @dpop I’ve only looked at a few ’high priced’ ethernet cables and gave up after finding each one was shielded. Being cable manufacturers, they didn’t specify if one end only was grounded. Even if the cable is grounded at one end the shield resis... | |
| ETHERNET CABLES When a CAT cable runs from a switch to a streamer, there's a situation very simple, but complex to remove noise. The switch and endpoint chassis are at different potentials, this is the same as for analog, noise current starts to flow. When sh... | |
| Accuphase dac 60 @duketbrd88 , an iPhone, bluesound is not the choice of source for the DAC60. A laptop is not close either, too much noise in the USB, which needs a lot of clean up hardware, like the ifi micro usb3. The sound will be shrill, the treble will spla... | |
| Accuphase dac 60 @duketbrd88 , glad to hear a found mechanical problem was the root cause of the lower volume. A venerable E-450 in the office has seen a few add in DACs DAC30, 40, 50... each one's level matches the amp's gain and each one improves the sound. For... | |
| Single vs Bi-wire Speaker Cable Bass has the most energy, therefore power requirement is also highest. Terminate at the bass, then jumper to treble/mid for single cables. I found copper has a darker quality, silver plated copper sounds good to me, and it's a little cheaper tha... | |
| Sound quality of Roon Roon's database is quite a problem due to its size. For my library of 8TB files, Roon database was 50-60 GB. Jriver is a fraction of that, as well as Minimserver. With a Lumïn U1, the best results were with the native app and Minimserver as the fr... | |
| Ethernet - Analog/Digital Signal Clean Up @toyman , let's know how they work in your system. The purpose of the two filters is that one blocks crud from the source, the other from induction along the cable. Try to use non shielded cables in the chain, the sound was rough and hard compare... |