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| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @pokey77 Do you think it is important for the switch and cable to burn-in even when the digital signal isn’t transmitting through them? @lalitk I went all-in on the switch, special caps/silver wires etc. My Ethernet cables are simple Certi... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? I thought the SOtM sNH-10G plus sPS-500 would be a good addition. | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? Hey @nyev, while you are waiting for the MU1 to arrive… Did you try the N20 without the PhoenixNET in the Ethernet chain, while using the AES output? I just skimmed through the conversation and couldn’t find an answer. I’m asking because I rec... | |
| Streamers? @nglazer Thanks for letting me know my question came across as puerile. Sorry about that. But it is a serious question, since a genuine Nordost ODIN AES cable is 5 figures USD. You were kind enough to include your cable setup in the descriptio... | |
| Streamers? @nglazer Did you really mean “FAKE AES/EBU Nordost Odin digicable”???? | |
| Which DAC Filter - Fast or Slow? John Atkinson typically does nice thorough measurements of reconstruction filter responses in Stereophile’s DAC reviews. Here is a link to a high end Gryphon player measurements, showing the differences in the various filters. https://www.stereo... | |
| Streamer MQA Question Only a DAC can perform the full unfold. Streamers without an integrated DAC, or software like Roon can do the first unfold only, also called the “core decode”. | |
| Aurender ACS100 as streamer/player @shooter41 The primary usage of the ACS100 is for ripping CDs, which you didn’t mention at all in your post. If ripping CDs is not what you need, then I suggest looking for a used Aurender N100H which has a linear power supply built in and wou... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @lalitk Thanks for your response! @sc2 In my research on this subject, I’ve found the Aurender manual for their MC20 Clock to be very informative. Section 7.2 contains the statement: ”In order for MC20 to have maximum efficacy, us... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @lordmelton Thank you! | |
| Streamers? Also, all the digital outputs on the Aurender products are active simultaneously. So the selection of which DAC you want to play is on your downstream equipment. | |
| Streamers? The Aurender products do cache streaming content. The N100H , N100C, and N100SC are legacy products that are still supported and you can find them used. | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @lalitk @lordmelton Could you please detail the Masterclocks used for the N20, and how you set them up in your system? I’m honestly confused about Master clock vs word clock, 10 MHz vs 44.1x/48x, SPDIF Sync, Sine wave vs Square wave, etc. ... | |
| Streamers? Look for a used Aurender N100H. This machine has internal HDD storage for music you own, and has an internal cache SSD for playing streamed music. It outputs USB to your DAC. If you need Coax input to your DAC, look for an N100C or N100SC as the... | |
| DCS Bartok APEX or LINA and master clock Many of the Lina DAC reviews compare to Bartok, but I have not seen any Bartok APEX reviews yet (Bartok APEX was only announced on Feb 7th). Rossini APEX and Vivaldi APEX are supposedly very significant improvement over the non-APEX versions. ... |