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| Anyone Know the Band Playing on T-Mobile Commercial? Use Shazam on your phone to tell you. I’ve found a bunch of new music from TV show and movie soundtracks. | |
| LIST ALL YHE SPEAKERS YOU HAVE OWNED THEN TILL NOW! Polk Monitor 7s Bose Acoustimass (mistake letting visual considerations trump audio considerations) B&W CM7 (with Sunfire sub) DALI Epicon 6 (with twin Rythmik F12G-SE subs) | |
| Loki Max analog improvement Yeah, the stock design definitely sucks for low light or for those of us of a certain age with poor vision. Another solution is to take thin strips of day-glo red or orange tape, and apply them over the grooves in the stock knobs. | |
| Significant steps? (DAC) @evank Yes, but if the power goes out and then comes back on, the Pontus is in standby mode. My read was the OP wanted to power it on automatically via some external source, like a power sequencer. Mine stays on all the time, along with the strea... | |
| Significant steps? (DAC) I am a Pontus II owner, and echo the sentiments of @calvinandhobbes regarding value for the money. When you apply power to the Pontus, it comes up in standby mode. You actually have to hit the button to turn it on. This is a bit annoying… I do... | |
| Significant steps? (DAC) Oops, was just a Coltrane reference... wasn't trying to invent yet another phrase... | |
| Significant steps? (DAC) I still think Giant Steps are better than significant steps... 🎶🎷 | |
| Will the Topping E30 II support Tidal's FLAC streams? Be aware that while 32 bit resolution sounds attractive, in practice it doesn’t really matter beyond 24 bits. Even the best 24 bit DAC won’t have more than 20–21 bit effective resolution. This translates to about 126dB of dynamic range, meaning yo... | |
| Does an upgrade make sense? @soix Yeah, I forget which live jazz album I was listening to, but I got really annoyed at the table to the left of me making too much noise during the performance -- jostling and whispering... A great reminder of a great soundstage... | |
| Does an upgrade make sense? If you like the DALI house sound, it's very possible that upgrading your speakers may scratch your upgrade itch. I have the Epicon 6's and love them. Even so, I use a pair of Rythmik 12" sealed subs to get the very low end. It makes a difference, ... | |
| If I rip all my CD's to flac files do I still need a CD transport? Long ago, when storage was expensive, I ripped everything to AAC to save space. I’m now selectively ripping some CDs to FLAC. But only some. Probably 85%+ of my CD collection is now available as a high-quality stream on Qobuz. For those, I don’t ... | |
| Is low cost DAC worth it? Another vote for Schiit in the price range you specified. It will definitely outperform the AirPort Express. | |
| HoloAudio STREAMER is out now @bhvf From what I’m reading, you may need to cross NAA off your list entirely. See, for example: https://community.roonlabs.com/t/ropieeexl-hqplayer-naa-interferes-with-airplay-shairport-output/206696/6 Per the discussion: ... as Jussi specifi... | |
| HoloAudio STREAMER is out now @bhvf Can someone who has a Red answer me this? Can it be used as an NAA using HQPlayer then Airplay or Spotify connect without rebooting. In other words, do you boot into NAA then, to do anything else, you need to boot into "regular" mode? Tha... | |
| HoloAudio STREAMER is out now I have both the Holo Audio Red and the Mercury V2. I think they are both good value for the money. I am using the I2S output directly into a Denafrips Pontus II. The default software on the Red is horrendous; I have installed RopieeeXL on both d... |