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| Audiphile Press: Am I jaded, experienced, or has it declined? Also just occurred to me there was stronger yea or nay opinions, lots of context. Today's professional reviewers far more reticent, don't want to offend, still, with knowledge of reviewer reading between the lines is possible at times. | |
| Solid core OFC vs stranded OCC copper I'm same as spatialking. using stranded for internal can be issue with extremely small gauge wiring, frying individual strands when soldering. As for SQ, no overarching reason for one over the other IME. | |
| Curious to know your streaming and dac set up and the best recommended streamer under $15k @ecpninja The Baetis line very interesting to me, they've gone in different direction using Windows platforms in their streamers. Can't get more versatile streamer than Windows platform, with JCAT, Pink Faun boards, one can optimize for ALL the p... | |
| Aurender vs CD Not surprised, streaming is far more complex than playing cd's, so many variables impact sound quality. | |
| New Audio Technica ART9XA Up and Running..... @avanti1960 Good to hear! You're inspiring me to get around to installing and listening to my XA and Thoress PS. | |
| Audiphile Press: Am I jaded, experienced, or has it declined? I recall devouring Stereophile back in day, small format digest sized with very little advertising, certainly much info in that what I believe was bi-monthly publication. But then I was beginner audiophile and no web, hungry to be educated. S... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers So, deniers and skeptics enter here, to be expected. I can only say,everyone needs to experience sound quality different network optimizations bring to the table. I'm no network expert, only collated knowledge and experience from other individu... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers Great to see the variety of network schemes working well for people, keep them coming! Jitter induced by or passed through networks seems to be somewhat contentious issue, some claim ping time only consideration beyond what streamers, dacs ca... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers @ghdprentice I agree streamer is most important component in streaming chain. But all of our audio systems are built from a chain of components, weak links are weak links, a magical amp can't repair the wounds of a lesser preamp, source, listening... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers As a followup to importance of these upgrade and impact in my setup. I'd put extending coax vs long ethernet to modem, and lps on router as the big two. These two easily made the greatest impact, and were easily heard even when entire audio system... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers An easy way to test with wifi disabled is to have music player control or remote app on laptop, get usb to ethernet adapter, now have hard wired laptop. Vast majority of Android devices won't work with ethernet as most Android OS don't support eth... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @latik This not based on my own listening, this based on many reviews/comparisons over last couple years. This is simply my order of preference, not an objective or presented as objective order of hiearchy. Whatever the true order, I don't believe... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers This is conundrum that leads to choice of optical. Some info on ethernet cabling-https://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/Intro/SQ/GalvanicIsolationEthernet.htm | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? Since there's been some discussion of rendering, usb in particular. I was just reminded by poster in my network thread about the 5v power feed in usb. In case some aren't aware, some dacs don't require the 5v feed for power or handshake, in this c... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers @wvbossfan Some good info here, will have to check into this! @singingg I believe running that 50' of cat 8 less than optimal on a number of counts. One is there is possible loss of signal with that long of run of ethernet. two, I believe Cat ... |