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| Streaming Sound Quality - Want the very best sound quality? Network Acoustics ENO... @docknow Tail end is system end. The last noise producing component would be server or streamer, everything up to input to dac. Opticalrendu serves this purpose by eliminating noise at the last possible position in chain, it is usb renderer, strea... | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired @goose You're issue will be pin outs, no standardization in I2S. You will either need custom cable built or DDC such as Singxer SU-6. | |
| Streaming Sound Quality - Want the very best sound quality? Network Acoustics ENO... @mitch2 I see you're using FMC in front of Bonn switch and server, the most advantageous placement would be after, just before dac. Servers create noise, usb coming out of motherboard is not optimal. Have you ever tried this positioning of FMC? I'... | |
| PrimaLuna tube amp issue Yep, tube failure just after shipping, not unusual, and can happen with all tubes and equipment! This actually happened to my PL Dialogue Four, one EL34 power tube failed on first firing, took out one resistor on auto bias board, I did diy repair. | |
| Oh Ye of Little Format The equipment used, short term listening and long term unfamiliarity of system sound all have bearing on result. Still, doesn't surprise me couldn't hear difference between streaming and physical disc. | |
| AKM makes the best DACs I agree there are much more important criteria in evaluating dacs, however, I do observe a fair amount of stereotyping dac sound based on chip/topology. AKM more analog, Sabre high resolution, incisive, R2R more analog. FPGA only one not fitting i... | |
| Optimum config for Lumin u1 MIni Connect direct to SF, the jitter reduction topology in Assemblage is obsolete and the upsampling is doing nothing for you. In this case less is more. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @blang I saw that ad in USaudiomart as well, thought it may have been a dealer demo, seems I was incorrect. Apos audio used to carry 005, where I purchased mine, don't know why they discontinued carrying it. Some report up to 400 hours, I didn... | |
| Eva Cassiday Blew Me Away with her cover of Wayfaring Stranger.... Eva Cassidy is great, and recording quality of all her stuff wonderful!. You should also check out Patricia Barber, I sort of always equate the two, wonderful music, perhaps a bit more on jazz side of things, again just simply great recording qual... | |
| Digital Audio Output Differences? Is USB Audio Really The Top-notch? Since most dacs optimized for usb these days, likely best output for streamer. However, one could have that rare dac in which usb not optimized in which case I2S could be preferred. The problem with I2S is no pin and/or connector standardization. | |
| Question about sound stage @wtb Hilarious, I made the same mistake some years ago with my Coincident pre, has dual volume knobs and very faint impressions on knob. One segment lower on one channel, drove me nuts for several listening sessions! | |
| Synergistic Orange and purple fuses popping This is result of inrush current, I had the same issue with my Coincident 845 SET amp and former Cary push pull. I went up a couple values both times, no more failures. My take is as long as fuses are blowing they are doing job intended to do. ... | |
| Changes in DAC Presentation - Need Advice No, I was previously running two TPLink FMC, both with lps going to SOTM SMS200 streamer/roon endpoint. The opticalrendu replaced both last Tplink and sotm, powering with Uptone JS2. Your issue is wifi, you have to do hard wiring for any HQPla... | |
| Help me out with streaming... +Sonic79. Another thing you can do is bridge the thunderbolt out on mini as ethernet out, this link explains exactly how to do it, big upgrade! https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/30376-a-novel-way-to-massively-improve-the-sq-of-computer-audi... | |
| Changes in DAC Presentation - Need Advice Yes, the opticalrendu is wonderful network upgrade, recently upgraded from TPLink FMC to opticalrendu, plays on much higher plane. As for Macmini. I've used three different macminis over the years, never had a single glitch with Roon. These th... |