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| Should I upgrade from a Mac Mini to a dedicated server or should I upgrade my dac? One thing I'm not clear on. Are you connecting mini to ethernet switch or bridging thunderbolt out directly to Moon? Mini direct out to Moon would likely be preferable. You're doing well by doing no rendering with mini, could still benefit greatly... | |
| To Blind Test, or Not To Blind Test, That Is The Question Claims for objectivity in this, talk about misplaced confidence. So many subjective vagaries in this, performance anxiety being only one of many. | |
| DAC diminishing returns IMO, one should purchase dac superior to rest of setup, upgrade rest of system over time to experience full potential of dac, I'd never want to purchase dac inferior to rest of system. I like to maintain dac as superior piece, once I sense I've re... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i @chmaiwald You should be able to play all genres of music with a good setup, no inherent reason your amp/speaker combo can't do it, problem elsewhere. I have modded Klipschorns and SET amps, it plays extremely nice with the exact cuts and albu... | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? People should also concentrate more on feeds directly out of modems. This is most common weak link I see in many otherwise complex and optimized streaming chains. If one is using long cheaper ethernet cable out of modem, opening oneself up for pic... | |
| Optimal lengths for USB and Ethernet cabling for digital audio I don't recall reading anything about reflection issues with ethernet or usb cables. Makes sense ethernet cables should be shortest possible to minimize rfi, although can still get in through connectors. For usb, seems 1.5m is pretty much standard... | |
| Ditch your USB cable for Toslink? Might surprise you! I'd like to see more choices in streaming dacs, all rendering taking place within, avoids complexity and possible mismatch. As things stand, dac and streaming expertise far too segregated. | |
| What is the most FUN pair of speakers you've ever had and why? I love to modify my speakers, so any speaker amenable to modification. Outboard crossovers, ability to change out drivers, even the physical horns in my case. | |
| Which device makes for a better digital music source? Computer or streamer? On the apple front I can add some input. I've used various iterations of mac mini as server over the years. In order of sound quality, worst to best. 1. 2009 Stock mini, no optimization of OS, usb out. 2. 2009 Stock mini, partially optimized OS ... | |
| Which device makes for a better digital music source? Computer or streamer? Streamers are indeed computers, but run relatively few processes which means less noise generated. Add better rendering capabilities vs most computers, servers/streamers, wins on two counts. Streaming dacs are also nice, foregoes external renderin... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC IMO, 004 requires mods. 004 is epitome of analytical dac, impressive resolution, not very musical, I would have to warm that thing up considerably. I had 004,005, Auralic Vega and Okto Dac8 stereo all in house concurrently, 004 least desirable. | |
| Which device makes for a better digital music source? Computer or streamer? Stands to reason streamer generally going to be superior to most server/streamer combo and far superior to general purpose computer. Noise is the enemy, segregating streamer from server or computer results in least amount of noise just prior to da... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @ortodox You'll hear a multitude of preferences, doubt there is a single best. I use Sonore Optical Rendu, better than Uptone and SOTM devices I previously used. Also depends on price range you're looking at. | |
| Dynaudio - Made in China vs Denmark As others have mentioned, many quality items manufactured/produced in PRC, depends on quality demanded by company outsourcing. And, oh by the way, nearly every audio component is falsely advertised as product of whatever country, you'll find P... | |
| USBe Perfect @steakster Windows platform based servers are very well regarded by some, atx/windows motherboards used in most state of art diy servers. I've heard good things about the Fidelizer, pretty trick way to optimize general service computer. Obviou... |