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| DDC With I2S in and Out @996turbo911 I could simplify my setup via Pink Faun I2S PCIE card for my custom build atx server, thing is the Gaia in my present setup offers reference sound quality for a person who's long term reference for sound quality has always been mega e... | |
| Maximize Mini with Roon to match my system -- or new component? Your speaking of full size U2, not the mini. If this case a quick perusal looks nice, haven't determined exactly what processor its using, but they claim Roon ready component, generally you'd hope this means optimized to run Roon. In any case its ... | |
| DDC With I2S in and Out If you subscribe to specs as the final arbiter of sound quality get the SU6, if you subscribe to sound quality as the final arbiter get the Gaia. During my ownership of SU6, being somewhat unhappy with it's performance and quality I researched upg... | |
| DDC With I2S in and Out @996turbo911 Your omitting the most important advantage of using a quality ddc which is the I2S clock and power supply to the clock, and don't forget optimization of whatever input chosen. I very much doubt any streamer with I2S output has an equi... | |
| Looking for Some Music Server Advice Personally, I'd not choose Innuos or Aurrender for running Roon, I've seen far too many reports stating their proprietary music apps superior to Roon. Antipodes and the SonicTransporters more suitable for Roon. Issue is Roon Core needs powerful pr... | |
| Attention Horn Owners You may find you'll want or need subs with the Volti's to get full impact of the lowest registers. Even with custom woofers and extremely careful and air tight seal my Khorns benefit from subs, two best for consistent in room response. | |
| Maximize Mini with Roon to match my system -- or new component? Good choice to move away from mini, the mini isn't much better than any other general purpose computer in stock form, I know directly from experience with three of them. Running Roon dictates your choice of streamer to some extent. I'll state... | |
| I'm Just Not Hearing It..., Do You??? Why would you NOT want to hear it, one can have resolution, transparency and music, not a zero sum game. | |
| Do I still need a DDC in between? So instead of calling internal clock in dac I2S clock, it is most commonly or rightly called the master clock, this clock positioned adjacent to digital to analog conversion circuitry. Only a ddc or streamer with I2S clock can replace the internal... | |
| Attention Horn Owners Any horn speaker with horn honk is ether not properly designed or improper setup and partnering equipment. Your AN speakers are very nice, they have some of these horn characteristics, great dynamics, big sound, sense of performers in room, musica... | |
| I'm Just Not Hearing It..., Do You??? I first heard the squeaks many, many years ago, assumed everyone heard it. | |
| Maximize Mini with Roon to match my system -- or new component? Dedicated streamer in your price range is far better investment vs SU6 or any DDC. DDC is marginal improvement vs a quality streamer, these icing on the cake, and then only for dac's with I2S input. I previously owned Su6 and now own Denafrips Ga... | |
| Looking for Some Music Server Advice Good advice from @verdantaudio To get best quality sound from Roon need two streamer setup, Core streamer is the critical thing to get right, the second streamer/Endpoint/renderer extremely specialized device. NAS another good idea to decrease lo... | |
| DDC With I2S in and Out The SU 6 may have slightly better jitter specs, it does not outperform the Gaia. I previously owned SU-6,now own Gaia, far more than a single spec determines quality. Gaia build quality far superior, better internal power supply, higher quality OX... | |
| Do I still need a DDC in between? @lanx0003 You're misunderstanding me. I2S is the native digital pathway in every dac, this is the DEFAULT clock used regardless of input chosen. Section 4.2 simply states one can sync or use DDC I2S clock OR use dac internal clock using async. Imp... |