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| Music Servers, Do They Matter? @yyzsantabarbara Yes, I'd say server is right up there with dac in importance. I'd rather have decent dac with quality server vs. general purpose computer with better dac. But really both need to be on general par to one another for best performan... | |
| Music Servers, Do They Matter? @I use FMC post server, just prior to Roon endpoint. Optical conversion substantial improvement to ethernet cable only setup. | |
| Music Servers, Do They Matter? No easy outs for optimized streaming experience, every single little thing matters! If your system has the resolving capacity, you'll eventually experience this for yourself. | |
| A Record Collection/Moral Conundrum - What Would You Do? Since you're not concerned about extracting financial remuneration, how bout donating them to some charity? Conscious relieved as your not profiting, using proceeds for good cause seems like win win to me. My perception, based on both conscious an... | |
| A Newcomer to Digital Looking to Upgrade My Dac, Tubes? Ideas? R2R dac would likely be your best choice, something from Denafrips, Holo, Border Patrol would be a few right off the top. But don't limit yourself to these, many others may be good choice as well. | |
| Vinylistas and Tubers - One and the same? SET amps and directly heated triode preamp, 90% of time listening to cd rips and streams. Why? Because I hear real live performers in my room with every listening session.I also have vinyl setup and well over 2500 lp's. My preference for vinyl or ... | |
| How to listen /audition at audio shows? +1 tvad, One simply can't account for so many variables. And then we have listener state of mind, we are not in our usual at home listening mode, many distractions compete for attention, hard to disconnect from analytical mode.On the other hand, s... | |
| The "British Invasion". A question for you old farts out there. And yes, I did like DC5, Bits and Pieces really a garage rock song, heaviosity! | |
| The "British Invasion". A question for you old farts out there. Yes, early garage rock was an American thing, and my preferred music at that time. Bands like Beau Brummels, The Seeds, Count Five, Music Machine, Syndicate of Sound, Unrelated Segments, Zakary Thaks, Electric Prunes, Blues Magoos, Question Mark &... | |
| Alternative to Audirvana and Audrivana Studio -- how to stream wirelessly? Sounds like wifi issue. If possible, hard wiring server with ethernet cable should take care of your problem.Your mac can serve both as Roon core and endpoint, just not best for sonics. The Raspberry Pi is good choice at low price point. SOTM SMS ... | |
| Alternative to Audirvana and Audrivana Studio -- how to stream wirelessly? I noticed latest Audirvana releases requires Mac High Sierrra OS or Windows 10 64bit, sure you're instability issues lay here. I don't consider Roon crazy expensive at $120 per year considering it's value to me. Every streaming service will requir... | |
| The "British Invasion". A question for you old farts out there. No Dave Clark Five or Beatles cliques I can recall. Dave Clark Five were pretty much flash in the pan with a few hits, Beatles much more. I do recall Beatles first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show, watching with my grandparents, thought their lo... | |
| Speaker for Line Magnetic LM 518IA in Large Room I previously used my two 845 amps with Merlin VSM-MM, which I still use in bedroom system. Quite satisfactory, I modified my BAM to accept two sources, I'm sure Signature Sound could modify one for you. I did move on to totally diy modded Klipsch... | |
| CD Alternative I'm not going to get involved with streaming vs. cd battle, both can sound great. Getting quality streaming more involved than cd, so it requires some work on your part. Beyond all this, streaming opens you up to a whole new world of music. With c... | |
| Tube Power vs Solid State Power Power supplies within amps have great impact upon watts ratings. All things being equal, amp with superior PS will have superior micro and macro dynamics. |