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| How much do I need to spend to make vinyl sound better than digital? I can't understand why one would want to induce a competition between digital and vinyl in building up a system. Assuming one is lacking a nearly unlimited budget why would you divide limited audio funds to two sources. I'd devote my limited budg... | |
| Critical listening and altered states Imaging and sound staging have always been critical for me in inducing ASC, the illusion of having real live flesh and blood performers in my room with present setup brings about this state without the need for any ingested substances. Not to say ... | |
| reliable DDC I've never had an issue with either Singxer or present Denafrips Gaia DDC, and for that matter any Chifi audio component. Based on my experience, China and Asia in general offer major bang for the buck digital and streaming components, and they ca... | |
| Critical listening and altered states @newton_john Great post! I experienced a number of recurring visions as a young child, this to the point I acted out on at least one. Music has also long induced ASC for me, I have very clear memories of specific events and/or feelings I had when ... | |
| How much do I need to spend to make vinyl sound better than digital? I no longer see the point of bothering with vinyl unless you have the funds to go first class with both vinyl and digital. A first class digital setup will not have you longing for vinyl so why bother. Now I can see going for the vinyl assuming on... | |
| HDMI cable to utilize I2s Connection from LAIV uddc to Denafrips Terminator 2 I'd never use or purchase any I2S capable component without pin configurable switch. Certainly you can have custom I2S cable manufactured, but that cable will be obsolete with the next I2S component, and things continue to move at a relatively fas... | |
| LAIV Harmony Anything Laiv puts out deserves some consideration, well regarded engineering team there. | |
| DDC or Better Streamer? I'd also offer up since few streamers implement high quality i2S outputs, dac manufacturers don't see any point in offering I2S input. Just because usb seems to be the de facto interface doesn't mean its inherently superior to I2S. I have an extre... | |
| DDC or Better Streamer? Mola Mola Tambaqui is one of higher end dacs with i2S input. I'd also offer many dacs not offering I2S may not be reaching their full potential. This contingent on the dac's internal I2S clock and power supply to that clock. The Hermes, Gaia a... | |
| Need help with Roon, system output is not showing by Streamer/DAC Sorry meant 192.168.1.1 | |
| Need help with Roon, system output is not showing by Streamer/DAC Usually don't need to trash app, new download most of the time will overwrite old app, this after pop up box asking if you want to overwrite. In any case, I had same issue as you at one time, I have Roon Core, Endpoint and Remote Control each load... | |
| DDC or Better Streamer? I much prefer the Harmony with Denafrips Gaia via I2S, this vs. optimized usb feed. Issue is many streamers don't provide I2S which isn't any great loss assuming most streamer I2S interfaces probably not of great quality, which means implementing ... | |
| Need help with Roon, system output is not showing by Streamer/DAC Try reloading Roon core on computer | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers Here is long thread with technical explanations for how and why noise affects sound quality in streaming https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/70440-digital-noise-discussion/ Digital noise is both self generated within components and rides ... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers I too have a custom build, while I've built/assembled or modified both general and audio only streamers, one I'm presently using was built/assembled by one of the most senior and respected audiophilestyle forum members. This particular unit was a ... |