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| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? If we're only talking about audiophile friends, I've had long discussions with friends about every single aspect of audio, everything out in open and we don't have to agree on everything. | |
| Stack Audio-SmoothLAN Network Filter- WOW! Almost forgot, in speaking about SFP, I found Finisar 1475 in Sonore to be a meaningful upgrade, can't recall exact model, also use 1gb net service. | |
| Stack Audio-SmoothLAN Network Filter- WOW! Has anyone opened up this device to see exactly what it does? All filtering not created equal, not saying it doesn't work but I'd like to see the inside, photos at Stack audio only show what appears to be an unpopulated circuit board. I use JC... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? Per actual experiences. I've sold gear locally so in that case the buyers have been pretty transparent in asking for advice. In buying gear locally sellers are more apt to give advice vs take, somewhat ironic when I hear their system and its not u... | |
| Current quality of Rune @flkin I have Euphony OS on custom build streamer, also have Sonore OpticalRendu streamer. Running in bridged mode, custom build contains Roon core, OR Roon Endpoint. I can also go Roon core on custom, Stylus endpoint on OR. Finally in unbridged m... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship Both 006 and Gaia have eight modes for pin assignment via I2S. Certainly there are inherent advantages to I2S scheme vs usb in that I2S has isolated, dedicated lines for both data and clock + and - , L & R channels, with usb, dac has to extrac... | |
| LAIV Harmony Seems streamer manufacturers led the way on adoption of usb as 'de facto' interface. Seems logical to me dac manufacturers would prefer the I2S as the interface of choice being the native protocol for d to a conversion. So we have all these convol... | |
| LAIV Harmony Just as an aside, at one point was running Auralic Vega dac and some other streaming devices off battery PS, lower noise floor, lost dynamics. I have custom build streamer assembled by some of the leading members of that forum, I added JCAT O... | |
| Single ended = large images? Both 300B and 845 SET I have sound stage and image differently from the many push pull tube amps or class A solid state amps I've run. I purposely made the move to SET because I desired fuller, greater density imaging, and the performers in the ro... | |
| 101D Triodes I'd say it appears the new value resistors you installed may have helped extend life of tubes, prior to installation of new value I fried a number of tubes at just around 100 hour mark, doubt I ever came close to 500 hours on any of the premium t... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @car123 Totally agree with last sentence. Simply escaped me, too much on plate at the moment, but for those staying with 005 my ratings didn't take into account 005/Gaia combo. I haven't tried it since 005 boxed up and ready to go, but I'd bet... | |
| Single ended = large images? With OP's six pack setup providing much of his sound stage and imaging needs he doesn't need a amplifier/speaker combo that provides a larger image, sound stage or up front presentation. Every SET I've owned, 845 and 300B partnered with physically... | |
| Single ended = large images? @montaldo Completely slipped my mind, but in thinking about that much Rel sub power it came to me that one very important aspect of Rel subs is how they affect sound staging and imaging. I have only two of the T9x, adding these brought an easily n... | |
| Current quality of Rune @pourdecisions and others using Roon dsp, you can do far better dsp with HQPlayer. One of my streamers allows 1/2 hour auditions of HQPlayer, so this compared to Roon no contest, Roon opaque, artificial sound quality. One has to be aware using dsp... | |
| LAIV Harmony While I realize the following streamer is completely out of reach for vast majority of us, there is info in here that can serve as a general primer for the reasons/need and implementation of various optimizations for the entire streaming chain. ht... |