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| Does your DAC sound better through the S/PDIF or I2S inputs than through USB? @magon Presume that very nice cable, like silver for my digital cables, use AQ Diamond for my usb cable. The one thing I'd say about using HDMI vs I2S cable is one may be paying for unneeded runs of wire with the HDMI, silver is pretty pricey. | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes And we have a most obvious comparison. How does one cd rips in local storage compare to their streams? Many report, and I agree their streams are equal to the cd rips, what does this say about the importance of server farms, clouds. | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes In order to test for this one would need to directly connect their streamer to a server with locally stored files, no storage in cloud. This means server with original files at some record company/mastering concern/etc. Ain't never going to happen... | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes I don't think its a great mystery that noise rides on grounds, clocks control the timing of data packets, the lengths streamer manufactures go to address these issues is part of what differentiates streamers. Perhaps those noisy server farms ... | |
| Does your DAC sound better through the S/PDIF or I2S inputs than through USB? @magon It seems reasonable to conclude R26 usb implementation not optimal. I'd suggest you need better DDC in order for best optimization of I2S. Jitter specs for DDC don't tell the whole story. I had a Singxer SU6 some years ago, wasn't all that... | |
| Does your DAC sound better through the S/PDIF or I2S inputs than through USB? No doubt quality of interface in streamer is critical in determining which input on dac is preferred. Many streamers use plain jane outputs on motherboards, this not optimal, reason why usb interface/output like the JCAT and Berkeley provide highe... | |
| Any thoughts about the RR-888 @wfowenmd Mine were sold as loaded circuit boards, no enclosures or power supply. These came with pots in order to adjust intensity. You can find them on ebay, these are the Chartres brand. | |
| HOW can components be so expensive, and yet customer service is so bad. @deep_333 My Klipschorns were never an intended purchase, a family member knew someone practically giving them away due to a pending divorce, my intentions were to flip them. Since I heard potential in them decided to keep as diy experiment. My mo... | |
| Any thoughts about the RR-888 I did use the SR's for a number of years with success, its only as my system improved and other treatments tried did i become less enamored of them. As for numbers of them, a single would generally be used centered between speakers, best positioni... | |
| Do most people prefer tight bass or non tight bass? Articulate, tuneful bass is absolute necessity for me. Resonant or one note bass once noticed can never be unheard for me. So stand up bass has natural resonance, this ok. As for overly resonant electric bass guitar, this no go for me. Tonal balan... | |
| Does your DAC sound better through the S/PDIF or I2S inputs than through USB? Regardless of input used on dac, I2S clock and power supply to that clock is the last clock seen prior to analog conversion. One is just adding more clocks using other inputs, how these clocks interact with I2S dac internal clock is variable. Empl... | |
| What do you do when the music’s not speaking to you? My audiophile system is only used once a week for 'intense' listening sessions, this system demands my attention so using it for casual listening is a waste. Most of my music listening done via completely mediocre audio system at work. I much more... | |
| "Good" Music I hear new and/or obscure music virtually everyday with my local university student run FM radio station, this my favorite resource for this music. DJ's generally have one hour time segments, have their own playlists so wide ranging of genres. Jus... | |
| HOW can components be so expensive, and yet customer service is so bad. One of the reasons I generally don't purchase audio components from large faceless corporations. I've been purchasing components from smaller scale operations for years, direct communication with owner/designer, these guys can be very generous wit... | |
| Are streamers digitally enhanced? Another important difference between streamers not mentioned thus far is operating systems employed. Various OS have potential to affect sound quality via optimization of hardware, this means optimization via minimizing noise and/or providing low ... |