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| Roon Core Server Player Good for you! Next, lps for the NUC, you'll like! Hate to say this, as you just finished NUC build, but you can go even further with I7 or I9 and best quality ssd. Whatever, enjoy what you have! You should also turn off any analysis on Roo... | |
| Does upgrading you system have to be on a logarithmic curve? I experienced only incremental changes for around twenty years building a number of systems. At one point I assumed this was how things would be far into future. Then things suddenly changed with the addition of some rather peripheral equipment, i... | |
| Is optical mostly a waste of time versus Ethernet? @emergingsoul You have that correct, one ethernet in, one out. Most servers have one ethernet port in which case you bidirectional flow back and forth to router or switch. Doing this I've avoided an extra piece of equipment, in my case server>F... | |
| Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ? Another consideration. Many new innovations with streaming equipment, highly likely it will only improve over time. Should we expect cd transports are going to evolve in similar fashion? | |
| Is optical mostly a waste of time versus Ethernet? Router and/or switch with optical out could be contender, one issue could be lack of choices with optical. Some claim audiophile switches superior to generic, don't know of one with optical. Don't know if I already mentioned in this thread, bu... | |
| Is optical mostly a waste of time versus Ethernet? @sbank Good post, one little nit, OpticalRendu requires optical cable input, thus, requires FMC, unless one's router, switch, server has optical output. And yes, I believe highest quality lps a must to extract max potential from OR. Sonicorbit... | |
| Roon Core Server Player @fastfreight Highest quality streaming is possible with both integrated server/streamer and discreet. Quality of the usb rendering important here. very few integrated server/streamers do this, meaning high dollar expenditure here. Or you can spend... | |
| Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ? Shazam! Some people here get it. You don't have to give up cd's just because you stream, you rip the cd's to local files, don't need a transport. I found cd rips sound quality superior to cd over transport at time I was transitioning, final nail i... | |
| Streamer creates a Wow experience Streaming vs. cd sound quality is no longer the issue. Streaming wins on the availability of music and ease with which it can be accessed. Now, my own experience during the time I was transitioning from cd's to cd rips, was that the rips had bette... | |
| Implications of vinyl on musical trends? I find many of these correlations may fit a lot of commercial, popular music which I generally don't listen to. Recordings with fine sound quality have always existed through time and genre, just more likely with music not made for mass consumptio... | |
| Is optical mostly a waste of time versus Ethernet? The OpticalRendu is streamer for optical. It takes place of second in line FMC with streamer and usb output to dac. Advantages include one less conversion to ethernet (FMC only have ethernet outputs), better clock, less noise than generic FMC, ver... | |
| Streamer creates a Wow experience Yep, my local files (NAS) still a bit better than streams, but streams getting very, very close with more upgrades to come. I can segregate some stream equipment upgrades from local file upgrades so expect next streaming only upgrade will further ... | |
| What I really hate about some music I suppose for every generalization I can make there are exceptions. Example being repetition not good, plenty of songs I like repeat lyrics, time signatures, melody. Poor voices, is Neil really bad singer if he moves you with his voice? Genres an... | |
| Amplifier Longevity Question Assuming one maintains amps with periodic replacement of parts and keeping in spec they may have great life expectancy, especially those with point to point wiring. @blisshifi You mention 20-30 years plus the extra 5-10 years with proper maint... | |
| Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ? All the time doing research and trying different devices is extremely interesting to me, complexity is fun, I understand this may not be for everyone. And as Cleeds mentioned it doesn't have to be difficult, very nice setup can be assembled via tr... |