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| Upstream Bottlenecks, Experience, Opinions, Meitner Dac As for switch vs. router. I added audiophile switch at one point to compare with my router/lps setup, not good, much preferred modded mini direct out to streamer. So, I'd forget about switch at this point, get lps for router, in my case over spec ... | |
| Upstream Bottlenecks, Experience, Opinions, Meitner Dac @bigwave1 See you're using modded mac mini. Have you bridged firewire port as second ethernet port? This port will connect direct to Meitner. Will be superior to using the single ethernet port with switch. Also, which power supply using with mini,... | |
| Has anyone bought the Psvane Acme 300B Vacuum Tube? Based on my extensive research, and not having heard in my amp. Taks generally have rep of being on more romantic side, I've seen rare failures. EML, more on cool side, never seen a single failure, Elrog, seen perception of sound quality all over... | |
| In the US, how is your internet connection terminated in the home? Cakyol correct, this setup typical, what I see with Spectrum provider. | |
| Etheregen - doesn't seem right that it gets so hot, dangerous? Unpredictable? On spec page at Uptone states runs at 118-126F, so seems normal for the device. I suspect it would run lower temp with 7v vs 12v. | |
| After the thrill is gone I ran various Alons for many years, loved open baffle sound qualities. Went to ported box for a couple years, couldn't get past sense of closed in sound quality. Some Klipschorns fell into my lap, wow, could hear the potential right off, sense of ... | |
| Has anyone bought the Psvane Acme 300B Vacuum Tube? In lower price group, Shuguang Black Treasure comes out on top in some the comparative reviews I've seen. All tubes in lower tier really not close to upper tier, really no middle ground with these tubes. The large gulf due mostly to superior resol... | |
| Music Server/DAC – Ethernet, USB, S/PDIF, AES3 or I2S. @nonoise Suppose I should have tried it when in house, kind of regret it just for the experience alone, theoreticals don't always work out in real world. I agree wide variety of opinions on streaming solutions, empirical evidence seems best we hav... | |
| Music Server/DAC – Ethernet, USB, S/PDIF, AES3 or I2S. @nonoise I previously owned Singxer SU6, never bothered to even try it, seems rather counterintuitive since it still uses usb, only thing changed is internal vs external conversion to I2S. If dac already has quality usb board, seems like lateral... | |
| Dac or Power regen, which gets the better cable? In short run guess I'd pick dac, over the long run all pc important, weak link is weak link. I have heard differences with pc on power conditioners, and yes, they feed everything so need to pass much current. | |
| Softest, smoothest sounding capacitors you've tried? Jupiter HT or VT. | |
| Streaming Sound Quality - Want the very best sound quality? Network Acoustics ENO... @testrun I've been curious about this exact comparison for some time. Presently have Opticalrendu powered by Uptone JS2, have OpticalModule on order (supposed to ship in July) to replace generic FMC powered by lps I will have NA Muon in house som... | |
| Music Server/DAC – Ethernet, USB, S/PDIF, AES3 or I2S. I've seen no evidence best interface has been objectively determined. | |
| Has anyone bought the Psvane Acme 300B Vacuum Tube? While above is interesting for those directly in room, youtube videos very poor way to make any audio evaluation. You're listening to unfamiliar systems through relatively low quality digital. The listening impressions may be valid for people prod... | |
| Which USB reclocker is as good as the Innuos Phoenix USB? @tjag The above experience isn't definitive in streamer vs reclocker superiority as the Chord MScaler doesn't have optimized usb board, really meant for BNC input. I bet tables turned using dac with optimized usb board. Antipodes is actually... |