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| 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... | |
| Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ? I'd never go back to cd's, and I have well over 2.5K of them. I've found streaming superior to cd's, and this in earlier days of streaming to which I've since made further upgrades. Last two transports I used were Mark Levinson #37 and modded PS A... | |
| Streamer creates a Wow experience Good for you. Good time for streaming, many new innovations and devices coming to market, expect this to continue into future. Will streaming become the de facto mode for best sound quality in the future? I think quite possible based on high level... | |
| Is optical mostly a waste of time versus Ethernet? @mitch2 I'm waiting on completion of Taiko Extreme diy clone to experiment with. Initially, build will only have Jcat ethernet card, so used with streamer. Eventually, Pink Faun or Jcat usb card for rendering within server. Should be interesting. ... | |
| Is blasphemous Music ok? This all reminds me of attending Black Flag concert In Pontiac Mi sometime in 80's, same night Pope speaking at Silverdome. I recall thinking how ironic adherents passing the blasphemous adorned with spiiked mohawks, tats, body jewelry, leather o... | |
| Washington Post article on MoFi vs. Fremer vs. Esposito @clearthinker You may or may not be correct on misrepresentation issue, suppose it depends on how expectations of purchasers presented in court. I did mention the psychological bias in my post. And yes, Mofi could lose based on that bias. Psyc... |