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| Who turns center off when listening to music I use the center channel all the time for everything. I listen almost exclusively to 2 channel recordings and up-mix everything to 3 channels with simple channel summing and subtracting - no complex processing. @asctim No. Just no. Out of cur... | |
| Playing CDs sounds better than Qobuz — dammit Like I said, there’s maybe, MAYBE a difference in sound quality that is almost imperceptible between a high end CD player connected to the same DAC as a MacBook, but there certainly isn’t any "noise" that I can hear at least... | |
| Subwoofers: add a JL Audio or switch to 2 Rythmic subs? Well, I don’t think you could go wrong either way, but the Rhythmic subs go down to 14Hz while the E112 “only” goes down to about 20Hz (both -2dB). Since you could sell your E112 you could have the two F12SE subs at considerably lower net cost th... | |
| Playing CDs sounds better than Qobuz — dammit @maynardewm Your computer is significantly compromising your streaming performance due to noise, etc. I’d highly recommend at some point you at least try a dedicated streamer to see how much better Qobuz can sound. Just my $0.02 FWIW. | |
| Playing CDs sounds better than Qobuz — dammit If you upgrade your streamer to something like Innuos, Lumin, Aurender, etc. you’ll get a big improvement in performance. I’d start there. Just my $0.02 FWIW. | |
| Digital Dilemma I believe it can, but I’m not a Roon guy so definitely worth checking. Just to be clear, I was recommending the newer Pulse Mini and not the Zen Mini that you ordered before. The Pulse Mini doesn’t have an onboard CD drive or internal storage li... | |
| Digital Dilemma While the Zen Stream is very good for the $, if you can swing $1250 I’d strongly recommend looking at the new Innuos Pulse Mini. Not only will it likely sound even better, it’s compatible with most anything and their Sense app is light years ahea... | |
| Digital Dilemma +1 @kairosman Adding a DDC (Denafrips Iris) and switching to the i2S connection on my Musician DAC brought the sound to a much higher level entirely — not even close, and this was using a $6.50 6” HDMI cable from Monoprice. I haven’t upgraded to ... | |
| Digital Dilemma I've gotten a lots of advice here that goes from spending thousands of dollars on new equipment and cables to spending little on a new inexpensive streamer & a good USB cable to just beefing up my existing DAC with a new Master Clock. I'm c... | |
| Digital Dilemma Do you know if the ifi Zen support Tidal? I believe it does. | |
| Monitor audio platinum pl200 ii , revel f226be, or something else? Just buy these Joseph Audio Pulsar 2s in gorgeous Sapele wood. You’ll be thrilled on all counts. Asking $7k but they should be no more than $6k IMHO so may be negotiable. https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649977097-joseph-audio-pulsar-speaker... | |
| Playing CDs sounds better than Qobuz — dammit Is the iFi Zen Stream going to the same DAC as when you were using your iPad to stream Qobuz to? Did you use the same USB cable with the iFi and the iPad to the same DAC? @dilatante Yes and yes. | |
| Digital Dilemma thanks, any streamer suggestions, without breaking the bank? DH Labs has a couple of USB cables, do you have a preference? Well, I got an iFi Zen Stream that retails for $399 along with their iPowerX power supply that’s around $100 I think, and... | |
| McIntosh to Luxman? I’d put the new Innuos Pulse Mini on your radar for a streamer, and as @jjss49 recommended above an upgraded linear power supply (not necessarily Innuos’ own LPS) should be included in your budget to get the best performance out of it. Best of lu... | |
| Sonus Faber Grand Piano or Totem Forrest? Uh, this post is 20 years old so may be a little late to chime in now unless the OP takes a looooooong time to make decisions. |