soix
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| Best sounding headphones you have owned? @freediver Congrats, and I think I know what you’re talking about. I was looking to upgrade from my HE400S and the Sundara sounded pretty much identical, but when I heard the Arya Stealths I had the same OMG reaction. It was total next-level pe... | |
| Dedicated CD Transport vs DAC What are your impressions of the LTA DAC so far (I’m gonna guess it doesn’t suck)? It’s clear a better transport can make a significant difference, and using a lesser one on a good DAC is like putting budget all-season tires on a Porsche. Likewi... | |
| power cable tryout High fidelity cables has me wondering..... need suggestions now +1 @steakster Snake River Audio gets really nice reviews and well within your budget, and with a free trial period, why not? | |
| New Speakers under consideration - but I’m afraid I’ve been able to compare Joseph Audio speakers to B&W over the years and found the JA speakers to be superior in every way. They disappear better, throw off a more expanded and believable 3D soundstage, and they provide all the detail of the... | |
| Six DAC Comparison "...a true gift. . ." , indeed -- if only professional reviewers were as comprehensive! @stuartk Amen Brother! This is precisely why I’ve called out TAS reviews (and most Euro rags) as being lazy and bogus as they rarely bother to compare a r... | |
| Aurender and native DSD output That is my point, the AES/EBU interface should not alter its behavior based on a setting that in theory only affects the USB interface. In my case, if I set the "Use native DSD on USB" to OFF, then I can play all sorts of DSD files using the AES/... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? @herman Here’s part of your prior response and the possible source of our disconnect… The DAC is doing the exact same amount of processing whether the incoming signal has jitter or it doesn't. The DAC operates exactly the same either way. The D... | |
| Six DAC Comparison In the next day or two, I will post a short “wrap” on how the six DACs ultimately compare with each other, at least in my world, and then I will be done unless I get questions. HA! You’ll undoubtedly get myriad questions, but I for one will jus... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? I completely agree with the first part, I said several times that I agree a DAC can sound better fed from a DDC. What I said was .... your conclusion that it does so because it doesn’t have to work as hard or has to do less processing has no fact... | |
| Comparing Powerline Ethernet to WiFi for streaming audio Is your WiFi not capable of copying Word files or printing documents? If it does, then there is no difference with Ethernet. Networks are designed to deliver information with zero loss. Over cables, satellite, fiber, wired, wireless. @mikhailar... | |
| Comparing Powerline Ethernet to WiFi for streaming audio I don't think the TP-Link AC1200 uses the power line - it seems to be using the receptacle as a convenience. I may try one to see if I can hear a difference @boulder_bob You may be right but not sure it really matters. I think the main bene... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? You have to wonder why so many seemingly reliable and reasonable folks report that strictly digital components (streamers, DDCs, etc.) make a sonic difference when logically they should not. What if the differencse were built in by the designer? ... | |
| Aurender and native DSD output I think you already have your answer. Pretty sure native DSD can only be handled via USB or i2S, which is likely why it isn’t working over AES/EBU. | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? The DAC is doing the exact same amount of processing whether the incoming signal has jitter or it doesn't. The DAC operates exactly the same either way. The DAC doesn't have a circuit that detects jitter or noise and then "does more work" when it... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? What does "do less work to clean up the incoming signal" even mean? What work is being done? The statement actually makes no sense. @herman When a DDC sends a signal to a DAC that has reduced jitter and noise from the USB signal the DAC ha... |