soix
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| Playing CDs sounds better than Qobuz — dammit Getting all kinds of specific advice on streamers, routers etc is, IMHO, pointless without knowing the rest of the chain. @kletter1mann Yeah, good point. My bad. Audience AR1p, Musician Pegasus, Singxer SA1, Hifiman Arya Stealth, LavriCable ba... | |
| Would my system benefit from cable upgrades? I’d try some interconnects first. Lots of direct sellers offer generous trial periods so it’s relatively painless to give some a shot. I think your equipment is well able to benefit from upgrading all manner of cables. | |
| Suggestions for an integrated upgrade please Octave v70SE | |
| Playing CDs sounds better than Qobuz — dammit So, let’s drill down a bit here. I realize I need to go hard-wired to a good streamer, and it also makes sense I should upgrade my switch. Can’t do both right now, so I’m guessing I should go with hardwired streamer first and then upgrade switch... | |
| Playing CDs sounds better than Qobuz — dammit Uh, CDs are digital. | |
| Playing CDs sounds better than Qobuz — dammit Well, weeding through all this good info — and thank you so much for sharing your experience — I’ve gotta get a hard-wired streamer and also upgrade my switch. How would something like an Optical Rendu factor into this equation? As a long-time ... | |
| Suggest your most desired MSRP $1,500-$3,000 Stand Mount for a Shootout. Silverline Minuet Grand LSA-10 Statement If you can stretch, I think the Joseph Audio Prism, Usher Dancer Mini X, and Reference 3A MM deCapo are excellent speakers that are sorely lacking in reviews and fly under the radar. Look forward to you... | |
| Playing CDs sounds better than Qobuz — dammit I used to use a dongle and when I switched to a hard wired streamer the sound quality drastically improved. So, @vanson1 you seem to have a similar experience to mine. What streamer did you find was a big improvement over streaming through iD... | |
| Clocking: again! In our hobby everything matters and we are only at the very beginning of optimizing streaming. Amen brother. It’s a brave new world. I just realized streaming Qobuz through my iPad even with upgraded cables falls short of just playing a damn ... | |
| DAC Question: Delta-Sigma vs R2R I’d recommend MHDT Orchid or, if you run balanced, the Pagoda — both tubed R2R DACs and neither likely to tweak your tinnitus. Not sure, but they might offer a trial period. | |
| Playing CDs sounds better than Qobuz — dammit Ok. Let’s cut to the chase here. Who’s used their i devices as WiFi streamers and upgraded to something wired or otherwise that was significantly better than using their iDevices. | |
| DAC Question: Delta-Sigma vs R2R +1 @fuzztone and others above. It’s not the architecture but rather the whole implementation and how it works for your system and tastes. That said, IN GENERAL and just to give you a VERY basic guideline to go by, Delta-sigma DACs will tend to ha... | |
| Looking for speaker wire (bi-wired) suggestions for two types of speakers Good wires are similar unless we are talking solid silver wires. Uh, what? | |
| Need new headphone setup. Just pulled a reverse and cancelled the Sennheiser and spent a lot more on the AUDEZE. I love you man! Which model did you get? I hate to say it, but they will scale up considerably with a better amp/DAC, but the Cobalt will definitely be a g... | |
| Is DSP room correction worth it with a high end analog system? I am just concerned that the ADA conversion will loose the original SQ. There are TONS of variables involved in this question. I’d say do what you can with room treatments and then give some form of good DSP a try and see how it works in your ... |