soix

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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 ... 
Integrated Amplifier for Sonus Faber Olympica II
Go Luxman!  That’s a really nice integrated.   
Looking for speaker wire (bi-wired) suggestions for two types of speakers
I have both a single run of AZ Satori and shotgun, and I prefer the shotgun versus the single run with good jumpers by a good margin.  But that’s in my system with my speakers so YMMV.  Just my experience FWIW.   
How Big of a Difference?
What speakers are you using?  
Need help choosing Sonus Faber Sonetto V or VIII, what amp?
There are some other highly-regarded integrateds out there well within your budget.  I’ll mention the Octave v70SE and Audio Hungary Qualition, neither of which will likely trigger any brightness issues but will bring your SFs into full song with ... 
Looking for speaker wire (bi-wired) suggestions for two types of speakers
Acoustic Zen Double Barrel Shotgun is a great cable that does everything right and doesn’t put a foot wrong.  Best of luck. https://www.thecableco.com/double-barrel-speaker-cable-pair.html  
Need new headphone setup.
Congrats!  You chose some pretty can’t-miss products, and coming from basic earbuds I think you’re gonna be pretty amazed.  BTW, what streaming service are you using?  
Newbie Needs Assistance
@sns I’ve obviously got my head up my butt on this Raven thing.  What’d I miss?  
Need new headphone setup.
If you end up using a dongle out of the iPad, I found this to be a significant upgrade over the Apple Camera Adapter... https://www.lavricables.com/cables/reference-silver-lightning-to-chord-hugo-mojo-interconnect-cable-by-lavricables-v2-0/    
Newbie Needs Assistance
If I were you I might try to stretch a little for Raven Audio Nighthawk amp and CeLest speakers.  Excellent products made in the USA, and obviously they’re made to work optimally together.  Just my $0.02 FWIW, and best of luck.   
Need new headphone setup.
Given the sound qualities you’re looking for, I think Audeze ‘phones should be on your radar although you might need to up your budget a bit.  And unless you can’t have any sound leaking out into the room I’d recommend open-backed designs as they ...