toro3
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| Network Acoustics Eno Streaming System vs SGC Optical Isolation System Thanks @audphile1 for that confirmation. I went with the SGC Optical Isolation System and heard a pretty big improvement - so much so I’m contemplating the Optical Module Deluxe. Here’s a question I’ve been wondering, though. Current setup... | |
| Lack of Female Representation I can’t speak to why there’s a lack of female representation. I ran into an interesting experience, though, in regards to an inlet to my wife having a better understanding about a year ago. She had never been to a brick-and-mortar Hi-Fi store. Mor... | |
| Why are so many people spending so much money to build “perfect” streaming system? I stream through an Amazon Echo via voice control, or a $179 laptop into a $130 SMSL DAC @jssmith understand and respect that you’re coming from a "bits are bits" perspective presumably from your software engineer background that you had mentio... | |
| Why is everyone so down on MQA? @bobdg2000 Square has had majority (80%) ownership since March of 2021… | |
| Best upgrade for SGC servers; LPS vs network switch I hadn’t heard that about the optical package being dry or thin - I would’ve been hesitant as well. Agree with the above - relaxed and rich sounding. My experience as well in addition to much less noise which was plaguing my system. | |
| Best upgrade for SGC servers; LPS vs network switch Optical FMC package from SGC made a pretty significant impact for me and my Roon end point. Wish I had done this years ago had I known. | |
| Why is everyone so down on MQA? MQA is confusing when it comes to the software and hardware needed to process the unfolds - 1st unfold, 2nd unfold, all-in-one unfold and then we have decoder, renderer, and full decoder. Curious if everyone is/had been using a full decoder to com... | |
| STREAMING - QOBUZ VS TIDAL AND ROON'S PREFERENCES @chocaholic I feel like Roon Radio is pretty close to Spotify’s artist’s radio that you had mentioned; maybe not as good. Roon Radio usually begins after playing a single track that I had selected or after an album ends - can’t remember if I had s... | |
| I have found out why new cables and tweaks actually work! I was literally at the seat of my chair reading each and every word…and then I realized this was tongue in cheek - the Axe body spray was a dead giveaway and mildly offensive since I use their product each and every day. | |
| christmas music Apologies in advance that this recommendation isn’t an album while realizing this thread is from 2007, but we’ve been enjoying SomaFM’s Department Store Christmas - kind of like elevator music for Christmas (great background music). | |
| New DAC or New Streamer? Trying to put myself in you shoes: if I had said that I thought my streamer was the bottleneck, and I had purchased a DAC prior to the streamer - I would probably be wondering about how much of a bottleneck my Cambridge is while listening to my ne... | |
| Where does "MidFi" differ from "HiFi" or "LOFI"? High end is synonymous with Hi-Fi, but I’d like to think/hope that high fidelity isn’t compartmentalized just to the high end market. | |
| Network Acoustics Eno Streaming System vs SGC Optical Isolation System Appreciate the discussion. For a while I've felt like the amount of tweaks that could be done to enhance streaming and reduce noise can be overwhelming to grasp - FMCs, ethernet cables, LPS, servers, modems, switches, passive devices (Eno), router... | |
| Hifi Rose RA180 I’d definitely be interested in a review from an Audiogner once they have this beautiful integrated in their possession. IMO the aesthetics for this unit are stunning and the class AD amp design sounds intriguing. | |
| Spotify navigation? Does Lumin allow Spotify Connect on your D1? It seems like Spotify is a lot like Apple with their consumers - they want their consumers to stay within their ecosystem, which limits or denies access to their content from other platforms/businesses.... |