w123ale
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| interconnects vs speaker cables vs power cords - which make the biggest difference? I’ll add that I’ve been working on upgrading PC with the help of the Cable Company (highly recommended). They recommended that I start with my power conditioner cable (big difference), the DAC ( clear difference, but not as big), pre, and amps (I ... | |
| Shunyata Venom V16 Wow! Upgrade to Hydra Delta D6 or Delta NR cables first? For what it’s worth, I’m running a Delta V2 XC into my PS Audio PowerPlant. Compared against Venom v14 and Alpha. I preferred the Delta. Just added a Delta NR to my DAC, Totally amazing. I compared my Venom to Delta and Alpha into my pre and prefe... | |
| Endgame Vocal+ DAC Help: Terminator Plus 12th vs. Chord DAVE vs. Holo May vs. Weiss502. I have a Weiss 501 and am very happy with it. Tried PS Audio (dull narrow sound stage), McIntosh (digital glare), and Schiit (old system, fine but not inspiring). The Weiss hits the mark for me in bring natural, decent (but not the widest) sound ... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? OP on a lesser system, I was dealing with the same issue. My solution was a new DAC (Weiss 501) plus using a fiber connection between the Roon core and DAC. The DAC and fiber immediately took the digital edge off the music. Not sure if this is th... | |
| Where to place your best switch? In my recent experience having a fiber connection between the network switch that connects my Roon server to my DAC was a noticeable, inexpensive, upgrade. I put a IFI power supply on the DAC side. This significantly reduced digital glare for me. ... | |
| Suggestion for $10K soup to nuts digital? My journey has lead me to this digital pathway: 1) Roon 2) fiber Ethernet conversion 3) Shunyata Ethernet 4) Weiss 501 DAC Getting rid of Aurender. | |
| ETHERNET CABLES @lalitk running Roon on an old MacBook Pro that is dedicated to Roon (probably need a dedicated machine in future, but working fine now). Shunyata Ethernet goes from my fiber/Ethernet converter to my DAC | |
| Qobuz or Tidal? I have gone through probably 4-5 rounds of comparisons. Each time find Qobuz is better. Tidal is muddier for me. In fact, I’m trying Tidal again right now with Roon, cancelled my Tidal within a day and just disabled Tidal in Roon because for some ... | |
| ETHERNET CABLES Last couple weeks have a) made a fiber connection to my DAC (Weiss 501); and b) added a Shunyata Delta Ethernet cable to the mix. Using Roon. Results: Fiber connection bought off Amazon plus a IFI power supply instantaneously reduced digital gla... | |
| Dedicated NUC/Nucleaus vs shared PC (w Fiber Media Converter connected to Endpoint) In my recent experiment of running Qobuz through Roon via an old MacBook Pro and Aurender into the same DAC is as follows: First Aurender was better, the I switched the Roon connection to a fiber conversion, now I cannot tell the difference. Now... | |
| Aurender vs Roon Update: changed my Roon connection to fiber and now cannot hear much difference between the Aurender and my Roon core. Roon for me is a supior interface—out with Aurender! | |
| Aurender vs Roon Okay, so I’ve read conflicting reports on if a dedicated server would improve SQ. It sounds like the answer is yes. Has anyone had experience going from an old computer to a dedicated server? | |
| Aurender vs Roon I’ll add that the worst SQ is Qobuz directly to the DAC via UPnP which suggests some software piece of this. In order from worst to best; UPnP Roon via MacBook Aurender (definitely best for critical listening). but this is kinda like which cr... | |
| Shunyata Research Alpha V2 XC Interestingly I’m trying out a Delta and Alpha XC into my PowerPlant. They both tremendously improved my system, BUT in my application I find the Delta warmer and had a more 3D presentation and the Delta is definitely my preference. Funny, opposit... | |
| Cables to settle brightness Well, switch DACs again as ultimately I found the PS Audio too laid back for my system. Now have a Weiss 501. Fantastic in all ways. Sorted the brightness but I didn’t loose sound stage and dynamics. trying with Sunyata Alpha/Delta now—really a f... |