williewonka
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| Do You Use USB for Streaming? Mesch - you are correct - your approach is similar in principle to the cable + power adapter approach I identified - which is, fix the power issues and fix the data issues - then pass the good data to the DAC for conversion.My Bifrost DAC takes ca... | |
| Enhancing online radio station sound options Ptss - radio stations that broadcast over the internet almost always sound better than FM and can be "near" CD quality.What connectivity options does your laptop have - USB, Optical, S/PDIF ?USB is perhaps the most utilized laptop interface and pr... | |
| Do You Use USB for Streaming? Thanks guys - I have the Schiit Bifrost - an excellent DAC for the price. I assumed they used the USB power for cost savings, since it's a very basic little DACThen a couple of months ago Schiit came out with a "Decrapifier" - yes that's its name.... | |
| Copper®Harmony RCA Plug - a new breed OK - if the L/R are "out of focus" - then yes, the RCA's will provide cleaner transmission of fine details, so the new RCA's will exacerbate that condition. You'll hear more of it.If the AV Comcast Box has an IEC plug you could try a better power ... | |
| Copper®Harmony RCA Plug - a new breed Could just be due to the RCA/cable combo conveying more audible information than that conveyed by the cable previously used, so if the source contains more "noise" perhaps that noise is now being heard?Some components respond negatively to some ca... | |
| Enhancing online radio station sound options Ptss - Apologies for the delay - I emailed him to get the options he had triedHe was running a long S/DIF cable from his computer to the Oppo.He has a TOTL Denon A/V receiverFrom the Oppo he's tried a couple of options...1. Analogue IC's from Oppo... | |
| DAC improvements slowing down? Come to think on it - I guess 30 years ago you could have asked the same about Turntables.Turntable improvements/upgrades/tweaks are more prevalent now than at any time in the past.Same thing will probably happen to DAC's.One can live in hope :-) | |
| Copper®Harmony RCA Plug - a new breed Yes - I connected one pair of my DIY's out of phase - pretty strange results,but it was immediately noticeable.You can tell just by removing the cover and looking at the connection.The RCA's do present a much larger image though - very 3DHope that... | |
| Essence®gZero10 Interconnect cables single ended Maxima95 - since Lateboomer has identified his components and mine are identified in my "system" link (see link at end of this post) I guess they act as a reasonable "benchmark".So, if your components are of the same resolution capability as Lateb... | |
| Enhancing online radio station sound options No I haven't, but a friend has one that he uses for all his digital needs, including audio streaming, and it sounds very good.One thing I did to improve things was to use an Ethernet connection between the computer I stream from and the Modem, opt... | |
| Enhancing online radio station sound options The Oppo is regarded as a very adept piece of audio equipment by many, so I would have to say - yes, it would improve the sound.I currently enjoy many internet radio stations and find their level of performance quite acceptable - so much better th... | |
| DAC improvements slowing down? I own a Schiit Bifrost - had it over a year now. It is 24/192 across all inputsThey just came out with an upgrade to the USB which blew my socks off - such a huge improvement.Will things keep getting g better - I believe so if this latest upgrade ... | |
| Essence®gZero10 Interconnect cables single ended Maxima95 - I have tried the 3's, the 6 and the 10's. I currently own the 6's and have the 10's on loan.The 6's are very good indeed. The 10's have a little deeper and wider image with more space around the instruments/voices. The bass is a little ... | |
| Essence®gZero10 Interconnect cables single ended Lateboomer - so glad the gZero line worked for you. They may not be for everyone, we all have different tastes, but from what you, Yping and myself have observed, the KLE Innovations gear does seem to excel in our systems.Perhaps you could list yo... | |
| KLEI Absolute®Harmony Phono/RCA Plugs Yping, so glad you enjoyed it.But that's just the tip of the iceberg !Stay tuned :-) :-) :-) |