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| Empyrean Headphones/Sennheiser HDVD 800 + 'what DAC'? Doesn't the HDVD 800 already have a DAC built in? | |
| A Beginner's Guide to Audiophile @katzkov The most important parameter to headphones (and speakers too) is frequency response - that is, how smoothly and perceptibly even the headphone reproduces the audible frequencies (20 Hz - 20 kHz). Everything else - driver material / type... | |
| 2019 Mac Pro vs. Roon Your Mac Pro and the Marantz 30n are both examples of music servers. You don't need dedicated hardware to make a music server - just a computer with the right software (or the right options enabled). You can make a music server with a Windows PC, ... | |
| Oppo DV-970HD digital out question Maybe when you changed SPDIF from raw to PCM, that allows the volume control to function since that forces downmixing from multichannel to stereo. Try setting it back to raw and see if the volume control still works. | |
| Point of diminishing returns for a Network Streamers? @soix Why? Educated audiophiles can make better choices on what to spend their hard earned money on - whether that information is objective or subjective. I just happen to like to weight my purchasing decisions more towards facts than opinions. ... | |
| Point of diminishing returns for a Network Streamers? All a streamer really needs to do is transmit the bits from local storage or a music service to your DAC intact. It sounds as if your setup already does this. There’s no need to make a change unless you’re detecting noise / pops / ticks / dropouts... | |
| What to look for in USB soundcard/DAC vs built in DAC in the monitor? If you like the analog output of the Mac, then just continue using it. Have you tried to connect the A2+ to the Mac using USB? | |
| Audio PC If it's 60 Hz hum (assuming you live in North America) then it's a power supply issue. Anything else is most likely interference coming from a PC component or perhaps a wi-fi router that's close by. Try to write down the conditions when you no... | |
| Help Me Learn WHY My Recent Upgrade Was Successful My guess is 2 and 5. If radio.garden is rebroadcasting the HD Radio stream, then it’s lossy compression along the lines of AAC. With Radio Paradise, looks like you get lossless digital audio. EDIT - also wanted to add that music may also be fu... | |
| Internet Speed Unless you're having buffering issues (e.g. playback stops or takes a long time to start), no. | |
| Single band, tri-band or quad-band mesh for streamer @carlsbad is right, the extra band is a dedicated backhaul between the satellite access point and the main access point which is connected to your ISP. Having this dedicated channel increases throughput of the devices connected to the satellite si... | |
| High resolution audio on a PC questions To connect your Onkyo to the PC through the analog output / input you'll want to use the line out on the motherboard (usually labeled front speaker output or something similar). You'll probably need a 3.5 mm plug to male RCA cable for this. So... | |
| Qobuz Skipping or Short Pauses Does it happen if you use a different digital output from the Bluesound? | |
| Misunderstanding how a PS Audio Bridge II network card works From the online documentation, the Bridge II appears to turn your DAC into streamer (a UPnP renderer). That means it essentially performs the same function as the CXN. Cambridge Audio offers a nice diagram of a UPnP based system on this web page -... | |
| Offline Music Storage & Playback Recommendations For storing music from your disc collection, you can use ExactAudioCopy with a USB CD-ROM drive connected to your PC to rip CD audio. Then store all that music in a folder and share that folder over your local network. The Marantz should be able t... |