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| Sound quality differences in streamers @verdantaudio Did you ever get the things you needed to get fibre optic to work on the Linn DAC you had? I provided you some links on Amazon and maybe Sonore for the required components. BTW - I think I got the PlayBack Design STREAM-IF streamer ... | |
| Is Roon The Best Sounding Option For Us? Get Roon BEHIND a fibre optic cable and you can then run Roon on any decent computer. I use a $500 DELL micro-computer that has no monitor | keyboard | mouse. I just RDP into the machine on the rare time I need to do something on the Roon Core ser... | |
| Parasound JC5, Pass X250.8, Coda No. 8 V2 Recommendation The Schitt Wotan at $2k compares well with the CODA #8 v1 that I owned. I now own the CODA #16 which is better than the Wotan (own it) and CODA #8. The Wotan need a lot of hours to get some top end hardness to totally go away. I use the amp with ... | |
| Preamp Options under $3500 I have a Schitt Kara F preamp that replaced the 4x more expensive Holo Audio Serene. The Serene was very good but after a head-2-head with a friend's DIY preamp, the bloom fell off the Serene for me. I figured the $799 Kara F would be very close ... | |
| Finding Local Resource who can Assess my Audio Room Digital Room Calibration Services, Convolver, Headphone Filtersets Mitch Barnett works remotely. You measure your room with test tones he will send you. You need a $100 mic and a laptop. The software is free. Measure the room, Mitch will analyze ... | |
| Speaker set up for more than 1 person A lot of this depends on the speaker tech. The KEF Blade for example has a huge, sweet spot. I think coincident drivers tend to have a slightly bigger sweet spot, with the Blade being very special in this regard. I enjoyed the Magnepan LRS and Mi... | |
| Beginner in the Audiophile World – Looking for Streamer & Streaming Service Advice I have TIDAL and Qobuz. I think I will drop Qobuz when my yearly subscription is up. I think TIDAL has all the albums that I have tagged on Qobuz. Music discovery on Tidal is better for me than on Qobuz. I had 3 DACs and 3 streamers. - Schitt Yg... | |
| What are your opinions of DSP's for speakers If you have a good room without too much furniture in the way of the sound then going without DPS is what I would do. I do this in my Livingroom which has 25 foor ceiling and the first reflection is far away on both sides. I also have 0 furniture ... | |
| What are your opinions of DSP's for speakers @willywonka I used DSP implemented on Convolution filters running on ROON (so a computer). The DSP is processed before the bits hit the DAC. In a difficult room DSP can make a speaker work where all other physical approaches are not as good. I ha... | |
| Townshend Audio Seismic Podiums Review I had the Podiums sitting in my office for 2 weeks and finally got the energy to set them up. I only had time for 1 speaker, but that speaker sounded really good after adding the Podium. I was playing a lot of heavy metal to see how the bass resp... | |
| Is it possible to find a good DAC for under $50, 000? Sometimes the gear has to be this price otherwise the wise folks with money won't buy it. A great example is the PlayBack Designs Dream DAC (at $24k) vs the Nagra DAC. The PBD Dream was built by a guy who knows digital technology since he was ther... | |
| I need some advice I heard the Moon 791 + 761 amp with the Paradigm Persona 9H. It was a bit bright but that can be tamed with a warmer amp. The 761 would actually be great on my Yamaha NS5000 speakers. A warm-ish amp that would be incredible on the 5F is the KRELL ... | |
| Seeking a Tube preamplifier I see some comments on Balance Control. If one only does digital and uses ROON. The "Balance Control" in ROON is phenomenal. You take a tape measure and get the distance from each speaker to your listening position, then input it into ROON I hav... | |
| Fiber Optic Cable Fiber is ALWAYS better than Ethernet. Look at what Playback Designs is using with Plink. What do they know about DACs and streaming. Funny thing is you DO NOT need to spend $5k to make a great fibre streamer. Ethernet is great for dealers since ... | |
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