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| Amp Internal Wire I think some internal wiring in my LSA Voyager 350 GAN was replaced when I got it modded. It sounded much better after the mod. Bryston has a deal where they are upgrading old models to required or better spec for all their old models. This pr... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC I also think a preamp is better with the 005. Going direct is also rather dangerous because of the way the volume control buttons work. Try lowering the 005's volume real quick. It is not easy thing to do. | |
| Software recommendations ROON. Best $450 I spent in 2015. It is the king of the hill. Not saying it is the best since I have not heard them all, but I do not think there is anything bigger or better supported in hi-end audio streaming. I use a crappy computer to run my R... | |
| Is optical mostly a waste of time versus Ethernet? Sure, packets can be resent byTCP. However, think about how streaming works. It is a continuous flow of music. You have packet loss and then what, the sender resends it so you will likely hear a regurgitation of the sound that was attempted before... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC I am not sure what an active preamp is. The LA4 and the CODA 07x have the almost the same features, except the 07x has dual XLR outputs (very useful). I have finished building out my office system and the Musetec 005 really anchors the digital pa... | |
| Is optical mostly a waste of time versus Ethernet? Read the following on PACKET LOSS, Which can happen even on TCP streaming, contrary to the EXPERT opinion on this thread. This can happen when congestion of the network occurs. Which I said I can demonstrate 100% of the time with a low bandwidth s... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC All of these comparisons and reviews on this thread are subjective. People have different ears, specific system needs, and financial comfort spending on DACs. The Musetec 005 is great in 1 of my systems and not good in another (my headphones). Sa... | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? You can put the Blades 9 inches from the front wall (per KEF UK and the manual). The Reference line needs 1 foot. If you put the Blades along the 19 foot wall it would work rather well. Other people have put the Blades along a 14 foot wall but I ... | |
| A rookie with 10K, seeking advise Go have a listen to the KEF LS60 (Baby Blades) and see if the sound and the utter simplicity of the system appeals to you. You only need to plug the 2 speakers into the wall outlet and connect any analog sources you have (if any) to the preamp in... | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? I took my second stop on the KEF train with the KEF LS50 Meta that arrived today. I spent the past week listening very intently to the old LS50 from 2012 because I replaced the driver. I think my son poked at one. Anyways, the driver replacement w... | |
| Is optical mostly a waste of time versus Ethernet? Here is a wiki article on packet loss. An explanation for my degraded ROON audio signal on that George Harrison song (the whistling part), when my ROON Core was behind a lower bandwidth PowerLine network is explained below. The Transmission Cont... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Pairing a 005 with a Coda preamp for example will provide a formidable combination for about $10k, the starting price of these expensive DACs. I have the CODA 07x preamp (their top unit). However, it is now sitting idle because the Benchmark LA... | |
| Is optical mostly a waste of time versus Ethernet? We have decades of experience building audio streaming protocols around UDP, and it has generally been our first choice, but we also know that both TCP and UDP, when implemented properly, are suitable for high-bandwidth, high-quality media stream... | |
| Is optical mostly a waste of time versus Ethernet? This is my last post on this thread because I seem to be conversing with an EXPERT and there is no point in telling an EXPERT anything new. I discovered this thing called GOOGLE and in 10 seconds a lot of info on packet loss on music streaming ca... | |
| Is optical mostly a waste of time versus Ethernet? @fredrik222 So you are saying that dropped packets are resent in streaming? I do not think so. That is what I am referring to by BROADCAST. Maybe 1 level up from the TCP level you started EXPERTING on. |