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| Looking For Best Headphones I am looking at the RAAL SR1a as a second headphone. It is supposed to be unlike any other headphone in that they are closer to sounding like speakers. This headphone cannot be driven by regular headphone amps. There are 2 specific headphone amps ... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? Sure, though it looks like February when they will ship to me. It is easy to tell improvements and deficiencies with my new system.I was intrigued by the fact that ASR web site gave some measurements advocating a LPS for the microRendu. Seems like... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? Some good info here on streaming.https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/how-to-optimize-digital-streaming-with-optical-fiberI broke down and bought the UltraCap LPS 1.2 based on the comments here and the ASR links posted here. Let me see now if... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? How about streaming content with a video source. I think they drop packets if there is a problem in the transmission. However, dropped packets are just part of the the streaming quality issue. Actually not a big deal for me and I do not think this... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? Can we list some LPS for the streamers. I am ready to buy ne today if I can get a list streamers to consider. Something for the microRendu would be ideal but for this thread any LPS.Allo Shanti - https://allo.com/sparky/shanti.html | |
| Thiel Owners The reason I sold the DAC3B was to check out the Halo May KTE DAC and also the AudioByte VOX | ZAP | HUB. Both of these DACs are supposed to be better than the DAC3. I am hoping to try both and see for myself. However, they cost 3x more but do mea... | |
| Thiel Owners That Benchmark system in TAS is my system, except I sold the DAC3B last week. I will buy it back later in 2021 since I already miss it.I also did a test with a single AHB2 and turned on mono operation to get more power. I then ran it on 1 CS3.7 sp... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? I should add that one way that I am thinking of improving my streaming quality, now that I have the room tamed, is using Fibre Optical cable. One way that streaming can degrade in quality is when analog noise goes from Ethernet to the DAC. My micr... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? @rhg88 This streamer thread has diverged to room correction. However, I am in total agreement with you on the room correct issue. I have an acoustically treated room and my software based room Digital Room Correction is very important piece in my ... | |
| Options for $1k or less DAC? Today, I am using this DAC with the Benchmark HPA4 preamp. https://soundnews.net/sources/dacs/matrix-audio-mini-i-pro-3-third-time-s-a-charm/ It sounds great with my headphones, Meze Empy + Topping A90 amp. I am going back and forth whether I lik... | |
| Best headphone under 10k$ Nevertheless, I understood why so many engineering types would choose the AHB2 with the SR1a's: It played superclear, dug deep, and recovered much. This is the comment from the Stereophile review. Anybody else listen with the AHB2? I will have ... | |
| Headphone amp + DAC + Volume + ROON READY A little update to what I ended up with. The fatigue I was feeling with the Bryston BHA-1 was too irritating to ignore. Especially, since I listen to the BHA-1 in bed before I go to sleep.I sold the BHA-1 and now have the Topping A90 headphone amp... | |
| DAC's Made in the USA @arafiq I want to buy the Romanian AudioByte VOX | ZAP | HUB. It is $6k and I am pretty sure I will be able to turn that DAC3B sale dollars into the AudioByte stack. You ever read Jack and the Bean Stock. I like to also invest in magic beans. If y... | |
| DAC's Made in the USA While I like the Delta Sigma DAC I am slumming with now it is not fatigue free like the DAC3B. No pain no gain in my audio journey but I will have to get the DAC3B again (for 3rd time) later next year. | |
| Room correction, DSP for dummies. Same with my page. |