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| DAC's Made in the USA I just sold my Benchmark DAC3B but I highly recommend that DAC as a great USA made DAC. I will likely buy the DAC3B in late 2021 for the 3rd time. I am now using a DAC from communist China, Matrix Mini-i-3 Pro, and it is not bad at half the price... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? I think the comment that ROON RAAT is using UDP is rather important here. Back in the day when I was programming Tibco RV messaging we used UDP for broadcast messages in one part of the system and I recall it was unreliable. It did not have to be ... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? @ironlung Great info on ROON. I did not realize that RAAT was UDP. Anyways, I do have my ROON Core setup wired as you described. Now that I am using ROONS's Convolution engine the usefulness of ROON is through the roof for me. ROON really delivere... | |
| Speaker recommendation $10-20K (with some requirements!) If your music system is mostly digital using ROON or JRiver then I can point you some things to try for relatively low cost (maybe $900). That is without replacing anything. | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? @ironlung I get what you are saying and the is also what i was thinking was going on under the hood. That 10db difference is another matter but not really a concern. BTW - I was streaming to the Rendu via ROON RAAT.I am now seeing a Network DAC in... | |
| XLRs | AES48 Standard | Matrix Mini-i 3 Pro | Benchmark DAC3B Here is the response from the Matrix regarding AES48.https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/info-on-new-matrix-audio-mini-i.15095/pag...The Matrix sounds great but I needed to use the Audience AU24SE XLR's with them. | |
| XLRs | AES48 Standard | Matrix Mini-i 3 Pro | Benchmark DAC3B Not all companies support this. I asked Luxman about the m900u amp and c900u preamp and they do not support it. That was one reason against getting the Luxman because I wanted to run between 15 - 30 feet of XLR cable between the preamp and amp. I ... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? My main DAC today is a Matrix Mini-i 3 Pro. I sold my Benchmark DAC3B today. I hope to buy a much more expensive DAC in the Spring. So tonight I thought I would do a few streaming tests. The Matrix is rather incredible in terms of connectivity. Ho... | |
| What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard? Luxman m900u (in an all Luxman system) and Benchmark AHB2 (in an all Benchmark system). Two different sounding amps. I loved both. I bought a second AHB2 yesterday to run in mono. I was in fact deciding between the CODA #8 mentioned above and 2 AH... | |
| What is the best audiophile speaker for a tiny square room? @chungjh Did you come to a resolution to your speaker and room issues?My floor standers in the same size room as yours are sounding amazing with the recently implemented DRC. So good in fact that I bought a second amp yesterday to run as mono blo... | |
| Light weight headphones Meze Empyrean. I even pass out in bed with them on. Very light an comfortable. | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 Here is the TAS review. Have not read it yet. I think I can guess the conclusions.https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/benchmark-media-systems-la4-line-amplifier-and-dac3-b-dac | |
| IPhone/IPad - why do I need camera adapter to connect to DAC? If your DAC supports Apple AirPlay2 (like my Matrix Mini-i-3 Pro) use that wirelessly. I was surprised how well that works. I think the wireless maybe better because the noise of the phone is not directly connected to the DAC. I am not an expert i... | |
| DAC's Made in the USA I think you should consider buying used since a DAC is something that really does not wear out that much.A used Benchmark DAC2 would be the same as the DAC3. I have owned both and even Benchmark says that are essentially the same conically (I agree). | |
| Amp for Kef reference 1 -Ayre Acoustics AX-5 0 Match? Going direct to amp from a DAC is not my preference. I had done that for a few years. The following preamps improved the sound for me.- BAT VK42 SE- Benchmark HPA4- Even my Peachtree NOVA 150 integrated was better than DAC directThe sound at low v... |