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| Digital Preamp with USB-input but without a DAC? @mahler123 I would agree with you. I totally forgot about the new Schitt CD player that does exactly what you described. It does not have an internal DAC. | |
| Digital Preamp with USB-input but without a DAC? You need a DAC to decipher USB 1's and 0's (it is digital data). I would think any input with USB has a DAC inside to process the data. | |
| Is tube sound vs solid state easier to distinguish using headphones? I have 3 headphones systems for my RAAL CA-1a (sold the SR1a last month and will buy the next RAAL phone release). tube headphone amp RAAL VM-1a solid state Class A Schitt Mjolnir preamp (from 2023) | Schiit Aegir amp | RAAL TI-1b ... | |
| Intermittent audio dropouts when streaming Qobuz Hi Res files on Lumin streamer Rebooting is always a first choice. I had the unfortunate experience once of wasting 4 days trying to figure out my streaming issues. I had forgotten that there was an ROON Core update, and I had not rebooted my server. Normally this is not needed... | |
| Off-axis compensated for by balance adjustment I use this in my office system with the Benchmark LA4 preamp. I would rather use the LA4 in my best system but the other preamp I have for that does not have speaker balance option. I tried moving the speaker that is furthest from me a little clo... | |
| OCD mickey website and negativity. The $1k DAC is on this page. DIGITAL/ANALOG CONVERTERS | 11stereo BTW - thanks for the heads up on the 10% off for new buyers. There is a DAC on the page above that I plan on getting. Another option for me. | |
| Roon Endpoint Streamers - Direct Comparisons between Current Offerings? I have compared my SOnore Optical Rendu and the Lumin X1 using fibre directly from my network switch. Both sound different and are equally good. However, I also have a PlayBack Designs Streamer-IF that I bought for $2k. I am only using it with SP... | |
| Intermittent audio dropouts when streaming Qobuz Hi Res files on Lumin streamer @caphill Peter at Lumin has given some good advice. One thing I would have asked him is how much buffering does their Lumin app do. Is there a setting to increase the buffering size. If the CDN you are connected to is slow then having a larger buf... | |
| Intermittent audio dropouts when streaming Qobuz Hi Res files on Lumin streamer I used to have streaming issues just as you have described. However, my resolution would not work for you since we have different streaming setups. One thing that I may be able to help you with is to help you reproduce the problem. In my case, I ... | |
| roon sound wasn't as good If you want to hear ROON with DSP done at a professional level then Mitch Barnett at Accurate Sound is the guy to talk to. For $750 you can get ROON Convolution filters created for your room, speakers, listening position. I no longer use the ROON... | |
| Bryston BP-17 cubed or Benchmrk LA4 Preamp I have owned a lot of Bryston gear. Including the BP20 preamp (not the same level as the BP-17). Bryston always gives me a bit of fatigue. Even the BP-17 and the 4B3 with Vanderstream Treo speakers had that hardness on top that I knew so well fro... | |
| roon sound wasn't as good The computer does not matter if you use fibre to get the bits to the DAC. I never connect my computer directly to the USB input of a DAC. Always use fibre to stop all the analog noise from the network getting into the DAC. It is like a moat around... | |
| New Streamer, DAC or Let it Be I have had a few streamers in my house. The best being the following: Sonore OpticalRendu Lumin X1 PlayBack Designs Streamer-IF All 3 sound different. I used to also have a Sonore microRendu but that unit is not in the class of the above 3 ... | |
| Sonnet Morpheus Owners! Preamp or Not? The LA4 tends to make DACs sound better. Mostly because the volume control is one of the best and the preamp is so quiet that the DAC is usually the weaker link (noisier). I bet your DAC is no different and it will sound better with the LA4. Inte... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! @christianb5s4 The #16 definitely is a great amp. Now that I found some speaker cables that do not mess up the sound, I have no complaints with the #16. I actually had my #16 up for sale at the same price a month ago but I pulled the ad after the... |