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| High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it. Sadly, Mark went from making absolutely killer $500 DACs to making even better $25000 DACs. I guess the market spoke, and being smart, he listened :-(Its also amazing how much better i made the gold full nelson LinkDAC sound by building a custom (... | |
| Overwhelmed and under experienced... @bgpoppab Sorry for the delay, have been traveling for ~2 weeks.I simply mean something the guy at your local electrical supply house would call quality - thick copper, tight connectors to grab the prongs, etc. Nothing fancy.So i looked up what a ... | |
| Why the facination with integrated amps? Just the perspective of someone who struggles with the design trade-offs, both technical and the big one **COST**.The unsaid part here is that everything is a compromise of what we want to do, against what we can afford to do - in design, mechanic... | |
| High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it. I'll just weigh in that having read many of the posts, there are lots of things being confused here.1. Confusing Upsampling vs magically creating more bit depth2. Confusing why one upsamples (its not to get more info)3. A vague notion that digital... | |
| Overwhelmed and under experienced... Missingtime makes another good suggestion. Get a dedicated 20A circuit, and put in at least upgraded outlets, if not "hospital grade" - available at the home despot. Then get a GOOD outlet strip and run everything to that one point, eliminating gr... | |
| Overwhelmed and under experienced... While I will allow that some people hear differences among power cables, I very strongly believe that the cost of high-end cables can always be better spent elsewhere. For example: better speakers, jitter reduction, an improved linear power supply... | |
| High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it. I'll weigh in as someone who designs this stuff, that redbook is in fact very very good. In fact i have been blogging on digital formats, compression, etc and trying to undo some myths.(Sonogyresearch.com/blog if you care)Audiophiles' suspicion o... | |
| Do I have to use a streamer/renderer to play music from an NAS? "But, honestly, I just want to listen to music that sounds great and is easily located and selected.":-) Don't we all. Let us know when you find it.Ok, seriously, its not that easy, but yes BlueSound is supposedly pretty good. But you still eithe... | |
| Do I have to use a streamer/renderer to play music from an NAS? Just to answer a few questions not addressed to me :-)-- Why have the server in another room? I think to reduce physical noise (fans, etc.). I probably will just put it in a closet in the room. I'll also make a quiet server based on NUC, Roon ... | |
| Do I have to use a streamer/renderer to play music from an NAS? Picking up on the last response about streamers - read my post again. **something** needs to present you a UI, identify the files locally or on a network, and send it to the appropriate digital interface, somewhere on the other end will eb the DAC... | |
| Do I have to use a streamer/renderer to play music from an NAS? to Steve:Why do you advise against *lossless* formats like FLAC/ALAC?They are, after all, lossless, and after reconstruction are identical to RAW. And, I have compared and heard absolutely no difference. I admit i have not compared many times or p... | |
| Do I have to use a streamer/renderer to play music from an NAS? You have the basics above. I’ll just add a few comments.First, think about the tasks - you need something to catalog and let you browse and select a file to play. Someone mentioned ROON, and i think that happens to be the pick of the streamer litt... | |
| Vienna Acoustics 'The Music' I can’t guide you to a local dealer, but I can comment that there seem to be very few, and even fewer that stock many of the range.That said, i own the predecessor to the Music - the Mahler. They are superb; open, dynamic, uncolored, deep bass, ex... | |
| Why do some fine solid state amplifiers like Soulution have such low input impedance? I was going to guess -- "noise".Its not how i design, but its legitimate. It may also be delectable or easily changed. Often its just a resistor. | |
| CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl Hi Sleepwalker,Could you start with the entire system chain so we know what you were hearing, and the material, so we know the mastering? Without that its really jibberish.I've been doing some A-B experiments recently to isolate various contributi... |