Almarg would be the resident expert on DEQX. Consider his feedback as reference grade material. You can take his advice to the bank.
It seems that your question should be divided into two parts:
- DEXQ
- Streaming
Each one alone has a steep learning curve to ’get it right’ for High Fidelity. To get it just ’up & running’, no so much. Once they’re both tuned in, it definitely will be worth the effort. Plan on it taking several months, if not more. Most likely, your son would be instrumental in helping you navigate the IT part. Patience is the key.
Since I started streaming Tidal, I haven’t purchased a CD in 3 years. With millions of titles in their library, unlimited selections are instantly available within a split-second. It’s especially great for discovering new music.
It seems that your question should be divided into two parts:
- DEXQ
- Streaming
Each one alone has a steep learning curve to ’get it right’ for High Fidelity. To get it just ’up & running’, no so much. Once they’re both tuned in, it definitely will be worth the effort. Plan on it taking several months, if not more. Most likely, your son would be instrumental in helping you navigate the IT part. Patience is the key.
Since I started streaming Tidal, I haven’t purchased a CD in 3 years. With millions of titles in their library, unlimited selections are instantly available within a split-second. It’s especially great for discovering new music.
It seemed in the posts, it mattered a great deal, which speaker you’re using.Not really. Obviously, you have a very nice rig. To get streaming to sound comparable to your other sources, will require determination. The quality of my streaming now exceeds that of my CD transport/DAC combo. But, a lot of work went into making that happen. Most of that effort and expense went into clean power for the digital data flow. It was worth it.