Excellent feedback! Thanks @calvinandhobbes. I’ve been told by people knowledgeable in the field that a wired connection to the router is always preferable to WiFi, but there are also a lot of people here who say as long as you have a good WiFi signal and there are no dropouts that it’s just as good as wired. The benefits you describe are very high on my “must have” list so I’ve decided to definitely give wired a try. Thanks again for your very helpful thoughts.
iPhone/iPad good as a source, or get a streamer?
This is probably a dumb question with a simple answer I’m just missing, but here goes. I’m currently using my iPhone and iPad wired with a Camera Adapter to my DAC via Qobuz in my headphone setup and it sounds good, but I’ve wondered if using a streamer (on the level of an Optical Rendu or Innuos Zen Mk3) would be better as it’d be plugged directly into the router. I’d assume the latter would be better given the wired connection vs. WiFi, but wondering if anyone has compared that to connecting an iPhone/iPad directly to a DAC? Location isn’t a huge deal since I’m in close proximity to my router anyway. Thanks for any thoughts/experience/suggestions.
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Just use the phone it sounds fine. I pretty much use an iPhone hooked to a mojo. The mojo poly looks nice too. It would turn the mojo into a “steamer” if you wanted. I failed a blind test of my Mac mini hooked to the mojo via tosslink and the mojo hooked to the iPhone. Hard to tell the mojo/iPhone from my benchmark DAC3 hooked to a Buruson amp too. I should probably turn in my audiophile card now.... https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-apple-vs-google-usb-c-headphone-ad... |
@soix In addition to using an Ethernet cable from a WiFi extender, these are some other things that I did from which I heard a clear improvement. (i.e., so clear that I didn't even need to A/B test the sound quality...I knew right away)
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I just been messing around with this on my iPAD when I discovered that on Qobuz app to get anything better than CD quality you have to download the track local. I am using lighting to USB A connector and Pangea cable. to DAC. The local files (>Redbook rez) sound purdy dang good but my dedicated streamer has a little more weight. But I think for people with integrated amps and CD players with a DAC who want to get into streaming to test the water an iPAD is a great way to get started as apposed to buying a Bluesound Node. Which seams to be the default answer here when people ask about getting into streaming. Then if you move up to a dedicated streamer you got a nice controller. |
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