@audiotroy problem with that is I’m looking to make these a part of my surround sound too. That’s great for a stereo listening room, but not so good for a surround sound setup switching between watching movies and listening to music.
DACs oh my!
Hello everyone!
I wanted to pick the brains of some of the experienced audiophiles here and see if anyone could give me some guidance. I’ve worked in the industry in the past for about 15 years, but focused more on things like speaker placement, wiring, programming, and not so much on the analog club and hifi streaming. Now, I finally have the opportunity to get a little into it but I’ve emptied the wallet doing so and don’t have much to spend to fix the weak link.
I have a pair of Martin Logan ESL X on their way.. my dream speakers. I’ll be powering them with my Pre-existing Denon 4520Ci. I know it’s not the most ideal choice, but it’s not a bad receiver either. The weak link is that my source content (Tidal) will be getting streamed through a Sonos Connect via the analog output, and from my understanding, the analog output sucks on the Sonos Connect.
I would assume, being a good receiver, that the optical ports on it would have a good built in DAC and I could simply feed optical to the receiver and not worry about the analog ports on the Sonos (the only drawback being that I couldn’t feed a zone 2 with the receiver anything from the optical side). Would this suffice to give me good sound quality, or do I really need a good DAC to get the nice quality? From my understanding, Sonos only supports 16 bit from Tidal atm anyways, so I can’t get Master Quality, even if the receiver supports it.
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Well done going big on the speakers. I would literally consider running an 1/8 to RCA jack and running sound out of an iPhone for a while. I have heard good things about @audiotroy ’s shop, so the cheap solution would let you really not rush the front end. Many people do not get their dream speakers… so you are doing well so far… Don’t rush it now… and prematurely drop a wad of cash. |
@maverick3n1 - I have tried several different apporaches to digital streaming
#3 is superior to the other two for the followng reasons
Now I may not be considered super picky about sound quality, because I do NOT use an external DAC, mainly because my cables have elevated the Node 2i to levels of sound quality that far exceeds it’s modest price. So I would have to buy quite an expensive DAC in order to improve on the sound quality of the Node2 - i.e. SIGNIFICANTLY. Since getting the Node 2i I have not looked for a better sounding solution, because I am very Happy!! Simple to setup, easy to use, moves with the ever changing streaming market place, GREAT SOUND - what else could you want ??? You could get a DAC to connect with the Sonos Connect...
The Sonos is definitely the weak link here Regards - Steve |
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