The time has come and I request advice...

Innuos Zenith M3 and the Sense application is fantastic. Gets better and better with every update, should call them upgrades not updates. Sound quality is fabulous and I am a Tubes and Vinyl guy. These folks in Portugal have it figured out. $6600 with 2TB. If you only want to stream look at the Pulse Mini $1500 give or take.  

Just got an ifi zen dac v2 signature ...going to use it connected directly to my newly aquired (on a gamble) Nad c268 class D power amp via 4.4 mm to xlr balanced input. The zen has an analog volume pot and no headphone amp, so its just purely a dac. It’s got some very good reviews for a cheapie. I’m doing same with my music hall analogue a3 tube phono preamp, using single ended rca’s directly into rca input of the nad. The a3 also has a volume control, alps blue velvet. Should be a fun sh*ts and giggles experiment. Got all components at great discounts and so did not spend a ton. I can always dump them and still not get hurt too bad. I think it should all sound pretty good though. I basically threw caution to the wind and bought some things I would not previously have considered. I don’t really need any of this stuff, but I’m bored...😃

Anxious to see how well the jbl 4309’s get along... This generally will serve as a simple second set up, a set up that is actually in the same room/location as the main set up. If it all goes well, I might toss my tannoys in the mix, see how that goes. 

ghdprentice

6,193 posts

03-12-2024 at 01:52am 

... I have experienced generations of operating systems, hardware, and dozens and dozens of software suites and hundreds of single purpose software products. Software like Roon has a very limited life as streaming becomes. Main stream and major vendors produce their own better and better products and the revenues dry up for Roon and they get purchased and disappear into the history of software. There is a question of how long it will take… but the time will not be measured in decades but likely a few years.

Sure. Could be. Impossible to know what’ll happen on the post-Samsung side of the timeline for Roon. That said, Aurender has plenty of competition too, has to keep abreast of hardware and software trends, and’s only 4 years older than Roon. 
Ah well, not an issue for me as I don’t use, or profit from, either product.

Any experience out there with Silent Angel? They make an audiophile network switch, streamer and power supply.

The Pontus II 12th isn't (and won't be for some time) the limiting factor in your set up......it will be a very good pairing with an updated streamer