djones51
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| Looking to use the Bluesound Vault 2i High-Res 2TB Network Hard Drive CD Ripper/Streamer No I don't think it plays CDs just rips and you playback the Flac files. If you're wondering if the files sound as good as the CD you'll get differing opinions. In my subjective opinion they do. I can't tell one from the other. | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC let me repeat my question again. If you can EQ to get the same impact or better why are we seeing a resurgence of R2R DACsI think it's called marketing. It's the DAC en vogue. | |
| Speaker Amp Pairing Question Nominal at 6 Ohm most of the time according to the specs, minimum 3.5 Ohm. I would have gotten an amp with a bit more power for those speakers. | |
| Lifetime Roon is a go - alternative to Roon Nucleus My NUC doesn't have a fan. As I've mentioned if you want a Nucleus clone, one that runs ROCK you need to make sure it matches the list.Core Server. The models we support are:NUC5i3xxxNUC5i5xxxNUC6i3SYxNUC6i5SYxNUC7i3BNxNUC7i5BNxNUC7i7BNxNUC7i3DNxN... | |
| Lifetime Roon is a go - alternative to Roon Nucleus That's what I wondered when I went this route. I spent a bit more getting a better CPU. If you're comfortable assembling, plugging in a M.2 drive and memory and installing the OS it's easy. | |
| spend on the streamer or on the DAC ? I'm not missing anything. Tried them all going to the same. If a streamer can take the incoming signal and pass it to the DAC it's job's complete. Pretty simple actually, the interface to me is the most important , ease of use. | |
| Use for Roon? - Intel NUC Mini PC Kit Business Desktop Computer If you want a Nucleus clone running on a NUC it has to be approved by Roon as meeting the requirements to run ROCK which is Roons OS that is optimized for music playback. If you want a box that you can install the core on then most any running Lin... | |
| Use for Roon? - Intel NUC Mini PC Kit Business Desktop Computer Depends is it on the list of approved NUC's on the Roon link from your other thread? If it is not to hard if it isn't then it's impossible. | |
| Your most indispensable "tweak"? Sacrifices to the Greek God of music Apollo. | |
| spend on the streamer or on the DAC ? Invest in the DAC. I've used streamers from a raspberry pi4 to Node2i, Bel Canto, Simaudio, Aurrender and there isn't a nickel worth of difference between them. If you want to stick with digital input use the Node if you want USB get a raspberry ... | |
| Lifetime Roon is a go - alternative to Roon Nucleus Go to Roons website and follow instructions. I used an Intel i5 NUC and 256GB M.2 drive. It's pretty simple just need to make sure you get a NUC that will support ROCK.https://kb.roonlabs.com/Roon_Optimized_Core_Kit | |
| Router extender. You could try a desktop extender instead of the plugin type I never had much luck with the plugin where you needed to set up new wireless networks. The newer mesh type use your existing SSID. https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wi-Fi-Range-Extender-EX7... | |
| Buchardt A500, KEF LS50 Wireless, etc. What are your top 3 downsides? If they need service you're out for awhile no swapping a different component is a downside. I use active speakers and like them. They're not wireless but are wired to ethernet. Best sounding speaker to me I've ever had. If I upgrade it would be an... | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC but I do find it difficult to believe that EQ will give you the attributes of an R2R DAC,I didn't say it would. I said you can use EQ to get a fairly good mimic of vinyl. I didn't say it would sound exactly like vinyl or a R2R dac, I suggested the... | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC They're not looking for truth but reinforcement. |