djones51
Responses from djones51
| I have a theory... More of a notion, not even a hypothesis. | |
| 0s & 1s are all the same aren’t they? Is it really worth paying for a “better” Streamer? I've listened to at least a dozen streamers including a raspberry pi and I could never tell a difference in SQ. The most expensive was the Auralic. Some had features I liked, better UI, etc.. | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? We're not comparing apples to apples we're trying decide can this person really tell one from the other then we can go on to figure out is it due to hardware? Software? | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? Listening to local music files on a USB memory stick attached directly to the Pro-ject streamer sounds smoother, clearer and with better musical flow than the same track via Qobuz.Because we have to first determine is this statement true? The only... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? Professing substantial differences in SQ based on, wow I heard veils lifted, only applies to one person who claims to have heard something without any meaningful attempt to control biases. Now pray tell what does that actually contribute to unde... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? Could be none of the above. Unless the two were compared with a controlled blind test it doesn't tell us anything. To me Quboz sounds better than a flash drive connected to the streamer, again unless I did this comparison blind it tells us nothing... | |
| I bought some Owens Corning 703. Now what? Concentrate on below Schroeder frequency where the room is in control above it's the speaker that controls.https://www.soundandvision.com/content/schroeder-frequency-show-and-tell-part-1#:~:text=In%20a%20typ.... | |
| I was not enjoying the performance until I ...... Some have the same notion about DSP nowadays. | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? You should keep pursuing this on your ASR thread. Streamers have one function take the TCP/IP stack and convert it to USB or SPDIF or whatever you connect to your DAC with. The OS handles this function and if it doesn't get it right the DAC won't ... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? How do you think the packets get there? Via electrical signal of course...so therein lies the opportunity for sonic degradation or improvement by better design.No not really. The signal arrives intact or not. The DAC is able to reconstruct or not... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? All the streamer does is deliver the packets to the DAC. It's purpose no more affects the packets of audio data than the miles of cables, myriad of switches and routers affects the packets delivering this post from my keyboard to your screen. Sang... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? There's not really any difference. If the software passes the stream without interference a raspberry pi4 is as good as anything else. Those who claim all these exaggerated differences are not doing proper or even any type of controls in their lis... | |
| High end Class D amps? The Luxman is more than enough to drive those speakers. | |
| Near field monitor advice please The point of day in day out is the new coaxial Genelecs are easier on the ears, less fatigue, it has nothing to do with agendas. They have low distortion in the bass region, very smooth coherent speakers. If he was looking at a higher price point ... | |
| Near field monitor advice please Not all Genelec use class d amps. The ones do with their coaxial mid and tweeter. The 80x0 series use AB amps. Neumann uses AB amps in the KH310. If you want nearfield listening use what the pros use who use them day in day out. DSP is becoming a ... |