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| Review on Bricasti Design M3 DAC @teajayJust read it. Nice job!! If I may, your sentence ..." all rendered in an overall grain-less silky-smooth organic presentation" pretty much sums up my experience with the M3. It is immensely musical and coherent! I just keep going back to th... | |
| Why does a Music Server require high processing CPU power? @djones51 I read a lot in the Roon forums and what you are saying is consistent. I do no DSP, no up-sampling. I’ve experienced better sound quality from Qobuz and Tidal through Roon running on the Rock now too, not just DSD-64 albums on the intern... | |
| Why does a Music Server require high processing CPU power? @hgeifman Anecdotally, I can tell you the best sound quality I have yet experienced from Roon, was when I built a Roon ROCK off the spec for the Nucleus Plus (8th generation Intel i7 core, 1TB SSD, 16 GB RAM, 256GB internal SSD that hosts the OS; ... | |
| Bricasti Design M1 SE - W/ LAN Network Streamer - Version 1.51 V. Denafrips Terminator @chesebert i'm afraid to hear a high-end turntable setup, lol; I have never went down that path for better or worse. I do agree with you about digital streaming. I've been at this since 2007 when I first started messing around with Squeezeboxes an... | |
| Bricasti Design M1 SE - W/ LAN Network Streamer - Version 1.51 V. Denafrips Terminator @ddafoe I did not compare the M3 with the M1SE, but my dealer did and said that the latest version of M3 has a change to the main board that results in better sound over M1 (I think both flavors of M1); This assumes the fielded M1's have their ori... | |
| Bricasti Design M1 SE - W/ LAN Network Streamer - Version 1.51 V. Denafrips Terminator @yyzsantabarbara Not my experience but ymmv; Ethernet has consistently been the better choice. USB is a flawed interface for high end digital but we are stuck with it. | |
| Bricasti Design M1 SE - W/ LAN Network Streamer - Version 1.51 V. Denafrips Terminator Cheesebert they sure do. My former msb discrete had an Ethernet renderer. | |
| Bricasti Design M1 SE - W/ LAN Network Streamer - Version 1.51 V. Denafrips Terminator @thinman2 I have not heard the Denafrips but I have the latest Bricasti M3 with Ethernet bridge; I recently setup a Roon Rock on top 8th gen i7 NUC following Roon recommendations for every component; I love it. The Rock cost about 750 bucks all i... | |
| I can prove your room is bad I agree that we are listening to our speakers and the response of the room in a locked relationship of excitation/response.In an attempt to help a null around 85 Hz I got a bunch of GIK 244 series bass traps. Qty 4 24" x 24" squares (2 of those wi... | |
| Pass labs x250.8 stereo amp in San Diego? Excellent amplifier! Gets out of the way in the service of the music. Easy to get that emotional connection with Pass amps; built to a wonderful design spec, assembled by a consistent production team, and backed by one of the best companies in the... | |
| A light-hearted essay on loving music vs the audiophilia obsession @essrand thanks for sharing. I understand you, my audio-gear-addict brethren. The comment (analogy) about how discovering A’gon was spot on. It is like a superhighway of gear access one in which I have accelerated massive gear swapping binges many... | |
| Kimber Kable - Naked Cables Uber expensive cables that if you sneeze on will likely be damaged; this stuff just gets better and better. The name, too. Lol | |
| Bricasti M3 In the house Hi @pdreher I did try that (running direct) and it is excellent— very transparent and such but I prefer the body and tone better using my Luxman C900u; I might revisit this experiment a few more times with other XLR cables though; I have had exper... | |
| Bricasti M3 In the house @teajay I sure am looking forward to that review!I love this DAC. I’m pretty sure it’s settled now, day 25 or so; During this time, I have continuously re-confirmed what I first heard on the early days; First impressions matter, and when we hear g... | |
| Bricasti M3 In the house @radiohead99 the M3 volume control is analog. The manual says range is -90 to +6 dB so I’m thinking there is an active stage;256 dsd is 4x the normal 64DSD sample rate, correct? So the interface can easily handle the bitrate; |