ironlung
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| Sonic differences between servers Files streamed via Auralic’s lighting DS application sounded significantly better than the same via Roon.I'm just curious if the files were local (i.e. on a NAS or computer) or did you use a streaming service like Tidal or Qobuz?In either case you... | |
| Sonic differences between servers If the job of the server is to send the digital signal to the DACThat is not the job of the server, that is the job of the player/renderer (an application layer software) and it's associated hardware interface capabilities (i.e. USB, SPDIF, AES/EB... | |
| Sonic differences between servers A server’s quality depends on noise elimination- from the ethernet in (RFI/EMI galvanic and filteror through optical)- from USB out (ground noise and RFI/EFI from power supply, vibration)Again, the confusion between the player/endpoint and the ser... | |
| Sonic differences between servers However, the Auralic server easily bested the MiND server built into the Sim unit.It seems the term "server" is being misused here.What @mgrif104 compared was two different software player/renderers and how they handle a buffered audio stream, fr... | |
| Speaker for McIntosh setup Surprised that no one has mentioned Martin Logan.Despite what others may say I have never care much for B&W, Sonus Faber, or Focal on McIntosh and I am surprised there are so many enthusiastic supporters of those combos....Used to own a pair o... | |
| Magico A3 vs. Wilson SabrinaX I listened to the SabrinaX, and found them "flat" somehow, hard to describe.What were the associated electronics and where did you hear them? Curious because this is a comparison I would never make (Wilson vs. Magico). Wilson and Magico couldn't b... | |
| Bricasti M3 vs. Holo Audio May vs. PS Audio DS OP, though I am a "listen" and not a "measure" person, do a bit of research on PS Audio before purchasing.As others have mentioned the Bricasti is the superior product. PS Audio is mostly overhyped audiophile crap. | |
| Lack of Female Representation Similar to the other thread about young people, most of the reason the audio industry has failed to capture more women interested in the category is largely due to a lack of people in the industry capable of effectively sharing what makes a good H... | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? @jond As someone who has worked for and with some of the most "reputable" firms out there I have come to the conclusion that there are simply very, very few individuals, let alone dealers, who actually know what they are doing when it comes to thi... | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? I’m nearly 38, have been into music and audio from a very young age (one of my first ever CDs, around the age of 9 or 10, was a 24K gold version of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of The Moon… it wasn’t until many years later did I understand the significa... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? How the data got from source/cloud/drives/whatever via streamer to the output is somewhat moot. All streamers are going to deliver bit-perfect digital audio output.With respect to your knowledge of TCP/UDP, I offer the following consideration.I'd ... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? For both, outputting at the same volume I could not hear any difference at all. This even though the external laptop is upsampling to 192K while the direct connection from the 2008 Macbook Pro via its optical audio is not.That's not surprising, si... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? Streamer does one thing, instruct DAC how to create the audio.@pc997 Yes, and if you bothered to read through my technical explanation about how different streamers can and do provide DACs with varying "instructions" dependent on multiple factors,... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? I think the comment that ROON RAAT is using UDP is rather important here. Back in the day when I was programming Tibco RV messaging we used UDP for broadcast messages in one part of the system and I recall it was unreliable. It did not have to be ... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? Okay, I'll take another stab at helping some of the folks around here comprehend what is going on under the hood with digital audio.First off, the guys who are in the camp of "no perceivable difference" when it comes to streaming seem to have huge... |