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| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference @audphile1 I’m sure it was unintentional but you misrepresented my position. I absolutely agree that different DACs sound different, and that the oft-cited measurements of DACs (e.g., by ASR) are woefully inadequate to accurately representing t... | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference oops, hers the link: https://www.hifinews.com/content/aurender-n200-network-audio-transport-lab-report | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference and here’s the Aurender you actually tried, right? The much more expensive Aurender’s measurements are marginally better played thru the Mytec - a cheap DAC compared to yours! - but likely inaudible. And the N200 thru the Mytec measures exactly ... | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference and here it is for a Volunio https://www.hifinews.com/content/volumio-rivo-network-audio-streamer-lab-report | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference I get it. I just think you found your answer over a year and a half ago when you posted this: “The lesson I have gotten is that the effect of the server mainly depends on how competent your DAC is with input signal. Mine (Nagra Tube DAC) seems t... | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference I don’t know man, hard to understand how after having proven that a $6000 streamer didn’t do anything for you, now you wanna buy an $11,000 one. But hey, knock yourself out! | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference @mclinnguy one last point. had to look up MPS-6 🥴. That piece includes a dac, right? Which means there’s alot going on there in the analog realm, which is where I’m more inclined to believe the potential effects of burn-in could be non-trivial. | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference oops, meant “not seen out there” | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference @mclinnguy Hah! Sorry about that, just seemed like the right word for the occasion. Re the opened can of worms, as you can probably tell, I’m highly skeptical, though truth be told, I recently paid a few bucks more on a cable purchase for burn... | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference @audphile1 A little projection perhaps? After acknowledging that you hadn’t read the whole thread, you went ahead and posted this: “didn’t read the entire thread but I saw this post and it didn’t stop me from trying the N200. The test cond... | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference @mclinnguy I see, thanks for the clarification. I would just note that you may have been a little harsh towards the op here. He was very clear with respect to his processes for evaluation, much more so than the average poster here in my experie... | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference yes, not sure a couple recent posters (@mclinnguy @audphile1 ) read your follow-up post from 12/5, wherein you said: So, me and an audiophile friend got together to sort this out. “All the caveats were resolved. Both NUC and Aurender used US... | |
| Another post about a streamer upgrade “the human psyche has an infinite capacity for self delusion” one of my favorite aphorisms. we convince ourselves of a narrative and twist everything around us to fit that narrative. The op had already decided that he wanted a pulse mini, a... | |
| Another post about a streamer upgrade @audphile1 Again, I apologize for any confusion but isn’t the data stream from a Roon core to a streamer (or dac) a digital data stream? And if it is, isn’t that a potential source of jitter? You’re right that the link I included had a differe... | |
| Another post about a streamer upgrade @audphile1 Thanks, very helpful, but not sure I understand your response. I’m not highly technical, but my understanding is that a Roon core, even if not used as streamer, is essentially a digital transport, and therefore is virtually by defini... |