mgrif104
Responses from mgrif104
| Auralic Aries I’d like to restate that others have a very different experience with the Auralic Aries G2 series. My own experience (and in direct A/B comparison with other units from Aurender, Lumin and Simaudio) indicates that it does not have a high noise fl... | |
| Auralic Aries @ghdprentice Interesting. I’m not going to suggest the Aries G2 is the equal of the W20SE, but I have one and had an Aurender N100H. The G2 is/was quite a bit the better unit between those two (I sold the N100H) and I know several who think it’... | |
| Sonic differences between servers IronlungAt the time, I was running Roon Core on an optimized Mac mini and using the Auralic Aries G2 streamer. I had (at the time) both Tidal and Qobuz though I’ve since dropped Tidal as Qobuz sounds better and their library is satisfactory. I ho... | |
| Sonic differences between servers @Ironlung makes good points and provides useful clarification, too.And, I would agree with the last sentiment he/she shares: “Personally, I would avoid Roon altogether if SQ is actually your ultimate goal. I have direct experience w/ Roon vs othe... | |
| Sonic differences between servers My mistake in the use of the term server instead of streamer. That said, the OP was asking about variations in sound between Innuos, Antipodes, etc - which I believe are streamers. And, so the question was posed about the differences in sound qua... | |
| Sonic differences between servers Though it doesn’t intuitively make sense, my own experience is that servers do sound different. Of course, there are plenty of forum participants who claim otherwise, so YMMV. Like Fuzztone noted, they’re not big differences, but better systems ... | |
| Simaudio 680D? @skohlmey sorry for the tardy response. I still plan to audition the Simaudio 680, but I will share that I’ve come to recognize that the Vega G2.1 is very good and fully competitive with other units of similar price. A few things worth sharing. I... | |
| Streaming Sound Quality - Want the very best sound quality? Network Acoustics ENO... Time to report my findings. As a refresh, I ordered the ENO Ag system (filter and cable) and an English Electric network switch. I got the ENO a few weeks ago. The switch was on backorder and I just got it today.Honestly, there was minor improve... | |
| Do I need a new DAC/streamer. Considering? My apologies - my comments were directed to djones51 - not at you, the OP. Sorry for the confusion.Best, | |
| Do I need a new DAC/streamer. Considering? My wife, who doesn’t care a lick at all about the gear I’m running and rarely offers a comment, even when asked, said without a prompt “that sounds better”. Indeed, I spent a lot more upgrading my DAC than my streamer yet I got more sonic improve... | |
| Do I need a new DAC/streamer. Considering? While I cannot explain why djones51 has not experienced favorable results, many of us have. The streamer is likely as important and impactful as the DAC - a result supported by direct experience. I can imagine that some systems will see less ben... | |
| Streaming Sound Quality - Want the very best sound quality? Network Acoustics ENO... I have my ENO Ag and cable coming. They’re back ordered, but I’ll report to the group my findings. I also decided to take the plunge on an upgrading my network and found a source to get the English Electric switch. That’s also back-ordered about ... | |
| Streaming Sound Quality - Want the very best sound quality? Network Acoustics ENO... @lalitk Thanks much. I’ll reach out to Network Acoustics tomorrow to get a unit coming my way to try. And, talk about a nice system - I looked at yours! | |
| Streaming Sound Quality - Want the very best sound quality? Network Acoustics ENO... I’m intrigued, but am unsure if I’ll enjoy the benefits of others. I have a Nighthawk router w/ the WiFi turned off. I connect a google router into the Nighthawk and operate a 3 zone mesh system so that I can plug my streamer into one of the WiFi... | |
| Simaudio 680D? Thanks for the feedback all. @filipedine - You’re right about getting those other details set. An update:I passed on the Marantz and ended up buying the Auralic Vega G2.1 as it seemed a natural pairing with my Aries. It’s very good. However, whe... |