sonic79
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| Network optimization for serious streamers @sns Thanks for posting your thoughts and impressions of your ongoing network optimizations. Improving the network pre-server is a task I will be handling once my DIY server is complete. The great variety of streaming setups out there makes findin... | |
| Streamer upgrade? follow up. @jerryg123 To be fair, not all components that carry the ASR seal of approval are crap. Taking DAC's for example, the Mola Mola Tambaqui is top 10 in measured SINAD and is a top flight DAC by almost all accounts. The Okto DAC8 Stereo (which I own)... | |
| Streamer upgrade? follow up. I notice a trend of disproportionate scrutiny towards digital on this forum. This same level of scrutiny doesn't seem to exist with analog components, and that being the land of $50,000+ vinyl rigs. Yet spending $6,000 on a streamer is inconceivab... | |
| Digital is far better than vinyl My point here is I don't observe most digital/vinyl arguments being about sound quality, vast majority have totally unequal setups for a reason. People spend majority or exclusively on format they believe more in. Most digital vs vinyl argument... | |
| Digital is far better than vinyl *Whoosh* | |
| Qobuz or Tidal? I always choose Qobuz over Tidal in Roon if possible. I maintain a Tidal subscription for redundancy; occasionally Qobuz will not have a track or album but Tidal will. I downgraded my Tidal plan to the base option as it now has redbook quality. Ha... | |
| Digital is far better than vinyl Amazing how the opening post continues to pass right over the head of some people. Even a post that clearly mockingly challenges the "superiority" of vinyl is enough to ruffle their feathers. Vinyl is serious business, I see. | |
| Why does rock concert sound suck? An entirely different genre, but last night I went to a rave held in a 100 year old warehouse in Detroit. Not surprising that such a venue not at all conducive to good sound. Concrete floor, high ceiling, metal beams. Highly reflective surfaces ev... | |
| Going to Build Intel NUC Server Fan or Not? I was intending to use the 12700K for my music server build and looked into setting PL1 at 65W. Performance at 65W is on par with a Ryzen 5800x, so good enough for DSD256 using the lighter modulators and filters in HQPlayer. I am going a different... | |
| Going to Build Intel NUC Server Fan or Not? If you can properly control temperatures passively then fanless is ideal. Audible noise will not be a concern, but fans do produce vibrations and EMI. There is something to be said about keeping components cool, and active cooling can counteract t... | |
| Sound quality of Roon @antigrunge2 To counter that point, there is also a school of thought that more processing power brings higher resolution, expanded soundstage, and greater dynamics. Taiko and Pink Faun are subscribers of this philosophy. Quite a few audiophiles ... | |
| Sound quality of Roon Roon is pretty well unrivaled in terms of options, interface, and usability. It is, however, a very heavy software. Roon prioritizes features and end user experience over sound quality (although it has improved over time). There is a tremendous a... | |
| Optical vs Ultra Rendu. @high-amp No I have not compared them. I've only read about the opticalRendu anecdotally. It seems to garner very high praise, especially against streamers costing much more. I believe this is due to a combination of the fiber optic input and a lo... | |
| Just got some AudioEngine A5+ speaker and they blow my mind To be fair the OP is comparing them to headphones, so their enthusiasm could be legit. A decent pair of speakers will be a revelation to a newbie. | |
| Optical vs Ultra Rendu. The difference between the two is in the name: opticalRendu has a fiber optic SFP port while the ultraRendu has an RJ45 ethernet port. Copper ethernet and fiber optic both offer galvanic isolation, making them an ideal connection between digital c... |