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  1. This is some good reading for you. https://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/Intro/SQ/VolumeControl.htm
  2. Using a volume control in the digital domain throws away bits. Just sayin….
  3. Well if you’ve never heard it done right, I guess you wouldn’t know…
  4. Even though I haven’t heard the Emotiva, I’ve lived with other much higher quality SS amps and moved on. I’m not even slightly interested in that kind of sound since I am firmly in the tube camp. But I don’t think Emotiva would ever be on my radar if I had a use for a solid state amp. And with heritage klipsch speakers there is no need for high power behemoths, no matter the cost.
  5. Well think about it. A receiver that includes a preamp, amplifier, tuner, AND a DAC (and a processor?) can't devote a lot of quality to any one of those. Compromises will be made.
  6. I’m not a receiver expert or fan for that matter. But I would think there is a direct output that bypasses the onboard dac.
  7. I was using an Allo Digi One pi player when I decided to try a blusound node. Both being used with an external dac. The user interface of the bluos app was much better, but I thought sound quality suffered a little. I moved on to a Lumin U1 mini and it is better than both. YMMV…..
  8. I hope you aren’t alluding that the DAC in a computer is as good as an outboard dac?
  9. Good on ya for moving the tv out of the room. You’ll definitely notice an improvement on that for sure.
  10. Granted my experience with a laptop was many years ago. At the time I thought it sounded pretty good. But as usual, better is the enemy of the good. I think sometimes in this hobby people expect improvements to be on the same scale as tuning a boosted car. You'll certainly notice 150 more hp at the wheel. Whereas with audio upgrades, differences are more subtle. So it comes down to whether or not you want to spend an extra 5K to get that next 5 or 10% improvement. Now in your case it's somewhat the reverse. You have a 5K laptop and find it hard to imagine something much cheaper could even be even as good, much less better. Only you can say if this could be the case or not. I just know my Lumin sounds better than any laptop I've experienced.
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