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This is some good reading for you. https://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/Intro/SQ/VolumeControl.htm
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Using a volume control in the digital domain throws away bits. Just sayin….
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Well if you’ve never heard it done right, I guess you wouldn’t know…
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Yeah, Bluetooth is a no no…
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All I see is two question marks….
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Qobuz or Tidal
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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.
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Bought My First Pair Of Klipsch And Am Over The Moon
Shakeydeal replied to jp_nh's topic in 2-Channel Home Audio
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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.
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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.
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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…..
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I hope you aren’t alluding that the DAC in a computer is as good as an outboard dac?
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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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Because a raspberry pi has one job and only one job to do. Stream your music. No background processes or other programs running. It also has a better output stage with less jitter and noise. It’s not going to be a huge leap going from one to the other but it will be noticeable. Things get better when you move up the streamer chain.
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Use a laptop into a DAC if sound quality is only marginally important. Use the DAC in a laptop if you really don't like music at all and just want some noise in the background. Choices, choices......
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Streamers are so cheap these days so there's no reason not to use one and stream lossless content like Tidal or Qobuz.
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Need Help: Decware + La Scala or KHorns
Shakeydeal replied to ThomBoh's topic in 2-Channel Home Audio
That’s a shame because there are very few speakers that will be optimal with such amps. Notice I didn’t say “work with”. Because there are many that will sound good, but those aren’t an ideal pairing and won’t give you the best performance of amp or speaker. So what Steve thinks is acceptable levels of hum limits the use of his amps with speakers that would make them sound the best. -
Will it work? Yes. Is it ideal? No. When you can buy a good streamer for a thousand dollars or less, it makes no sense. I streamed from my laptop years ago and the first one I bought (a raspberry pi) was a huge improvement. I now have a Lumin, but there are several less expensive choices. Just my two cents.
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No, but I sure hope he’s ok.