Audirvana plus coupon code3/9/2023 ![]() ![]() In other words, it might not be the placebo effect. If the DAC doesn't take good steps to make that data rock solid before feeding it to the actual DAC chip doing the conversion - from digital data to the analog sound we hear - then the software, and whatever manages the hardware port plus the port itself, is going to be able to affect the quality of the sound. I'm not familiar with the Denafrips Ares DAC or Jriver versus Roon but there would be a lot of variation on how DACs handle/smooth/manage a stream of digital music which isn't rock steady. I'm glad your enjoying the ride, I am too! I like some things about Roon's presentation/features, but not others, so it's a kind of a mixed bag for me when it really should be 'the best' given the price. Personally I think all the software players I've tried sound slightly different - though personal preference might dictate which was actually 'better'.Īt the moment I find Audirvana 3 offers the best transparency and clarity and ahead of the Roon player in these regards. ![]() I wasn't really impressed with computer sources until I retrofitted an LPS to my Mini and put the iFi usb reclock/rebalance/regen device in the chain. One take is that the DAC is impervious to source SQ - the other is that the DAC (or something else in the chain) is levelling all the sources and failing to discriminate the differences. I guess I'm on that steep learning curve.but am thus far enjoying the ride. I recently sold of my usb regen, curious regen link cable and an LPS, because they added nothing to my Dac. Only own a few DSD files.Īnyway.I do think they sounded better, but maybe it's a placebo effect. I needed another laptop anyhow, so ended up buying a s/h Macbook, purchased Audirvarna Plus 3, and mucked around with settings to upsample by power of 2 my flac files. I had been reading though of the latest Audirvarna Plus 3 release, and of many saying the sq was excellent and favoured by many over Roon with HQ Player etc etc. Was using Jriver and Roon to play my toons (my ceedees ripped, and purchased downloads) through my laptop and Dac. I also picked up a Dac not long ago (Denafrips Ares ) and love what it does. I'm new to stand alone dacs, have till recently relied on the internal dacs of my 2 cd spinners to get me by. This has nicely separated the sound quality from the software. Sounds excellent and exactly the same no matter whether it's fed from Meridians as spinners, old really cheap CD players, old slow PC, low power heavily loaded atom cpu based boxes, etc, etc. I'm very lucky! The DAC I took a bit of a punt on, but which was recommended to me by member legselevens on this forum, seems to be completely impervious to quality of the source. That's a little surprising, any idea why? Have you run this past a Roon user's group? In a couple of years time a meal and a coffee at the airport will be $500. It was about $500 out of my pocket from memory. It would not be as good without that integrated streaming.Īs an aside many years ago when I was working in a corporate I had the opportunity to purchase a lifetime airline lounge membership with the flying kangaroo. The short term risk I see is if Tidal disappears. We are conditioned to expect that there will always be some better option next year. ![]() One problem I see is that there isn't really any other software I know of that provides a lifetime sub to compare it too. I did that and then just committed to lifetime 6 months in. You can always just go for an annual sub and decide in a year. Isn't it just another part of your system? So how much does your equipment listed depreciate each year? I know mine which cost way less would be depreciating by more than the cost of Roon per year. Yep it's a gamble but it's also a mindset about software. ![]()
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