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Post by Loop 7 on May 24, 2017 20:34:45 GMT -5
I'm going to be a broken record and recommend Roon. It's easy, elegant and powerful.
Sure, it costs money but good software, like good hardware, takes people and resources to produce - iTunes and other apps have spoiled us by being free (not necessarily a negative).
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Post by bootman on May 24, 2017 20:54:22 GMT -5
Emotiva is not making a unit. Move on. I would have bought it years ago. But it would make a killer partner to the DC-1 They can call it the PC-1.  Or built it in the EC3 chassis with ripping capabilities. (I know pipe dreams) |
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Post by klinemj on May 24, 2017 20:56:22 GMT -5
so, I see folks saying to use a PC as a server and send the data to something else like a MR and then onto a DAC. The main reason is the MR's audiophile sound quality vs. a PC and its noise. but...if it originates on a PC, how does the MR fix the noise the PC creates? why not PC to DAC directly?
This is not a rhetorical question. I am serious.
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Post by foggy1956 on May 24, 2017 20:59:03 GMT -5
more music and better versatility. I don't know yet, I jumped in with both feet and don't know how to swim in the PC world. So, I have not heard a microrendu, but I have used a PC to feed a DAC. The single biggest issue I have had is how to control it and finding a great interface. I find the JRiver and Tidal interfaces sufficient, but controlling them from my couch is a bigger challenge. I can start my projector and use a wireless keyboard, but this is hard to do...looking way forward to a distant screen and typing and mousing is not easy. I continue to look for better solutions. My thread about Controlling a PC from an Android or Surface detail that. Having only looked at the microrendu on a surface level, I have no idea what the interface and control options are. If I were you, I would study that first. if you love the sound but hate the interface/control...you won't like it. I would also consider a mini-PC or "NUC" system with a Windows 10 Pro OS if I were starting from scratch. You can get these for low prices and use native Windows Remote Desktop to control it from your laptop (assuming you are a Windows guy...if you are Apple based, I am of no help). Some people fret over the "ordinary components" or noise floor of a low end PC solution. My best sound has come from a bottom dollar Dell PC to a great DAC...so, I smell bovine excrement on the high end PC argument. Mark Have you tried jrivers gizmo? |
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Post by klinemj on May 24, 2017 21:05:06 GMT -5
So, I have not heard a microrendu, but I have used a PC to feed a DAC. The single biggest issue I have had is how to control it and finding a great interface. I find the JRiver and Tidal interfaces sufficient, but controlling them from my couch is a bigger challenge. I can start my projector and use a wireless keyboard, but this is hard to do...looking way forward to a distant screen and typing and mousing is not easy. I continue to look for better solutions. My thread about Controlling a PC from an Android or Surface detail that. Having only looked at the microrendu on a surface level, I have no idea what the interface and control options are. If I were you, I would study that first. if you love the sound but hate the interface/control...you won't like it. I would also consider a mini-PC or "NUC" system with a Windows 10 Pro OS if I were starting from scratch. You can get these for low prices and use native Windows Remote Desktop to control it from your laptop (assuming you are a Windows guy...if you are Apple based, I am of no help). Some people fret over the "ordinary components" or noise floor of a low end PC solution. My best sound has come from a bottom dollar Dell PC to a great DAC...so, I smell bovine excrement on the high end PC argument. Mark Have you tried jrivers gizmo? Yeah...didn't care for it and also now want to control Tidal. Go read my thread to see why. Mark |
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Post by foggy1956 on May 24, 2017 21:19:44 GMT -5
Have you tried jrivers gizmo? Yeah...didn't care for it and also now want to control Tidal. Go read my thread to see why. Mark Not interested in why, didn't know if you had tried it. Works well enough for me, but it would be nice to have something for tidal |
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Post by klinemj on May 24, 2017 21:25:44 GMT -5
Yeah...didn't care for it and also now want to control Tidal. Go read my thread to see why. Mark Not interested in why, didn't know if you had tried it. Works well enough for me, but it would be nice to have something for tidal required for me. mark |
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Post by pedrocols on May 24, 2017 21:43:20 GMT -5
I have considered the microRendu but it is more expensive than my current DAC.
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Post by sheetmetalworker on Jun 8, 2017 19:26:53 GMT -5
Ok so here I am today. I'm drunk and waiting for my Sonic transporter to finish my all usb system. I've learned alot and have so much more to learn.
It seems in the CA world power supplies are everything. I've never really given it much thought. When does it end?
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Post by hemster on Jun 8, 2017 19:30:06 GMT -5
Ok so here I am today. I'm drunk and waiting for my Sonic transporter to finish my all usb system. I've learned alot and have so much more to learn. It seems in the CA world power supplies are everything. I've never really given it much thought. When does it end?When you pass out or run out of booze... whichever comes first!  |
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Post by sheetmetalworker on Jun 12, 2017 19:41:01 GMT -5
Thanks to your help and the help of a few other forums im up and running.
It's been a learning experience and still learning. Them computer guys are serious about there stuff....lol.
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Post by sheetmetalworker on Jun 12, 2017 19:45:24 GMT -5
I told ya I'll do it!!!
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Post by sheetmetalworker on Jun 12, 2017 19:52:23 GMT -5
So here's the skinny of it. I'm running roon on a sonicTransporter, to a microrendu. Then I'm converting the usb signal to a is2 (digital) signal. Basically it's an ddc . To my spring dac.
First impressions wonderful, musical, lost in the music. So there you have it. I'm happy and broke....lol
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Post by sheetmetalworker on Jun 12, 2017 20:04:23 GMT -5
Oh and nos.
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Post by brubacca on Jun 12, 2017 20:11:42 GMT -5
Glad its working amd sounding good.
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Post by sheetmetalworker on Jun 12, 2017 20:36:51 GMT -5
Glad its working amd sounding good. thanks bro! |
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Post by sheetmetalworker on Jun 12, 2017 20:42:22 GMT -5
It's been a journey, and a beginning of a learning experience. The music sounds so good tho.
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Post by sheetmetalworker on Jun 12, 2017 20:45:04 GMT -5
Oh and I'm drunk again....lol
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Post by hemster on Jun 12, 2017 20:48:04 GMT -5
Oh and I'm drunk again....lol I travel a lot for work and find myself in that state a lot... |
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Post by Axis on Jun 12, 2017 20:52:30 GMT -5
Oh and I'm drunk again....lol I travel a lot for work and find myself in that state a lot... You are silly Hemster. Have a pint on me.  |
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