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Post by novisnick on Aug 10, 2018 20:58:34 GMT -5
Audio Pollution 2 The network player is connected to the Mytek Brooklyn (DAC) by an Audioquest Carbon USB connection. Finally the DAC is connected to the tube preamp or directly to the amps as the Brooklyn is also a preamp. In this instance I use it only as a DAC. Carbon USB cable  Mytek Brooklyn 
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Post by hemster on Aug 10, 2018 23:47:49 GMT -5
Audio Pollution I’ve been working on improving the sound of my dedicated two channel system this past month or so and would like to share some of my findings. I believe I can improve the canvas in which sound is delivered into the room. The canvas being noise pollution. Background sound such as A/C units and fans and such are easily fixed by turning them off, although sometimes it’ll get rather warm with my tube amps heating the room. The other noise is harder to rid the room of. The noise thats not so noticeable until you do some critical listening. By upgrading the power supply to my SOtM sms-200 Ultra with a SOtM sps-500 switching power supply I’ve found a little more clarity in the music. I found a little more by moving power cables away from interconnects and so on. A little darker background. Music like light piercing the black. Not huge but noticeable. I found a little more clarity feeding my Mytek Brooklyn with an Audioquest Carbon USB cable. Added Cinnamon Ethernet cables and all of this has added a rather noticeable improvement in the overall sound of the music. Sound stage, presence and width has all made for much more realistic musical reproduction. photo upload freeIts all kind of like the Earths presence in our universe. The Sun sending out lethal amounts of noise and magnetically charged particles with our atmosphere protecting us. Our planet has a protected barrier as does many of the cables and interconnects to help with the electrical charges running through and around the cables and interconnects. My latest addiction to my experience/ experiment has been the Pink Faun Lan galvanic isolator. It has also resulted in an improvement in the sound. Not an “OMG” moment or “It lifted the Vail” moment but an improvement all the same. The Pink Faun connects the ethernet to the network player At these levels of scrutiny we will never find an improvement so great as separating your DAC from a direct connection to your PC. Thats a huge improvement! If a network player does no more then that for you its worth the money IMHO. These improvements are for the most picky of audio quality in my humble opinion. Nick Here's another improvement and you don't have to be the most picky of audio quality to benefit!   |
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Post by novisnick on Aug 10, 2018 23:58:43 GMT -5
Audio Pollution I’ve been working on improving the sound of my dedicated two channel system this past month or so and would like to share some of my findings. I believe I can improve the canvas in which sound is delivered into the room. The canvas being noise pollution. Background sound such as A/C units and fans and such are easily fixed by turning them off, although sometimes it’ll get rather warm with my tube amps heating the room. The other noise is harder to rid the room of. The noise thats not so noticeable until you do some critical listening. By upgrading the power supply to my SOtM sms-200 Ultra with a SOtM sps-500 switching power supply I’ve found a little more clarity in the music. I found a little more by moving power cables away from interconnects and so on. A little darker background. Music like light piercing the black. Not huge but noticeable. I found a little more clarity feeding my Mytek Brooklyn with an Audioquest Carbon USB cable. Added Cinnamon Ethernet cables and all of this has added a rather noticeable improvement in the overall sound of the music. Sound stage, presence and width has all made for much more realistic musical reproduction. photo upload freeIts all kind of like the Earths presence in our universe. The Sun sending out lethal amounts of noise and magnetically charged particles with our atmosphere protecting us. Our planet has a protected barrier as does many of the cables and interconnects to help with the electrical charges running through and around the cables and interconnects. My latest addiction to my experience/ experiment has been the Pink Faun Lan galvanic isolator. It has also resulted in an improvement in the sound. Not an “OMG” moment or “It lifted the Vail” moment but an improvement all the same. The Pink Faun connects the ethernet to the network player At these levels of scrutiny we will never find an improvement so great as separating your DAC from a direct connection to your PC. Thats a huge improvement! If a network player does no more then that for you its worth the money IMHO. These improvements are for the most picky of audio quality in my humble opinion. Nick Here's another improvement and you don't have to be the most picky of audio quality to benefit! Any good doctor will tell you that the only thing you should put in yout ear is your elbow! |
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Post by Boomzilla on Aug 11, 2018 19:39:34 GMT -5
Parts is parts - I put my foot in my mouth routinely. Maybe I should run for office?
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Post by klinemj on Aug 12, 2018 5:38:32 GMT -5
Yet for some reason, some parts sound different than others.
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Post by DYohn on Aug 12, 2018 9:40:45 GMT -5
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Post by frisco on Aug 12, 2018 13:05:00 GMT -5
So, I have a microrendu, connected to an Ethernet outlet built into the house and like it. The problem is that I have a headphone station and also a second 2 channel system in other locations with no easy ethernet access, other than running cables across the floor, a non-starter. (I’m not interested in a big footprint expensive streamer with extra bells and whistles, either)
i have used a airport express (discontinued) which can output Ethernet (into a rendu) or optical (directly into a dac) and a raspberry pi to pick up the wireless signal. Is there any striped-down audiophile device that can catch a wireless signal and output digital usb/ coax that I should consider?
Chord has has introduced the poly, but it looks like that only works with their mojo.
A related question: is there likely to be any benefit running Ethernet fron my computer into a rendu or sotm with a mini Ethernet cable, or does having the rendu/sotm right next to the computer defeat the purpose of the device.
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Post by DYohn on Aug 12, 2018 13:38:38 GMT -5
1) try a wireless access point, assuming your network has wireless capability. I am using a D-Link AP-1650 and stream music to it with ease.
2) I have experimented with USB out from my music server to the DAC VS Ultrarendu to DAC via USB and the UR connected to the server via the network. The sound using the UR was noticeably superior. It site on top of my music server now and I use it for my office headphone system.
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Post by DYohn on Aug 12, 2018 13:39:17 GMT -5
Same one I use.  |
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Post by novisnick on Aug 14, 2018 11:19:26 GMT -5
Last night I fire up my network player and Roon tells me that SOtM has notifies Roon that an update is available for my sms-200 Ultra, would I like to install now? I sure love that kind of integration! 😁
Maybe 10 minutes later and my Ipad reboots itself along with the Ultra and Roon. Spent the rest of the evening listening to music!
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Post by klinemj on Aug 14, 2018 13:08:21 GMT -5
Hey, does your SOtM play CD's? LOL!
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Post by novisnick on Aug 14, 2018 13:15:04 GMT -5
Hey, does your SOtM play CD's? LOL! Mark As a matter of fact, yes, right after you transfer the data to a HD. 😋😲 Same as the UR. |
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Post by novisnick on Oct 30, 2018 23:21:42 GMT -5
chicagorspec et al I was as unaware and uninformed about these type of devices as you were at the start. SOtM is a South Korean company and I wish they would employ somebody to interpret into American! LOL Not necessaraly English. 😁 Their organization of information, especially on the net was hard to navigate unless you go to sotm site and not the distributors site. www.sotm-audio.com/sotmwp/english/sotm-usa.com/collections/sotm-ultracruxaudio.comMy chain which I will keep specifically to this topic. I’ve a multi use Cave/system 2012 Mac Mini with connected external hard drive for music file storage. Roon, Tidal and Eunhasu Music Player wich is part of the sms-200 software package. (Easy peasy) Netgear router for internet access and service to my system SOtM sms-200 Ultra SE and the SOtM sps-500 SMPS (Power Supply, full 5 amp supply) beautiful matched set. cruxaudio.com/products/sms-200ultra-crux-audio-special-editionsCLK-EX, add on to the sms-200, an internal word clock www.sotm-audio.com/sotmwp/english/portfolio-item/sclk-ex/I did not purchase the external clock option as The upgraded word clock is already installed and I donplan on using more then a sterio system. So I won’t need an additional external word clock. Original Mytek Brooklyn (versatile piece of kit) www.stereophile.com/content/mytek-hifi-brooklyn-da-processor%C2%96headphone-amplifiersBooster MK II External PS for the Brooklyn. Yes KiethL, Mytek recommendation is to upgrade the PS. McIntosh C220 tube preamp BOb Latino VTA M125 Monoblock tube amps tubes4hifi.comParadigm Studio 100 V5 speakers www.paradigm.com/products-archived/series=studio/model=studio-100/page=specsMusic dependent use of a PSA S3001i duel 15” driver sub. www.powersoundaudio.com/products/S3000iIPad Air 2 for Roon control while sitting in “The Big Chair!” 😋 All cabling is Audioquest, more upon request, No $2 cables are used in this system. I do believe that every piece creates and effects the whole. The Pink Faun galvanic isolator may be rather redundant as both the sms-200 and Brooklyn incorperate these internally. It’s connected to the ethernet cable coming into the sms-200 All components are fed with power via Belkin PF -60 www.belkin.com/onlinestore/aafes/product/?p=607183The lone exception is the M125 tube amps Im sure Ive missed some questions or answers. Just ask away. Ive learniso much in many fields by pursuing answers to many questions, one of which is the same as Boomzilla , why and how does the music sound so much better? Well, it does and I won’t argue with my own ears.
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Post by novisnick on Oct 30, 2018 23:38:09 GMT -5
My digital system at this time utilizes tubed pre amp and power amps. I will be getting a switch to be able to go SS completely in the near future. I’m open to suggestions as to how to accomplish this. Perhaps Mapletree can help. mapletreeaudio.com |
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Post by DYohn on Oct 31, 2018 5:53:38 GMT -5
My digital system at this time utilizes tubed pre amp and power amps. I will be getting a switch to be able to go SS completely in the near future. I’m open to suggestions as to how to accomplish this. Perhaps Mapletree can help. mapletreeaudio.comWhat are you trying to switch? |
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Post by chicagorspec on Oct 31, 2018 8:00:52 GMT -5
Novisnick, thank you for the equipment rundown. I’ll dig a bit into the SoTM info you posted. I’m interested to compare at least what is written down about their functions vs what Sonore states concerning its Rendu units.
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Post by novisnick on Oct 31, 2018 10:41:03 GMT -5
My digital system at this time utilizes tubed pre amp and power amps. I will be getting a switch to be able to go SS completely in the near future. I’m open to suggestions as to how to accomplish this. Perhaps Mapletree can help. mapletreeaudio.comWhat are you trying to switch? Hi DYohn, Im looking to be able to switch from a tubed system to a SS system with maximum versatility. ie; mix & match, therefore I’d have a couple of sources (2) and a few preamps one of which is a tube unit (3) and a two pair of monoblock amps one set tube and one set tubed and then just for fun, why not an option of two sets of speakers? I’m not asking for the world! LOL What do you have for me? Thanks for the interest. |
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Post by DYohn on Oct 31, 2018 12:06:31 GMT -5
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Post by bluemeanies on Nov 1, 2018 4:37:24 GMT -5
Audio Pollution 2 The network player is connected to the Mytek Brooklyn (DAC) by an Audioquest Carbon USB connection. Finally the DAC is connected to the tube preamp or directly to the amps as the Brooklyn is also a preamp. In this instance I use it only as a DAC. Carbon USB cable Mytek Brooklyn
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Post by bluemeanies on Nov 1, 2018 4:39:45 GMT -5
Audio Pollution I’ve been working on improving the sound of my dedicated two channel system this past month or so and would like to share some of my findings. I believe I can improve the canvas in which sound is delivered into the room. The canvas being noise pollution. Background sound such as A/C units and fans and such are easily fixed by turning them off, although sometimes it’ll get rather warm with my tube amps heating the room. The other noise is harder to rid the room of. The noise thats not so noticeable until you do some critical listening. By upgrading the power supply to my SOtM sms-200 Ultra with a SOtM sps-500 switching power supply I’ve found a little more clarity in the music. I found a little more by moving power cables away from interconnects and so on. A little darker background. Music like light piercing the black. Not huge but noticeable. I found a little more clarity feeding my Mytek Brooklyn with an Audioquest Carbon USB cable. Added Cinnamon Ethernet cables and all of this has added a rather noticeable improvement in the overall sound of the music. Sound stage, presence and width has all made for much more realistic musical reproduction. photo upload freeIts all kind of like the Earths presence in our universe. The Sun sending out lethal amounts of noise and magnetically charged particles with our atmosphere protecting us. Our planet has a protected barrier as does many of the cables and interconnects to help with the electrical charges running through and around the cables and interconnects. My latest addiction to my experience/ experiment has been the Pink Faun Lan galvanic isolator. It has also resulted in an improvement in the sound. Not an “OMG” moment or “It lifted the Vail” moment but an improvement all the same. The Pink Faun connects the ethernet to the network player At these levels of scrutiny we will never find an improvement so great as separating your DAC from a direct connection to your PC. Thats a huge improvement! If a network player does no more then that for you its worth the money IMHO. These improvements are for the most picky of audio quality in my humble opinion. Nick Here's another improvement and you don't have to be the most picky of audio quality to benefit! This is a BEAUT! I only wish I had thought of it. Then again I will save the pic and STEAL your idea..😂😂😂 |
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