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NPaul

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  1. I recently replaced my two Mac Mini s, one 2012 and one current, Both tricked out with Amarra with IRC, with an Aurender N100H server. I find it several levels better not only for sound quality but also for convenience, the iPad app has features iTunes and Amarra do not and also replaces the screen which seemed to block some sound waves on one side. In every way, especially SQ, I find the server to be in a higher league. , Sent from my iPad using Computer Audiophile
  2. Regarding the use of an irregular stack of components, presumably on an equipment rack, as a form of sound diffusion being better than bouncing sound of of bare walls, none of the walls in my listening room are bare. I spent eight months and probably $2000. On diffusion panels, absorption panels at key reflection points, and bass absorbers with excellent professional advice from GIK Acoustics and the resulting improvement in SQ is quite remarkable. It turned a poor sounding room into a great listening room. I am surprised that CA does not have a special section for organic as separate from computer room correction since, although it is not "computer" related it certainly is "audiophile" related.
  3. Having read a number of articles and spoken at length with Herbie of Herbies Audiolab I have no doubt that the shelf material is important and that it needs to include a very dense to layer, say granite or thick glass bedded in a soft material such as a thick felt in order to reduce the different vibrations present. I've heard the difference myself and while I don't think it is huge, every bit helps in the higher reaches of audio reproduction. I would, however like to reiterate my belief that the less physical obstruction to the dispersal of sound waves in the listening room the more detail will get through, and s stack of components in the room will disrupt that dispersal. That is why I intend to put as many components on plinths on the floor. Look closely at the picture of Computer Audiophile's room to see an example.
  4. With so much space and money being devoted to USB cables I think my experience shoul be heard. For several years I used the shortest Wireworld cable, .5 meter cable to connect my Mac Mini to a Auralic Vega and finally succumbed to some of what seemed to me to be mumbo jumbo installing an iFi micro iUSB device between the mini and Vega. The improvement in clarity of instruments and music astonished me and I must point out that at $229. from Avatar, the price dwarfs many of the cable prices I see. On the question of USB transfer of the signal from computer to DAC this approach should get more mention IMHO.
  5. In setting up my listening room I purchased a three shelf Maple Wood rack with 20" posts. I found it difficult to set up, I found the romantic notion of maple shelves incorrect as far a vibration isolation is concerned, a mineral or glass shelves with felt padding undernieth is probably better. Not all necessary parts were supplied so it was really impossible to set up properly as shipped. Most important, in my small room it probably blocks sound waves and I am thinking of putting all components on the floor with appropriate plinths. Except in a really large room I'm not sure that a component rack does more harm than good as far as sound quality is concerned.
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