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For movie / TV content, the center channel is the true workhorse. Flattest frequency response you can afford is my advice.
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It's a sensible layout, to me. Important factors are weight, heat, vibration control, EMR, accessibility, cable lengths and aesthetics. The ideal scenario is to place components VERY far from each other (many feet / meters) and connect them with fairly short cables (3 feet / 1 meter or less). But that pesky space-time gets in the way.
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In a PC environment, where there are a ton of things (services, busses, applications, etc.) trying to grab CPU cycles, it makes sense that you're experience favors a ton of processing power. Not having that extra power might end up starving your sound card or USB bus. But what if the only think you had to worry about running was the "sound card", and that card was an OCXO clock and supporting circuitry? Nothing else was fighting for CPU cycles, and the mainboard's clock had nothing to do with the audio signal.
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@Cebolla “doesn't automatically convince you” Sorry, but I think you misread my intention. I meant that the article has not convinced “everyone” that MQA is a bad idea. We (Musica Pristina) and I (Kevin Welsh) don’t support MQA, except perhaps in a roundabout way by having a Tidal account. Lossy is not good. WAV files are awesome. And we don’t need a new monopoly on content.
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@Rexp We had one based on the Burr Brown PCM1794. But 24/192 is a little behind the times in the mind of most people. I can't decide whether to build on the ESS SABRE DAC chip (which I typically do not love the sound of) or to create a ladder DAC. Then there's DSD and MQA to contend with, too. Anyhow, it would be 6+ months before Musica Pristina has an "Ethernet DAC" or a "Network DAC" or a "Streaming DAC."