sota748 wrote: > Hello > I have been a "hifi nerd" for about 30 years, newer had the completely > expensive setups, but always had fun in putting something good together > for the money I could/can spend on the hobby. > Today there are the following components in my system, almost everything > is bought used (2 hand). > Speakers: B&W Signature 805 + B&W ASW 825 (sub) > Amp: Krell KAV300i > Turntable: Sota Sapphire + Moerch UP6 gold + Ortofon Kontrapunkt b + > SAT Phonofix > CD system: Roksan ROK DP1 (transport) + Roksan ROK DA1 (dac) > Cables: No snake oil, just good products at a reasonable price, (I like > Van den Hull's products) > Software: 3500 LP`s & 800 CD`s. > The best sound in my system comes from my Turntable but the CD system is > not far behind > > The last 1-2 years I wanted a Streaming system, but newer found anything > I would like to own > I have had a SB3 for 10 years now I think, but not used it much, for 10 > years ago I installed LMS on my Synology NAS but that was a slow and > unstable system, no fun using that > > At the Covid lock down in the spring, I have to work from home, and I > needed music for the working room, > so I found the old SB3 and ordered a RPiB4, installed pCP on the RPiB4 > and used my NAS as storage for music files. > Started to rip my CD`s (EAC or dbPoweramp) and after a month all 800 was > on the NAS. > Listen to a lot of flac files, also a lot of different Radio channels > and Podcast with great pleasure - I have found my Streaming system :D > > Next task is to make/setup up the best possible system, in terms of good > sound. > I have tried: > - SB3 analog outputs to amp., OK but nothing special > - SB3 SPDIF to ROK-DA1, not bad almost on high with my CD, but there is > missing a little bit of all. > - RPiB4 USB trough M2Tech hiFace Two to ROK-DA1, great (= fantastic) > sound stage but the sound of the high range is really sharp. > > I have read a lot on the net, to find the best solution in terms of good > sound, but there is obviously no recipe for this > So what`s the best way to go? > - RPiB4 USB to a Good DAC (most simple solution, and that way I thought > I should go) > - RPiB4 with SPDIF hat to a good DAC > - RPiB4 with DAC hat to Amp. > - SB Transporter (maybe) > - Other solutions?
Lots of options... If I was starting from scratch now, I might consider a R Pi- based system. I remain a huge fan of all SB kit and LMS. For many years a Transporter was the heart of my main system, feeding a pair of acroce ASM 100 ASL studio monitors. I like the Transporter so much I have bought two on eBay as back ups! Both were under £350 and in excellent condition. I consider that a bargain for a design classic.the following: In my house I now have the following: Kitchen: SB Boom. Surprisingly good sound from a 'one box' solution Study: SB Classic feeding some tiny Audio Engine desk top speakers. Main: Transporter-> Schiit Ygddrasil DAC -> ATC SCM 100 ASLs ( I prefer the Schiit DAC to the Transporter's internal DAC, but the TP DAC still sounds good, despite it being a 13 year old design) I also have a SB Touch which is currently boxed and usused! >From what I have read it is now possible to build a better sounding 'Touch' using a RPi, but a used Touch on eBay is still good value in my opinion. The TP sounds better than the Touch when paired with the external Schiit DAC, but the Touch is still a remarkable digital source for the money. I also like LMS. I use the Qobuz plug in to stream Qobuz and also use iPeng to control everything using iPad/iPhone. I have tried far more expensive streamers than the TP, and I didn't think they sounded any better, or provided any better usability. Hats off to Sean Adams. The SB suite of products was really ground breaking and I am still perfectly happy to use many of the devices. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iwalker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13004 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113147
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