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I keep thinking that but loads of high end stuff, especially just-add-speakers solutions is coming out with chromecast, it’s popularity seems to have soared since they discontinued the hardware. Maybe it’s better business for Google to license it ragher than manufacture and distribute it themselves.
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Been fascinated to watch this since reading about it, just found it here, https://archive.org/details/threads_201712 hoping it’s going to be memorable.
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IME a £100 dac sounds a little bit, noticeably, better than the inbuilt dac in the source device. It doesn’t matter much which £100 dac you pick. A £200 dac is unlikely to sound noticeably different to a £100 dac but it might have features you’ll find useful. A £500 dac will be better than a £100 dac by less than the increment from built in dac to £100 dac, and that won’t have been massive in the first place.
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Vaughan is such a gammony cunt, everything black and white. There’s no way I could have coped with being shut in a hotel room for 10 days full stop, to then go out and show the character Mo did on the pitch after sitting out 3 tests on the bounce is extraordinary. I’m glad he’s done what he needs to do for his well-being.
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I do this, it works great. No drop-out issues like I get with both Chromecast and Allo USBridge.
Edit: you’ll only get MQA if you use an MQA dac even if your source can output it. The only one I have is a dragonfly red which can’t take optical. I’ve used it wired from my phone to my headphone amp and it still sounds less agreeable than my Topping from the TV to my ears.
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Have a play around with bit-rates before you splash for the Node, see if you can try different sources like a smart TV or phone / tablet via usb if you can do so without too much hassle or expense.
The only reason I say that is I rigged up my dragonfly via usb to take advantage of full MQA unfolding for an album I’d previously enjoyed on IEMs at normal lo-res cellular streaming. It was underwhelming on MQA 24/196, whatever it is, through my living room system, then I swapped to a 16/44 album which was recorded more carefully and it sounded so much more alive and detailed. It seems hard to believe that you’re not missing anything with all the bitrate hype but I’ve driven myself mad with it and found that 16/44 is all you need.
For me the drawback with Chromecast is that it loses synch with my phone, resulting in me swearing which is why I prefer other streamers but it’s nothing to do with SQ any more, in fact I’ve just bought my 3rd CCA to complete my multi-room setup which works brilliantly.