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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.

This. Everything mendable and easy availability of parts. Over 5 years of daily use I’ve replaced the carafe after driving off with it on the roof of my car and mended a stuck micro switch which was a piece of piss. No complicated electronics or superfluous functions to go wrong.

Fuck me that looks delightful! Actually looks brilliant tbf, I love a depressing miserable film. Kes, 1984, Deer Hunter and now Threads. It was the first thing I thought of this morning, the small details have been creeping up on me all day.

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.

Fuck me Threads was grim and it’s too late for a cheerer-upper. I’ll have a look at that tomorrow, thanks. :)

I’ll be pestering Sanremo UK about these once they’ve launched at a Dubai trade show next week. Been hoping to get a decent home machine to sell that those lot down the road don’t have.

Ah nice one, glad you’re enjoying it :)

Yay!

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.

Yeah, it takes all sorts.

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.

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.

Get some powdered citric acid off eBay and sprinkle a bit in and boil it every so often. Just needs a couple of cycles afterwards.

Ah gotcha. I think it’s not that uncommon for TVs to have dodgy optical signals but if they’re ok they’re as good as any digital source. I just wondered whether you heard night and day differences because you had £10k of amp and speakers hooked up to it.

One of those beer can looking things might be best, I heard a JBL one that was impressive for what it was.

Good night watchmanship from Leach. Textbook.

I’m keeping geindnqukity for next time someone asks whether they should upgrade their blade grinder in the shop.

What’s the rest of the system? I think the resolution of the downstream components is worth consideration when making a value judgment about sources.

There’s no overkill with a filter machine as long as you’ve got the counter space. Count it as a quality of life upgrade. I set mine up last night and it was gurgling away at 5.00am ready for the cricket

I don’t think anyone would be complaining about the pitch if England had won the toss.

Can Dan Lawrence go home now?

Going well.

Just go from the TV headphone out into your amp if you’re not going to use a hi-res stream then.

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.

Like me, deceptively wobbly for a super-athlete.