In Reply to: RE: I'm intrigued posted by Dynobot on March 16, 2017 at 04:07:12:
As it stands the uRu seems to be just slightly better even with $1k+ extra peripherals [HDPlex PS + Converter].
It may sound slightly better even without the extra $1K in goodies. That just happens to be E-Stat's setup because he happens to have the HDPlex PS and his DAC requires the USB/SPDIF converter.
I haven't heard this comparison but I wouldn't be too surprised if the RPi were JUST AS GOOD sonically. I'm the one who has been preaching for years that from a practical perspective the DAC is significantly more important in influencing the sonic character of the system vs whatever is feeding it.... PC/Mac/Linux/Windows/MacOS/CD transport or a network streamer. Of course this assumes that the source is at least reasonably well thought out and decent. Obviously not a popular view given all the effort folks put into their source. I'm guilty of that too but not to any extreme measure.
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- RE: I'm intrigued - AbeCollins 07:49:20 03/16/17 (74)
- It will be interesting to read Steve's upcoming evaluation - E-Stat 12:18:11 03/16/17 (71)
- RE: It will be interesting to read Steve's upcoming evaluation - Windows X 16:33:14 03/16/17 (70)
- Ok - E-Stat 16:49:45 03/16/17 (69)
- RE: Ok - Windows X 22:23:01 03/16/17 (68)
- Ok - E-Stat 06:37:21 03/17/17 (36)
- RE: Ok - Windows X 06:41:23 03/17/17 (35)
- RE: Ok - Windows X 07:26:34 03/17/17 (17)
- RE: Ok - E-Stat 09:05:15 03/17/17 (16)
- RE: Ok - Windows X 10:04:46 03/17/17 (15)
- RE: Ok - E-Stat 11:08:22 03/17/17 (14)
- RE: Ok - Windows X 11:18:09 03/17/17 (13)
- RE: Ok - E-Stat 11:27:00 03/17/17 (12)
- RE: Ok - Windows X 11:39:56 03/17/17 (11)
- RE: Ok - E-Stat 11:53:37 03/17/17 (10)
- RE: Ok - Windows X 12:22:30 03/17/17 (9)
- RE: Ok - E-Stat 12:37:06 03/17/17 (8)
- RE: Ok - Windows X 12:47:04 03/17/17 (7)
- RE: Ok - E-Stat 13:02:57 03/17/17 (6)
- RE: Ok - Windows X 13:22:51 03/17/17 (5)
- RE: Ok - E-Stat 13:59:32 03/17/17 (4)
- RE: Ok - Windows X 14:16:28 03/17/17 (3)
- Thanks for the concern, but - E-Stat 14:31:19 03/17/17 (2)
- RE: Thanks for the concern, but - Windows X 14:39:23 03/17/17 (1)
- RE: Thanks for the concern, but - E-Stat 14:49:06 03/17/17 (0)
- RE: Ok - E-Stat 06:46:53 03/17/17 (16)
- RE: Ok - Dynobot 06:51:49 03/17/17 (15)
- Someone does - AbeCollins 08:34:46 03/17/17 (4)
- RE: Someone does - Dynobot 12:54:05 03/17/17 (0)
- RE: Someone does - Dynobot 10:58:16 03/17/17 (2)
- RE: Someone does - Ryelands 11:28:24 03/17/17 (1)
- RE: Someone does - Dynobot 12:58:17 03/17/17 (0)
- As for me - E-Stat 07:02:42 03/17/17 (8)
- RE: As for me - Dynobot 07:09:53 03/17/17 (7)
- You smoking too much wacky tobacky ? - AbeCollins 08:32:31 03/17/17 (6)
- RE: You smoking too much wacky tobacky ? - Dynobot 09:16:56 03/17/17 (5)
- RE: You smoking too much wacky tobacky ? - AbeCollins 09:27:35 03/17/17 (4)
- Ohmmmm... -nt - E-Stat 19:39:10 03/17/17 (0)
- These things - Dynobot 13:42:25 03/17/17 (0)
- RE: You smoking too much wacky tobacky ? - Dynobot 09:48:04 03/17/17 (1)
- RE: You smoking too much wacky tobacky ? - AbeCollins 23:11:02 03/17/17 (0)
- DANG! - Ivan303 06:58:48 03/17/17 (0)
- RE: Ok - Dynobot 04:06:27 03/17/17 (30)
- Cary - AbeCollins 08:49:06 03/17/17 (1)
- RE: Cary - Windows X 09:34:22 03/17/17 (0)
- RE: Ok - Windows X 04:44:03 03/17/17 (27)
- RE: Ok - Dynobot 05:01:17 03/17/17 (26)
- RE: Ok - Windows X 05:03:58 03/17/17 (25)
- RE: Ok - Dynobot 05:20:52 03/17/17 (3)
- RE: Ok - Windows X 05:24:47 03/17/17 (2)
- CDP? - Dynobot 05:14:00 03/17/17 (18)
- RE: CDP? - Windows X 05:22:28 03/17/17 (17)
- RE: CDP? - Dynobot 05:25:13 03/17/17 (16)
- RE: CDP? - Windows X 05:26:07 03/17/17 (15)
- RE: CDP? - Dynobot 05:29:38 03/17/17 (14)
- RE: CDP? - Windows X 05:35:40 03/17/17 (13)
- RE: CDP? - Dynobot 05:41:36 03/17/17 (12)
- RE: CDP? - Windows X 05:45:02 03/17/17 (11)
- LOL.....Looks like you're not so Condident after all....nt - Dynobot 05:47:10 03/17/17 (10)
- RE: LOL.....Looks like you're not so Condident after all....nt - Windows X 05:49:43 03/17/17 (9)
- RE: LOL.....Looks like you're not so Condident after all....nt - Dynobot 05:51:38 03/17/17 (8)
- RE: LOL.....Looks like you're not so Condident after all....nt - Windows X 05:55:13 03/17/17 (7)
- RE: LOL.....Looks like you're not so Condident after all....nt - Dynobot 06:00:02 03/17/17 (0)
- Mr. X, You're Funny!!! - Dynobot 05:57:33 03/17/17 (5)
- RE: Mr. X, You're Funny!!! - Windows X 06:05:00 03/17/17 (4)
- RE: Mr. X, You're Funny!!! - Dynobot 06:11:34 03/17/17 (3)
- RE: Mr. X, You're Funny!!! - Windows X 06:16:44 03/17/17 (2)
- RE: Mr. X, You're Funny!!! - Dynobot 06:19:31 03/17/17 (1)
- RE: Mr. X, You're Funny!!! - Windows X 06:20:55 03/17/17 (0)
- RE: Ok - Dynobot 05:10:04 03/17/17 (1)
- RE: Ok - Windows X 05:20:01 03/17/17 (0)
- RE: I'm intrigued - Dynobot 09:10:12 03/16/17 (1)
- :-) /n - Ivan303 19:01:36 03/16/17 (0)