Chazz6

Yeah, the RME also has bass, treble, and loudness controls, but you better not use them, cuz you might damage your speakers ... or...

Minimserver/Minimstreamer can run ffmpeg commands inline while sending out the stream.

Depending on how one finds particular solutions easy or difficult to set up and use, you can go either way. If you have both a software...

Adding to why you might want an RME ADI FS 2, even at about twice the price: You can create, store, and bring up nine PEQ presets. Some...

its been a long time since I have my streamer working properly (long story). But some years back I had Minimserver and BubbleUPnP...

Since the DLNA server software Minimserver offers extensive tag choices, and since "If the server, player and control point are all...

We who inflate ourselves as serious listeners depend on our "serious" audio equipment. We never expect good audio from a home theater...

So that LG monitor has a terrible Toslink output, while its USB output is fine. And then we learn that Sony TV Toslink outputs sound...

The function of the Wiim device is to receive digital audio from a source that sends the file or stream onto your home wifi network. The...

Three of the four differences you list are not at issue. But given the distortion measurements I quoted, it seems a tube preamp is not...

These Web pages say Fiio's S15 (and R7) support DLNA...

Are there ffmpeg commands that do the same harmonics stuff? I use Minimserver, which can run ffmpeg commands as it sends out a stream.

Why ignore various audio-related reasons for a preamp, which might be tube or solid state so long as it does not add audible distortion...

Slightly paraphrasing a typical remark on ASR: "You add distortion back into the signal chain with a tube pre? Seems a waste of money to...

A tube preamp feeds my Class A power amplifier. Does the preamp add audible distortion? It's a Van Alstine Transcendence RB 10. I...