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And the Best Buy in Frisco carries KEF including the Blade. That said, these sounded nice.

It is not normal for the sounds to emanate from the case -- except for the clicking of relays when the amplifier switches between power modes. Some people have complained of humming from the case. If actually audible, that is a quality control issue that demands a warranty repair. Your m4a...

I found the same issue on my v1.8 unit. I wonder if this is fixed in a later firmware version. I heard that firmware upgrades require a trip to the dealer.

"Knowing the plays were written by Lord X or Lady Y will not change one word in any of those plays" - Peter Sturrock "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." - Shakespeare

1. Dead silent. Warranty repair otherwise. 2. Auto shutoff is configurable. I use it. Having very sensitive speakers I wish the lowest setting let me play up to 6 dB quieter for the atypical use case of very quiet background listening. 3. Use INPUT SELECT switch to manage audio output level...

Have you tried setting Auto Sense Level to Mid or Low? Low 0.85 mV Mid 1.7 mV High 3.7 mV

It's possible and sounds the same as a direct connection. However, it may be simpler and cheaper to buy a switch. For example: Amazon.com: 4 Port Toslink Switch, Portta 4x1 SPDIF Optical Digital Audio Switcher Box with IR Remote Control for Apple TV, PS4, Xbox, Blu-ray Player, Sound Bar...

The balanced output impedance of both the RME ADI-2 and minDSP SHD is 200 Ohm. This is easily compatible with the NAD C298 balanced input impedance of 56 kohms +280 pF. Both volume controls are transparent. RME also provides Loudness which is important for low volume listening. But its 5-band...

Qobuz supports AirPlay 1 and 2. Tap this icon:

Latency may be a concern. Unrelated to this project, I am experimenting with a BOSS2 Player (allo.com). It introduces about 200 ms of audio delay running moOde/Debian on an RPi4 with 2 GB RAM. I tested the Toslink and analog inputs of this soundcard using Alsa arecord/aplay commands to bypass...

That’s what Exclusive Mode means. Windows grants one app complete control over output. Smart apps relinquish control when playback is paused. Dumb apps have to be closed to allow other apps to output sound. Exclusive mode facilitates bit-perfect playback because the Windows mixer and other...

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