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I'm confused with your explanation. I terms of THD R3 is better that R7 in frequency region 90-110Hz. It is all in woofer area so in theory R7 should be better as the crossover point is lower (400 Hz vs 420Hz in R3). That means the woofer in R7 has less work but still it is a bit worse in THD...

It was one-day "deal" ;)

@amirm according to the spec E70 has selectable gain 2/4V and 2.5/5V - Have you got chance to measue SINAD with the latter setting?

@Brandson you can try this: https://www.tindie.com/products/beni_skate/automatic-spdif-opticalrca-audio-switch/ I’m using it on daily basis and I found priority based switching very convenient. As a bonus it regenerates input signal very well: https://forum.rme-audio.de/viewtopic.php?id=29927

It is a pity that it doesn't show bitrate for internet radio... When it comes to stream details - it is visible for local files and Vtuner but not for the Spotify and TuneIn...

What display exactly are you using?

Same here. Point no 3. probably requires firmware update (I assume)

Now when we compare it to Node 2i... Basically the same performance for the ~1/6th of the price.

If you're not using DL then 0dB is not an issue. Dirac Live perform correction with +10db of gain, therefore you need to keep DDRC-24 at -10dB to be sure it won't clip (there is no separate option for that). Personally, I decreased input levels for -10dB than I'm safe even with 0dB with Master...

WiiM is quite popular on other forums too. Everybody is waiting for you review @amirm ;). There is also ongoing discussion how sound become more open/spacious when used with linear power supply. If you have time, it would be very informative to see the influence (if any) of LPS vs ordinary wall...

What is your OLED display quality after some time? I’ve used 128x64 oled from dyimore in my project and noticed that pixels are “burned out” quite quickly… When you’re displaying only text or icons it looks like inconsistency in contrast. But when you draw white bitmap, then it’s horrible…

In THIS review you can see how exactly the internals look like (and how to open WiiM). Moreover there is the reference to FCC reports where you can find more interesting info like detailed internal photos :)

Node 2i <=optical=> minidsp HD <=USB=> raspberry pi zero 2/3B/4 with camilladsp <=USB=> Gustard X16 <=RCA/XLR=> preamp

I one have appropriate tool and could prepare a .dwg project - then in some cases it could be even cheaper to cut all pieces by local professional...:rolleyes:

According to THIS review XT 8F's have 2.9 ohm at 100Hz. Bass region is much more power hungry therefore I would rather use 4ohm setting. I also have these Tannoys and they are really nice speakers. I would like to see the ASR measurements of these as their bookshelf version didn't do very well...