Recent content by Willem

If combined with a minidsp 2x4 HD or similar, I would set the sub dsp to mid room. That is what I did, for most extended low frequency response. MSO plus a midi dsp will then sort out the room response irregularities.

I am off to London this week, but I will take up some of the suggestions after that. Thank you very much, al of you. The computer was put together by what turned out to be a quite unreliable supplier. I subsequently handed it over to the AKASA importer, who said they never had any overheating...

Thanks very much. It wil take a bit of reading and thinking (I am no computer expert). What happens in my case is more than the system slowing itself down: it shuts down. Sometimes the case is not even very warm, suggesting that it is not the computer as a whole that is geting too warm, but just...

In the Netherlands, and I suppose elsewhere in much of Europe, just about all new cars come with DAB+ radios, and have done so for quite a few years. DAB+ radio is free, by the way. Our 1998 Peugeot 406 did not come with one, so I replaced the head unit with a new 100 euro Pioneer one. Reception...

In our car, we mostly use DAB+ digital radio (much better than FM), but sometimes also streaming from our phones via Bluetooth (not quite as good as DAB+).

I stil have a quAD fm3, but I no longe ruse it. On balance, streaming provides better sound quality, and access to much more stations.

Why would there be any difference between a DAC With volume control and a traditional preamp with analogue sources?

Conversely, the REM ADI-2 DAC is an excellent HFA.

It shuts down with a message that the temperature is getting too high. I fear the mounting of the NUC board into the Akasa case was less than perfect, but I don't know.

If your DAC has volume control you will need neither a passive volume control nor a tube preamp, unless you are using analogue sources.

I listen to e.g. symphonic music on inefficient speakers at about 5m in a large room, and the difference moving up from 2x45 watt to 2x140 watt was appreciable, and again, adding three subwoofers and high passing the main amp/speakers.

I am using an RME ADI-2 DAC as a modern preamp, into a Quad 606-2 power amp and three subwoofers. I have an attenuation cable between the ADI-2 and the Quad because the latter has an old fashioned very senstitive input. I guess a modern low gain power amp would be better, but I doubt I will hear...

Thanks again. I have a pretty powerful Intel NUC computer: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10710U CPU @ 1.10GHz 1.61 GHz, with 32 GB RAM and a large SSD, but it sits in a fanless case so it sometimes shuts down when it has to work hard.

Thanks guys. I indeed want something simple and quite basic, because I do not want to make this into a career. There is one thing I have to add: when I looked for Pluraleyes, the audio and video program that I used to use, their site send me some malware. Do not go there.

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