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Do any of the products you mentioned work with Roon which is what I use?

So UMIK-1 with something like REW to measure actual speaker output is what you suggest? I think I would then need a receiver that has some type of room correction built in like Audyssey or a DAC with some type of equalizer to fix any problems found Is this what you are talking about?

Do you think one of these Topping DACs will improve sound in my system compared to my 11 year old Meridian Explorer?

My receiver does not have balanced inputs, hence the use of RCA cables. I have read through the thread on the SMSL SU-1 and quite a few people are posting about pops and clicks at times, I do not want to chance that I will take a look at the Topping E30II Lite, it seems similar to to the D50 III

Am I correct that this Topping DAC might be a perfect solution for my situation: Mac Mini M4 with 600 albums all ripped lossless from CD and another 100 SACDs ripped lossless and DSD encoded DAC hooked to Mac Mini via USB DAC hooked to Outlaw Audio stereo receiver via RCA cables It seems the...

Thanks, certainly the price is right to give this DAC a go, I do think it will best my 11 year old Meridian Explorer

I have about 700 albums with 22,000 tracks ripped lossless sitting on a new Mac Mini M4. About 80 of these are ripped SACDs or ripped DVD-audio discs, the rest are ripped CDs. I am using an 11 year old Meridian Explorer DAC connected to the Mac Mini via USB and then connected to an Outlaw Audio...

It all depends on whether eARC works well consistently. It is a technology that has had issues

The Anthem is an interesting product. I would have to hook all my external devices to the TV and use eARC back to the Anthem since the Anthem has limited HDMI ports

Thanks for your thoughtful response. There are some of Amir's tests that I simply do not have the background to understand and interpret. Given that, some of the tests seem to not apply to my situation like driving a 4ohm load. The reviews on this site are very analytical/measurement oriented...

I have a 3.1 setup in my family room with: Marantz NR1506 receiver Paradigm MilleniaOne Speakers SVS PC-2000 Pro Sub LG G3 TV Apple TV 4K Panasonic DP-UP820 UHD Bluray player Zapperbox M1 OTA tuner and DVR We use this setup for OTA viewing, streaming via Netflix, Apple TV+, etc. and playing...

Right now I am feeding an analog signal to the receiver. It is a mini stereo at DAC end to two RCA ends plugged into Analog 1 on the Outlaw Audio receiver Sounds like no matter what I do (use DAC in receiver or purchase a brand new DAC) I will not hear a difference in sound quality over my 9...

Correct. Two quertions: Will a DAC reading a DSD file natively and sending it to a quality receiver yield better sound than the receiver doing it? Given the march forward in technology will a new DAC just sound better than a 9 year old DAC? The Meridian Explorer (first version) did have good...

I am feeding the output of the DAC into an Outlaw Audio receiver so I still have all of that functionality unless I am missing something

Good question. Does the DAC in the Outlaw receiver decode DSD? Do you think I would notice an improvement in sound quality over my 9 year old Meridian?

Yes, the Meridian did have some very good reviews back when it was first released

So putting aside the DSD vs PCM debate, would a newer DAC just sound better than a DAC that is nearly 10 years old? I am thinking that chipsets, etc. might have made some improvements in sound quality. I might be mistaken though

My music collection consists of about 550 ripped CDs, 78 ripped SACDs, and a handful of ripped DVD-Audio discs. I currently use Roon in conjunction with a Meridian Explorer DAC I purchased back in 2014. I have an Outlaw audio RR2160 receiver driving a pair of HSU HC-1 MK2 speakers and an SVS...