Confused about power conditioner linear power supply power cords etc.

[kyuu]

I was thinking of using upnp and looking at Fiio SR11 streamer but than again is there a need of streamer?

Depends on your setup. A streamer can act as a client to play the music via UPnP, but if you have something else that can do that then the streamer may be unnecessary.

 

[antcollinet]

Noisefloor is a hindrance to every set of amp or dac

Noise floor of any DAC measured here in the blue and green section of the chart is inaudible. Probably also in the orange and red sections.


Do you have audible noise in your system (noise you can hear at the listening position in the silence between tracks).

If so, you need to find the cause and eliminate it - you won't get rid of it using power exotic cables. And even if exotic power supples or power conditioners influence it there will be much much lower cost solutions possible (such as using toslink between source and DAC, or using balanced analogue connections from DAC to Amp.

 

[Chrispy]

Thank you all for your input.
Have been following some trusted audiophiles from youtube like iiwi or Joshua to name a few for quite sometime heard them mentioned linear psu or conditioner before even though they did reviewed S9C but never mentioned the need to use linear psu on this unit as I thought is a very basic thing in order to really enjoy the most your set, conditioner or linear psu is a must on all system or else you are missing what your set can deliver. Noisefloor is a hindrance to every set of amp or dac as I thought might appear on S9C especially im using macbook connect to external hdd to play flac or dsd music.

What makes those two "trusted"? If they come up with stuff like this....

 

[Satori]

I would imagine he has read on 90+ percent of audiophile sites that you don't get good sound until you have replaced all your power cords with expensive unobtainium. Have linear power supplies everywhere, and conditioned the mains until it is silky smooth like being washed in rain water.

This should not be a surprise to us - we see it all over the place. Nor is it a criticism of the OP - it is difficult to see past this stuff when it is everywhere. Impossible for most who don't have an engineering background.

I'm just glad he came here to get a dose of reality before wasting his money on expensive but useless audiophile jewellery.

The only member in this whole thread to reply without trying to bait or embarrass the OP.

 

[kyuu]

The only member in this whole thread to reply without trying to bait or embarrass the OP.

Excuse me, sir, but I don't recall trying to "bait" or embarrass the OP.

 

[RexrothPigeon]

Excuse me, sir, but I don't recall trying to "bait" or embarrass the OP.

me neither wtf

 

[Rubbersandal]

Noise floor of any DAC measured here in the blue and green section of the chart is inaudible. Probably also in the orange and red sections.


Do you have audible noise in your system (noise you can hear at the listening position in the silence between tracks).

If so, you need to find the cause and eliminate it - you won't get rid of it using power exotic cables. And even if exotic power supples or power conditioners influence it there will be much much lower cost solutions possible (such as using toslink between source and DAC, or using balanced analogue connections from DAC to Amp.

Thank you.

 

[Rubbersandal]

Depends on your setup. A streamer can act as a client to play the music via UPnP, but if you have something else that can do that then the streamer may be unnecessary.

Thank you.