Improve setup? Analog / Digital

[Ausghostdog]

Recently someone left a comment on the setup I have, the video is old but the gear is still the same to this day,

Basically, the setup us PC >(USB) D90 >(RCA) Mini dsp > the mini dsp splits three ways, to the sub (RCA), and to two mono block amps (RCA), then each amp drives a speaker (Banana Plug cable)

I've never really thought about the setup as I enjoy how it sounds but, comment has me thinking, can I improve the setup, happy for any suggestions

 

[Svend P]

Audiophoolery
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8th generation ADC/DAC loop vs the original.....can you hear it?

Download this zip file. It will unzip into a folder with three 30 second snippets of a Fiona Apple song. Two are the original digital file. One is an 8th generation loop thru DAC/ADC. Pick the odd file out on the poll...

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[Ausghostdog]

Audiophoolery
Ask him to take this test

8th generation ADC/DAC loop vs the original.....can you hear it?

Download this zip file. It will unzip into a folder with three 30 second snippets of a Fiona Apple song. Two are the original digital file. One is an 8th generation loop thru DAC/ADC. Pick the odd file out on the poll...

www.audiosciencereview.com

Fair enough, wasn't sure if I had made a mistake and I could change something but if all good, never mind.

 

[markstein]

You could replace D90 and miniDSP with a miniDSP Flex for objectively better performance.

Will you hear it? Not sure.

 

[Ausghostdog]

You could replace D90 and miniDSP with a miniDSP Flex for objectively better performance.

Will you hear it? Not sure.

yeah, was just looking at the other mini dsp stuff, a flex wont work as I need output to the a90 for headphones, I was looking at the shd power, but then, in saying that, I was thinking why am I looking at spending money for as you said something that I might not even hear, if it was going to be a major improvement then yeah, but it seems just keep with what I have.

 

[markstein]

You would need a miniDSP SHD then. Use digital out to connect to D90.

You could create different settings for loudspeaker EQ and headphone EQ - that would be a real benefit!

 

[markstein]

Investing into a second sub and learning how to use Multi-Sub Optimizer also will give you some real benefit