Hello all,
I am looking at continuing to sort out my desktop speaker system I use while working at home. Currently it's a Fiio BTR3K (I use bluetooth from my iPhone in AAC, Apple Music lossless) sent our to a pair of near field Adam T5Vs.
I have snagged a t.racks DSP 4x4 Mini to sort out some room modes (width and depth both match, so it's peaky to say the least. In the plan is to add some absorbers, but that's for another day), and was looking at whether the BTR3K will be a weak link at this point.
The BTR3 when tested on here has a SINAD of 87dB, so definitely not in the 'good' zone - I assume similar performance from the BTR3k looking at a data sheets. I can also hear quite a lot of noise unless I turn the gain into the negative region on the T5Vs.
Given I don't want to break the bank, is there much to be gained by a better bluetooth receiver? Perhaps by increasing SINAD to 100dB or higher? Or am I unlikely to reap a benefit other than the background noise? Or would it be worth leveraging the slightly more powerful balanced output to try and increase SINAD?
If yes to being worth upgrading the receiver, is there a good device out there that costs 150GBP or below? (Preferably 100GBP or lower!) I have been looking so far at Topping and SMSL products,
Thanks in advance,
I am looking at continuing to sort out my desktop speaker system I use while working at home. Currently it's a Fiio BTR3K (I use bluetooth from my iPhone in AAC, Apple Music lossless) sent our to a pair of near field Adam T5Vs.
I have snagged a t.racks DSP 4x4 Mini to sort out some room modes (width and depth both match, so it's peaky to say the least. In the plan is to add some absorbers, but that's for another day), and was looking at whether the BTR3K will be a weak link at this point.
The BTR3 when tested on here has a SINAD of 87dB, so definitely not in the 'good' zone - I assume similar performance from the BTR3k looking at a data sheets. I can also hear quite a lot of noise unless I turn the gain into the negative region on the T5Vs.
Given I don't want to break the bank, is there much to be gained by a better bluetooth receiver? Perhaps by increasing SINAD to 100dB or higher? Or am I unlikely to reap a benefit other than the background noise? Or would it be worth leveraging the slightly more powerful balanced output to try and increase SINAD?
If yes to being worth upgrading the receiver, is there a good device out there that costs 150GBP or below? (Preferably 100GBP or lower!) I have been looking so far at Topping and SMSL products,
Thanks in advance,