If you are worried about Bluetooth quality and want to use an iPhone as source you could add an airport express and use AirPlay. In my experience this is good for about a 25 dB SINAD increase compared to Bluetooth.
Michael
Michael
1KHz SINAD often does not tell the whole story with Bluetooth. See here
Are your speakers roon ready? Because if they are not, you are not gonna make it, friend.Isnt the mini dsp flex roon ready? Just use roon if you use tidal and qobuz anyway
Isnt the mini dsp flex roon ready? Just use roon if you use tidal and qobuz anyway
Flex has no streamer so cannot be Roon ready. SHD has a streamer and is Roon ready.
Michael
The SHD needs a separate DAC and the Flex does not.
So it’s either RPi (Ropieee) -> Flex
Or SHD -> DAC
for Dirac on a Roon stereo system.
To add to what @mdsimon2 said, the SHD has a 4 channel DAC. You're thinking of the SHD Studio, which is digital only (but quite a bit cheaper).The SHD needs a separate DAC and the Flex does not.
You could try a Lightning-to-USB-B OTG cable. They're about $13 on Amazon. I suspect that Nordost has $900+ versions that produce no documentable difference, aside from the hole in your bank account.I don’t loose quality during these converting?
FYI, not only are they available for order, but it seems that they've completed fulfillment of the order backlog that they had. I placed an order for a Flex on April 24th, and received confirmations this morning from both MiniDSP and DHL that it shipped and will be delivered on May 3rd.Thank you for pointing me to that other thread I had not read that one yet!
I ordered the unbalanced + Umik1 right when I made my first post and they were delivered last night!FYI, not only are they available for order, but it seems that they've completed fulfillment of the order backlog that they had. I placed an order for a Flex on April 24th, and received confirmations this morning from both MiniDSP and DHL that it shipped and will be delivered on May 3rd.
Nice! I've got the balanced model on order - I suppose I should get the TRS>XLR cables ordered so I can actually use it when it arrives.I ordered the unbalanced + Umik1 right when I made my first post and they were delivered last night!
NiceI got used Kef Ls50s and an Audiophonics nc250.
I would say get a UMIK1 measurement microphone and use EQ on your computer to test if you can get rid of the bass problems. You should have a UMIK1 in any case, it is, in my mind, the most important tool towards better sound quality.as a source I use my iphone with tidal, I thought I would buy a bluesound node as a preamp and streamer, it also has a treble and bass equalizer, because in my room I have some bass reverbs.
then I discovered the flex with dirac, only that it costs 550 euros more than the node and then the many features it has such as filters etc. I don't know how to use them, maybe it's wasted on me.
Do you think I cancel the order that I make in time until tomorrow and I buy the bluesound trying to remove those reverbs with a simple bass equalization, or do I keep the Flex?
hey Blimcheck,I also ordered but now I have doubts.
I got used Kef Ls50s and an Audiophonics nc250.
as a source I use my iphone with tidal, I thought I would buy a bluesound node as a preamp and streamer, it also has a treble and bass equalizer, because in my room I have some bass reverbs.
then I discovered the flex with dirac, only that it costs 550 euros more than the node and then the many features it has such as filters etc. I don't know how to use them, maybe it's wasted on me.
Do you think I cancel the order that I make in time until tomorrow and I buy the bluesound trying to remove those reverbs with a simple bass equalization, or do I keep the Flex?
I'm not sure it's actually possible for you to cancel your order even if you wanted to. I think all the Bluesound Node has is basic tone controls though? If so it's not remotely in the same league when it comes to managing bass room resonances.I also ordered but now I have doubts.
I got used Kef Ls50s and an Audiophonics nc250.
as a source I use my iphone with tidal, I thought I would buy a bluesound node as a preamp and streamer, it also has a treble and bass equalizer, because in my room I have some bass reverbs.
then I discovered the flex with dirac, only that it costs 550 euros more than the node and then the many features it has such as filters etc. I don't know how to use them, maybe it's wasted on me.
Do you think I cancel the order that I make in time until tomorrow and I buy the bluesound trying to remove those reverbs with a simple bass equalization, or do I keep the Flex?
I ordered the unbalanced + Umik1 right when I made my first post and they were delivered last night!
That lead time matches the update currently posted on the Flex product page is saying that orders received from April 25 onward would ship approximately two weeks afterwards. There may been some unallocated units in their earlier inventory deliveries that some were lucky enough to order in for prior that time window going into effect.I ordered Flex on Apr25 and was just emailed it could be 2-3 weeks before shipping. There must have been a short 1 day window on Apr 24 where miniDSP were actually shipping FLEX units to new orders. Not so much now.