Streaming?

[tubess1988]

Please educate me on "streaming" I have a USB cable from my desktop to the outboard DAC, into my stereo I have Tidal music server. what am I missing if anything? Thanks for the reply.

 

[sarumbear]

Please educate me on "streaming" I have a USB cable from my desktop to the outboard DAC, into my stereo I have Tidal music server. what am I missing if anything? Thanks for the reply.

What is the unit you call “stereo?”

 

[Wicky]

assuming your 'desktop' is providing you the music to your stereo, that is 'streaming'. Not sure the formal definition but probably any digital source that delivers digitally stored music to a player that can transport this to a DAC

 

[HarmonicTHD]

Please educate me on "streaming" I have a USB cable from my desktop to the outboard DAC, into my stereo I have Tidal music server. what am I missing if anything? Thanks for the reply.

You are all set.

 

[radix]

I think of streaming as network-delivered digital audio. If you're playing local files from a computer to a DAC, I think of that as just digital audio, like playing a CD.

 

[tubess1988]

What is the unit you call “stereo?”

tubed preamp into Class D mono blocks, Panel speakers.

 

[JustJones]

Is there something not working? Your setup is computer > Dac>preamp>amp>speakers and you're running Tidal on the computer?

 

[HarmonicTHD]

tubed preamp into Class D mono blocks, Panel speakers.

Why not connect the DAC directly to your monoblocks? If you however like the tubes deterioration of the otherwise nicely clean signal you can add the distortion digitally on your PC.

 

[tubess1988]

Is there something not working? Your setup is computer > Dac>preamp>amp>speakers and you're running Tidal on the computer?

No it works great, I just keep hearing about Streaming and wondered what advantages there may be over what I have now.

 

[tubess1988]

Why not connect the DAC directly to your monoblocks? If you however like the tubes deterioration of the otherwise nicely clean signal you can add the distortion digitally on your P

Had both SS preamps and tube, to my ear this is the best setup I have ever had. But thanks for the reply, and I might try a direct to DAC.

 

[sarumbear]

No it works great, I just keep hearing about Streaming and wondered what advantages there may be over what I have now.

Tidal is streaming so are Spotify, Apple Music, Qobuz, etc. You already have streaming and using it

 

[tubess1988]

Tidal is streaming so are Spotify, Apple Music, Qobuz, etc. You already have streaming and using it

OK, and Thanks everyone for the reply's, Cheers.