ok so my current set up:
SHD - Digital 1&2 output Coax output to Denafrips Pontus II ; analog 3 & 4 output to 2 Rythmik subs.
-bought a Bluesound Node to see if that is a good interface.. not really so that's going back
-I signed up for Apple Music and playing HiRes lossless audio via Airplay straight into the SHD. this seems to work well but not entirely convinced the playback is getting top signal like 192kHz. I checked Volumio app while it was supposed to play a 192kHz track but it only showed 44.1khz.
-TV attached via optical input as well
volume set at -10db on the LAN input for airplay and playback volume controlled via Apple Music volume control.
So end result: it sounds different: overall better, deeper soundstage, clearer instruments, female voice seems more real, less fatiguing but the biggest thing for me is that my wife noticed a difference and she never notices a difference... ugh sound like a YouTuber.. but I would be lying by saying it sounded the same as the set up prior. I have to rerun Dirac since I am running the previous settings.
not sure how to explain this to my rational side but the sound is better, in the end maybe about 5%-10%. my thought is that my system and room are not perfect. I have glass and mirrors built into this rooms I can't get rid of. my equipment is not top of the line. all these imperfect things have to work together by the time the sound gets to me, who might be the most imperfect thing in the room. it just gels better to my ears after its has passed through the denafrips than without it.
SHD - Digital 1&2 output Coax output to Denafrips Pontus II ; analog 3 & 4 output to 2 Rythmik subs.
-bought a Bluesound Node to see if that is a good interface.. not really so that's going back
-I signed up for Apple Music and playing HiRes lossless audio via Airplay straight into the SHD. this seems to work well but not entirely convinced the playback is getting top signal like 192kHz. I checked Volumio app while it was supposed to play a 192kHz track but it only showed 44.1khz.
-TV attached via optical input as well
volume set at -10db on the LAN input for airplay and playback volume controlled via Apple Music volume control.
So end result: it sounds different: overall better, deeper soundstage, clearer instruments, female voice seems more real, less fatiguing but the biggest thing for me is that my wife noticed a difference and she never notices a difference... ugh sound like a YouTuber.. but I would be lying by saying it sounded the same as the set up prior. I have to rerun Dirac since I am running the previous settings.
not sure how to explain this to my rational side but the sound is better, in the end maybe about 5%-10%. my thought is that my system and room are not perfect. I have glass and mirrors built into this rooms I can't get rid of. my equipment is not top of the line. all these imperfect things have to work together by the time the sound gets to me, who might be the most imperfect thing in the room. it just gels better to my ears after its has passed through the denafrips than without it.