snip Quite some years ago in pre-USB times I would use a Presonus Inspire 1394 with considerable satisfaction. RedNet is like Firewire with bollocks. The two main aspects of SQ for me are:
1) the layers upon layers after layers of depth which create a (Phil) Spector-like "wall of sound": now I consider that everything transparent in USB was like contrast (especially in upper registers) created with an EQ: hissy, fussy, artificial.
2) the quality of the bottom end: my Snell Type A III are more than capable of stunning bass, and USB was capable of delivering it - now, however, there is something about the lower registers that isn't just "tighter" or "more refined" - but somehow causes me to experience my music in a qualitatively different way.
snip There is *nothing* I miss about USB. AOIP has it all - with knobs on. If, in just a brief review, one finds oneself spontaneously mentioning bollocks and knobs within just a few sentences, you just know there has to be something impressive in play.
You know also what I was saying about losing everything then and hearing music in a different way now? Well - my new horizons are personal as well as musical if you can see what I mean. I don't just hear more of the bass player and the snares and the backing vocals - I reinterpret my past. I get over it. I move on. Everything changes.
I don't think I would have heard about Dante/RedNet but for this thread and, so, hats off to @rb2013. I wouldn't have known about the Convert-2 nor had the confidence to commit to it but for @mhamel - so much respect there too (and may I say that whereas you declared a mild preference for the Convert-2 over the Yggdrasil - I am far less equivocal - I am so glad you own one and posted about it). I've enjoyed the conversations both on the thread(s) and behind the scenes with others of you guys. The last few weeks have been a most enjoyable episode of my life - and thanks to you all.
