801evan
Headphoneus Supremus
how timely. Hans has the same sentiments I do.
1. He prefers MQA to the Dave. Even if he's using Roon. Roon is not that transparent and it's way of handling MQA isn't that great too vs Zen Stream or even UAPP but then UAPP is just in Android phones and is limited by the consumer level quality of the phone. Perhaps the Grimm is just that good to make up for the issues of Roon.
edit: okay I saw the mu1 review and I can see how it takes away the poor effects of Roon.
2. He too finds methods like PGGB will give a robotic sound! This is exactly why I find HMS superior to pggb and HQplayer. Further validating ppl who find PGGB better just doesn't have a more optimized chain. It's also why HMS is one of the best choices if the upstream chain is not optimized. It's also why one will hit a threshold where a good transport can just go straight to the Dave with just 44.1.
3. The perceived SQ improvements of Hi-Res is on lower quality DACs. End of the day, CDT with a good psu will trump Hi-Res file.
4. Measurements doesnt correlate to what we hear.
1. He prefers MQA to the Dave. Even if he's using Roon. Roon is not that transparent and it's way of handling MQA isn't that great too vs Zen Stream or even UAPP but then UAPP is just in Android phones and is limited by the consumer level quality of the phone. Perhaps the Grimm is just that good to make up for the issues of Roon.
edit: okay I saw the mu1 review and I can see how it takes away the poor effects of Roon.
2. He too finds methods like PGGB will give a robotic sound! This is exactly why I find HMS superior to pggb and HQplayer. Further validating ppl who find PGGB better just doesn't have a more optimized chain. It's also why HMS is one of the best choices if the upstream chain is not optimized. It's also why one will hit a threshold where a good transport can just go straight to the Dave with just 44.1.
3. The perceived SQ improvements of Hi-Res is on lower quality DACs. End of the day, CDT with a good psu will trump Hi-Res file.
4. Measurements doesnt correlate to what we hear.
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