[Progisus]

Even much more so if one has upgraded to audiophile fuses.

Hahaha

Especially if they are only tywrapped to the wires. Gotta love this hobby. We are pretty close by North American standards. Winterpeg.

 

[coldbru]

.. Has anyone compared the Grimm MU1 to the K50? the Oladra?

 

[Whazzzup]

Mmmm oladra, that thing looks slick.

 

[coldbru]

..anyone heard the upgraded EX compared to the S20/S30? Which would you expect to sound better?

 

[bluestorm1992]

Hi everyone,

I have recently added an S30 to my current system of S40+S60. I primarily use Roon to control HQplayer. That was pretty straightforward with S40 alone, but it gets confusing for me after adding the S30. As I understand it, the S40 should be the server, and the S30 should be the player, but where/how should I set up the HQplayer?

Currently, I choose the "Roon Player Special Option - HQplayer" on the S30 player dashboard, and this seems to get things going. But since the HQplayer is "set up" on the S30 dashboard, does this mean that it is actually the S30 performing those upsampling/DSP functions instead of the S40?

Thanks so much in advance!!

Edit: I may have found the “right way”. I set S30 as “HQplayer” in the player dashboard. Set S40 as both Roon and HQplayer in the server dashboard, and then configure the HQplayer there. The key seems to be setting the backend there as “Network Audio” and then choose S30: (dac name) as the Nerwork Audio backend device. This seems to allow S40 to push the processed/upsampled signals to S30.

 

[kennyb123]

Edit: I may have found the “right way”. I set S30 as “HQplayer” in the player dashboard. Set S40 as both Roon and HQplayer in the server dashboard, and then configure the HQplayer there. The key seems to be setting the backend there as “Network Audio” and then choose S30: (dac name) as the Nerwork Audio backend device. This seems to allow S40 to push the processed/upsampled signals to S30.

That’s the right way to do it,

Once every has settled in, let us know what improvements you hear from adding the S30.

 

[Progisus]

Hi everyone,

I have recently added an S30 to my current system of S40+S60. I primarily use Roon to control HQplayer. That was pretty straightforward with S40 alone, but it gets confusing for me after adding the S30. As I understand it, the S40 should be the server, and the S30 should be the player, but where/how should I set up the HQplayer?

Currently, I choose the "Roon Player Special Option - HQplayer" on the S30 player dashboard, and this seems to get things going. But since the HQplayer is "set up" on the S30 dashboard, does this mean that it is actually the S30 performing those upsampling/DSP functions instead of the S40?

Thanks so much in advance!!

Edit: I may have found the “right way”. I set S30 as “HQplayer” in the player dashboard. Set S40 as both Roon and HQplayer in the server dashboard, and then configure the HQplayer there. The key seems to be setting the backend there as “Network Audio” and then choose S30: (dac name) as the Nerwork Audio backend device. This seems to allow S40 to push the processed/upsampled signals to S30.

Exactly as I replied over at Antipodes. Glad you got it working.

 

[bluestorm1992]

Thank you both SO much!!

 

[andrewd01]

Has anyone tried converting to DSD using HQ Player? I am thinking of trying this while connecting my EX directly to my Devialet D200 which supports DSD64.

If so, what are the recommended filter settings to use in HQ Player? In particular I am interested in settings that give a similar result to SincL with LNS15 noise shaper in PCM upscaling sent to a Chord DAC.

 

[richardloh]

Hi All, Had been using oyaide continental 5s usb cable from oladra cx and ex stack but finally bit the bullet and bought a used shuntaya sigma usb which is still by far the most expensive among various oyaide, furutech and the zonotone shupreme that I still have.

Was initially disappointed with dull presentation especially when reviews mentioned that the shunyata sigma usb sounded great immediately when plugged in and improves insignificantly over weeks. Fortunately, it only took 1 day of constant use in my 24/7 operational system to sound smooth and musical but yet detailed and wide sounding. Still, at 1/10 the $, the oyaide continental 5s is a true bargain only lacking in comparison on smoothness and some musicality .. highly recommended !

Now to the main topic to share on both good and bad news .. was thinking using such an expensive cable, I removed the old version of ifi idefender used with the oyaide but it became again dull and recessed ... in fact more so than when using the oyaide

The bad news is that since ifi defender claim to improve on noise from ground loop, I can only infer that the Antipodes are not great in this aspect. The good news is that a cheap usd50 ifi defender can obviously improve an even oladra upgraded (usd4k) cx/ex stack and arguably more than a very expensive shunyata sigma usb cable

In the end, I just ordered the new idefender+ with reportedly some improvement .. no brainer next move imho.

In conclusion, do try the ifi idefender or plus version if in your drawer and you may also be pleasantly surprised. If you dun have one, please do try it and share your finding here .. nothing to lose really for a mere usd50 in this crazy hobby.

Cheers.

https://ifi-audio.com/products/idefender-plus/

 

[Whazzzup]

Oyaide 5s continental and audio quest Diamond both sound good. I’m hesitant to put any 50$ jitterbug esk like thing between my antipodes and my dac, but let us know, good luck.

 

[richardloh]

Oyaide 5s continental and audio quest Diamond both sound good. I’m hesitant to put any 50$ jitterbug esk like thing between my antipodes and my dac, but let us know, good luck.

Hi Whazzzup, Sorry for not being clear .. I already have the older version of the ifi idefender and it improves both the oyaide 5s and 10x $ shuntaya sigma between the Antipode cx/ex and upgraded DE version of Denafrip Terminator Plus .. hence this sharing and recommendation as well as mentioned bad news that Antipodes is not handling ground loop hum better than this ifi idefender.

Order is for the newer version of ifi idefender+ for expected further improvement for usd50.

Cheers.

 

[12grayclouds]

So galvanically isolating a makes a difference weird

 

[Triode User]

So galvanically isolating a galvanically isolated USB makes a difference, weird.

From my experiences, galvanic isolation is not 100% effective but rather it mitigates the problem as opposed to removing it.

 

[Whazzzup]

where do these ground loops come from? I don't have any..... my TT is galvanically isolated. but glad folks finding solutions.....