Looking for some advice and guidance please
My Roon Nucleus is my Roon Core but this is downstairs so currently I do not use it for my headphone listening as the Burson C3XR is not Roon ready. This is why I use my IPhone to stream TIDAL. I have my own music collection but I now use Tidal almost exclusively.
So the IPhone is connected to the C3XR and as I say the sound to me is tremendous, the best I have ever had. But I am no expert and my knowledge is not up there with some of you guys on here so that’s why I am asking ….can I make improvements?
It seems to me that as I am Roon user then a Roon endpoint connected to my Burson would be the simple way? Am I missing something obvious here? Like I say my knowledge is limited.
I bought the Burson as it’s a one box solution, it has a very capable DAC apparently. I guess this is why I am asking can I really make significant improvements.
This hobby is a strange one , 9 months ago I moved to a detached house and I thought my HP listening would be less and less, but it’s the opposite I seem to be enjoying them more and more so I am wondering can I improve things further.
Difficult question. Of course you can improve, but some questions first:
1. What sort of music are you listening to mostly?
2. What are your sound preferences?
3. What do you consider a significant improvement?
4. Which aspect of the sound do you want to improve? (Bass, trebe, mids, details, stage)
5. How much money are you ready to throw in?
6. The most significant change would be to take a new HP.
(I love the Meze Empyrean on the 3XP, but any recommendation shall be based on the answers to the above questions)
7. Add a tube amp, use the 3XR dac.
8. I would not think about additional dac alone, the xlr input on the 3XR can produce strange stuff.
9. Use the optical input (or perhaps the coax). I used to use my android phone into the usb input, but recently found that if I use the Kann Cube with optical out to the 3XR, the sound is smoother. I would not call the difference significant, but definitely there, and more pleasant to listen to.
10. I also have the new Burson power supply. The bass might be improved, but I need to make some additional A/B listening to be able to say if it not only imagined in.