A novel way to massively improve the SQ of computer audio streaming

[skyline]

6 hours ago, austinpop said:

 

To be honest, this surprised me too. I expected a lot more from such an extravagant DAC upgrade.

 

Of course, please apply the usual caveats that YMMV - I can only report what I heard in my system.

 

It's all  about the systematic approach and not 1 holy grail component.

 

Took me a while in the hobby to figure this out.

 

I use a Waversa hub ethernet filter with my Lumin, I'm willing to bet it yields more of a performance increase than going up the Lumin line.

 

I noticed you used Pangea power cords. You will get a big leap in performance by going with a reference cord like the Audience AU24se.

[skyline]

On 7/24/2019 at 6:32 PM, Metnoc said:

Tried Entreq grounding:
Minimus->rg45->switch
Silver minimus->Apollo rca->digital input on dac.

It makes the system sound more like vinyl. 

Vovox vocalis usb, euphoric and sonorous, it lacks some PRaT and size of soundstage, but I enjoy it very much.

 

I ground my router and amp with Entreq boxes. Couldn't live without them.

 

I've tried other grounding solutions, and Entreq is the most refined sounding by far.

[skyline]

Surprise there is no love for Entreq on this thread.

 

I ground my router, streamer, and use an Entreq ethernet cable.

 

Just magical. So refined, effortless, and engaging.

 

The Entreq streaming cable made my previous reference cable sound broken.

 

[skyline]

7 hours ago, auricgoldfinger said:

 

What was your previous reference cable?

 

Is your Entreq ethernet cable directly grounded to the box?

 

Yes, the Entreq ethernet cable has a lead that is grounded to an Olympus ten.

 

I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around how much of a difference this cable has made. Easily one of the biggest upgrades in streaming I’ve tried.