What has produced the greatest sound improvement for you?

[Kal Rubinson]

On 8/4/2020 at 11:30 PM, Audiophile Neuroscience said:

n your audio system, what has produced the greatest improvement impacting on sound quality or better musical experience? Not just 'maybe a bit different' but in your opinion clearly better.

Discrete lossless multichannel playback.

[Kal Rubinson]

1 hour ago, LarryMagoo said:

After trying a Dirac system and being disappointed that their system involves another ADC to DAC before being sent to the preamp, undoes all the work my DAC did.

That, of course, depends on the architecture of your system.  In many, Dirac (which is, itself, digital in and out without conversion) can be implemented to avoid redundant conversions.

[Kal Rubinson]

1 hour ago, LarryMagoo said:

That may be true but then you're adding yet another Box, with AC, more cables and connections!  This route is unnecessary when adding convolutions to the best Music Playing software on the planet!

Well, if you are stuck with Roon 😉, you have to deal with its limitations.  OTOH, there are other EQ systems which will generate convolution filters compatible with Roon and which can be done by the end user any time needed.

[Kal Rubinson]

4 hours ago, LarryMagoo said:

I'm not "stuck" with Roon....

Please note the smiley.  I could have said "If you are fully committed to using only Roon........"   

Anyway, you have already illustrated that Roon has some limitations as, indeed, do all the other players.