topics

  • Single box to DAC with Remote outside vs SOtM sMS-200
  • Various cables with the bridged connection
  • SSD vs M.2
  • Linux vs Windows + AO
  • Which setup UPS, wall, surge gets you closest to a file on the server?
  • Gigabyte server as the streamer + server
  • The sound is super compressed, flat, and lacks dynamics and extension. That rich detail is gone and you just get a smooth sound.
  • With the sMS-200 back in the chain, you get a much lower noise floor, ridiculous clarity, amazing separation, and micro-details that will raise eyebrows.

Impressions:

  • Moving from a separate detached roon server to bridge...more dynamics more detail and just more musical. Amazing clarity.
  • I would say this is a game changer. Unprecendent level of detail on this system.
  • As close to live and real as you could get.

Ruth B - Lost Boys

  • I've never heard this song with this much clarity. I can't believe it's the same recording.
  • The pace and timing is much more coherent...in ways I never thought. Sounds more like a live recording rather than a piecewise presentation I thought it was.