Recent content by Craig M.

That’s not bad. Tonight I’ve quite enjoyed Welcome Strangers by Modern Studies, which all music describe as indie folk. Jon Hopkins new one Singularity is pretty good too, I’ve had to listen on headphones though, my daughter is in bed and it’s the sort of thing that sounds best quite loud.

Not heard those before BigH, I’ll give them a whirl.

I’ve tired of them quite quickly myself. You’ve set me to thinking about the last album release to REALLY grab me and hold on and I was shocked to discover it was 7 years ago! Heard plenty since that I’ve enjoyed but not been blown away by, don’t know if it’s me getting older or music getting...

There is no spoon. I hope you stub your toe on something.

Defiantly not! *biggrin* It’s always just struck me as a pretentious phrase. I’ve only ever briefly toyed with being an audiophile though, so what do I know? *scratch_one-s_head*

Really enjoyed that. Recent albums I’ve liked are Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers and Persona by Rival Consoles.

Defiantly instead of definitely! Seem to see it all the time, irritates the hell out of me. Foo, ******** reviews, loudness wars. Stand mount speakers/small floorstanders that can’t be positioned anywhere near a wall. People who say “critical listening”. Hobbling a product so there can be...

Why not just use iTunes and Airplay? It’s free and by the sound of it does what you want - plays ripped CDs.

Are you sure? At first I wondered if your Rost’s dac runs at a multiple of 48 but the Roon knowledge base states the same as wiki - Airplay is 16/44.1 https://kb.roonlabs.com/AirPlay_Setup Not trying to nitpick, just interested. Although it might explain why you’ve been less than impressed...

What is doing the resampling in this case? Roon or the Yamaha? Are you thinking of the audio output from an appletv?

Unless Roon is re-sampling its AirPlay output, this isn’t correct. Audio is sent as ALAC at 44.1.

If I remember correctly that graph is for the mid/bass only. I seem to recall Ash using it to show how well behaved it was till an octave past the crossover point. Or I’m remembering wrong. *wacko*

Completely forgot about that.

There are many valid reasons why an active crossover is a better choice than a passive one, but that is irrelevant in a thread about digital audio. I know you don’t agree but I couldn’t care less. Adding extraneous fluff to an already competent dac is not in the same ballpark. So I’ll stick...

Do Apple still do the remote app? I’ve used a Mac mini in the past and controlled iTunes via the remote app on my phone. There was also an app (can’t remember the name) that let you see and control the Mac desktop on your phone so you didn’t need a monitor, it was a bit clunky but worked well...