In Reply to: RE: I read both of your replies..... posted by AbeCollins on March 20, 2021 at 12:03:28:
Thanks again for the assist! I need to hold off on this comparison because it seems the Qutest DAC, and the Node 2i also, needs a day or two to totally come back "on song" whenever it is powered down for some system reconfiguration and I'm down to my last 2 weeks of evaluation.
I bought the M1 Mac Mini to test the Qutest USB input because my old Mini is 12 years old and likely can't run Roon, which I wanted to try.
I learned a few things. The new M1 jitter is still audible. I thought it would be better than the old one, and it is, but it's still audibly bad. But the M1 showed that either the USB input results in better soundstage and imaging than the digital coax input or the Node 2i is just not that great in those qualities because they were improved with the Mini when playing the exact same songs as the Node 2i.
I'll return to the Roon troubleshooting after the Qutest eval is completed.
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- RE: I read both of your replies..... - Terry P 03/21/2120:37:23 03/21/21 (0)