Summary: …or at least, when things don’t go the way you expect them to.<br> Today’s episode is about patience. I received a piece of gear that I couldn’t get to connect to the interwebs, and Paul and I fiddled for hours with the Oppo Sonica DAC until we got files loaded from our hard drive. Now, the latter was not OPPO’s fault at all. Paul just has a complicated system at home. At my house, it integrated easily, and I’ve loved the sound. But we both agree there’s some breaking in to do.<br><br> When experimenting with new gear, in the quest for perfect sound…not everything is going to play together. So, this episode is about a bit of patience.<br> Gear Guide, Topics & Highlights:<br> <br> <br> * 03:03 – <a href="https://www.oppodigital.com/sonica-dac/" target="_blank">OPPO Sonica DAC</a><br> * 03:17 – <a href="https://www.anthemav.com/products-current/type=av-receiver/model=mrx-1120/page=overview" target="_blank">Anthem MRX 1120</a><br> * 03:42 – <a href="https://www.roonlabs.com/" target="_blank">Roon software</a><br> * 04:21 – <a href="https://audirvana.com/" target="_blank">Audirvana</a><br> * 04:46 – <a href="https://tidal.com/" target="_blank">TIDAL</a><br> * 07:15 – Matt Rockwell and proprietary box<br> * 10:40 – <a href="https://www.anthemav.com/products-current/type=av-receiver/model=mrx-1120/page=overview" target="_blank">Anthem MRX 1120</a><br> * 14:50 – Computer to DAC Connection, USB COAX Optical, jitter and timing issue, wifi and bluetooth connection<br> * 16:40 – Different types of home audio setups<br> * 18:40 – What you can do with the <a href="https://www.oppodigital.com/sonica-dac/" target="_blank">OPPO Sonica DAC</a><br> * 20:41 – Redbook (CD) quality vs. sound quality with DSD and PCM formats<br> * 23:00 – Ear Overlap and considerations for finding your reviewers and sound<br> * 29:10 – Why you need to break in your gear<br> * 31:10 – How to break in your gear<br> * 32:15 – Listener questions<br> * 35:10 – How to quiet a tile floor room, how to treat your room for audio<br> * 38:03 – The importance of speaker placement in room treatment.<br> <br> * Power Tip: Google <a href="https://www.google.se/search?ei=iQzcWMjsCcymsgHKhaXwCg&q=how+to+do+a+master+set+room+treatment&oq=How+to+do+a+master+set+room+trea&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.1.0.33i160k1.8687.12856.0.14097.10.10.0.0.0.0.92.737.10.10.0....0...1c.1.64.mobile-gws-serp..0.7.517...33i22i29i30k1.AHJgHfmC00s" target="_blank">How to do a master set</a> for more information<br> <br> <br> * 40:12 – How to find your setup for getting audio from a CD/DVD player and how to approach for synergy between your devices<br> * 43:14 – How to get <a href="http://tidal.com/" target="_blank">TIDAL</a> to play from your <a href="http://www.onkyo.com/" target="_blank">ONKYO</a> system with the best results<br> * 46:11 – Check out our power tip for TIDAL and getting high-quality audio to stream to your offline device<br> * 50:30 – Stay tuned for more sweet setup tips in a future episode!<br> <br> <br> Connect with us:<br> <br> * <a href="http://instagram.com/beginneraudiophile" target="_blank">Instagram</a><br> * <a href="http://beginneraudiophile.com/" target="_blank">Website</a><br> * <a href="http://kit.com/beginneraudiophile" target="_blank">Kit.com</a><br> * <a href="mailto:beginneraudiophile@gmail.com" target="_blank">Email</a><br> <br> <br>
