(19-Jun-2017, 22:42)Chris Marshall Wrote: I think the theory says you're unlikely to have any sound improvement if you're streaming to a remote endpoint already (dcs bridge, very nice by the way). Of course, some people hear things with networked audio that theory doesn't back up so that may or may not be the case.
ROCK does seem to provide a solid, fast and nearly foolproof Roon install so well worth it in my opinion, quite happy with mine, just waiting for AIR ?
seems we're always pushing against what theory generally allows and what our ears may tell us. I recently put my music library on a Samsung T3 SSD (USB 3) in lieu of the NAS drive current in use and am certain there was a sonic improvement that I hadn't thought possible nor expected to occur.
In that light, a nice little NUC with a super hot little SSD boot drive, dual channel memory and a dedicated OS with this T3 drive tethered to it should, I suspect, have some interesting influence on the sound.
To your comment on the bridge...it is the best digital we've had in house by a long mile. Still just burning in but improving all the time. Was only intending to review it in house as the "eventual" Expert streamer board will offer a similar role but the sonics of the bridge were just so spectacular that we rationalized that Devialet, as good as they are, will never reach that plateau.
