1. Interesting question. Have you actually tried, HDMI out from your TV to Casablanca, and it doesn't work?

2. I use a separate box for streaming and would vote for this. It's simple and cheap enough.

BTW in my experience, Dolby Digital Plus is good but it is NO match for the full lossless audio of Blu-ray. 192 kbps means there is a huge amount lossy compression, and unfortunately Cable Companies & Internet Service Providers will keep it there for foreseeable future. We watched first four seasons of Game of Thrones on Blu-ray's and were so disappointed when we switched to streaming subsequently.

The best quality is currently only through analog as there are no software decoders with digital outs. Bob Stuart is saying the even without MQA being decoded it will still sound better than what we have been streaming. Right now, to hear full quality MQA, there will need to be hardware inside the box.

Forgive me if I missed it but has there been any update on ATI's deployment of Hypex NC500-based amps?

Forgive me if I missed it but has there been any update on ATI's deployment of Hypex NC500-based amps?

Websites are up and running now.

Jeff

What websites?

ATI NC-500 based amplifier availability: Soon.

Jeff

Yeah like when you read post 10370 on the 3rd of March? Jeff said then they were 2.5 months away and hence why I was asking for an update...

Jeff, when you are ready to share can you post here as well - even though they're not technically Theta. I'd be interested to hear what choices you made regarding supply and input buffer configuration as well as pricing etc.

Your psychic powers are working well.

2.5 months away. ATI brand. 2 to 8 channels. 3RU. Universal voltage sensing. Will release more details as we approach launch.

Jeff

I'm looking at new speaker wire for my CBIV, and my Kef's, Reference 1's, and LS50 as surrounds.
Audioquest is what I'm looking at. The wire will be run through a wall, so it has to be flexible!
And I have to have a 16' pair because of the set up I have...so can't do the top of the line for this, too $.
Suggestions? Anyone using Audioquest speaker wire?

One likes tubes the other solid state

You've got a real "pussy" of an audio system that really "purrs" along!

One likes tubes the other solid state

To put this more broadly, for best quality the MQA decoder needs to "know the DAC" which means a customised-to-DAC hardware solution will always be best.

I've mentioned in a past thread about
Auralic, aurender
Then I just read that Bluesound is updating to MQA, as a software update....but the Node 2 has analog and digital outs? How can it support MQA with digital out's?

I'm just trying to make an educated buy, but some of this information is conflicting?

Since I use a Theta CBIV SSP, 3 external Theta Gen VIII DACs, and five Theta Prometheus monoblocks, here's something really interesting sonicwise for Theta luvers!


EGADS! ROON has just got WAY better in my audio/home theater [email protected]@@

My ROON setup, until tonight, was as follows:

CAPSv4 (Computer Audiophile forum server, version 4), USB out. With Roonserver loaded, designated as my primary music computer for ROON, because ROON would only use the USB out from the primary music server.

iPad Pro with the iPad Pro app for ROON, used as a controller only.

Also a Toshiba laptop, with the full RoonInstaller loaded, but used only as a controller as well.

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Tonight, as I started listening to music with ROON, an auto ROON software install came up and loaded. I checked and found out the ROON version is now 1.2. And version 1.2 also has RoonBridge software, which now allows the full RoonInstaller to be installed on a computer remote, that is, from the media server that is outputting the USB music!

Now my ROON setup, as of late last night (Tuesday night) (EXCITING!) is:

CAPSv4 (Computer Audiophile forum server, version 4), USB out. With Roonserver and RoonBridge loaded, designated as a remote computer for ROON.

CAPSv3 Zuma (Computer Audiophile forum server, version 3) (modded a bit). I use this media server only for multi-channel out via HDMI using JRiver Media Center software (as ROON does not at this time do multi-channel audio). But NOW I have loaded the main RoonInstaller, the full ROON program, and I have this computer designated as primary for ROON. ROON’s database is now on this computer. This computer does all the filing, searching, internet connections, audio processing, etc now for ROON and my 2 channel audio – then the audio file goes through my wi-fi network to the CAPSv4 and out its USB. HA!

iPad Pro with the iPad Pro app for ROON, used as a controller only.

Also a Toshiba laptop, with the full RoonInstaller loaded, but used only as a controller as well.
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ROON as configured prior to tonight, in my system, sounded better than JRiver Media Center 21, for stereo!

By moving all the PC “work” and “processing” over to the CAPSv3, the sonic improvement is astounding and [email protected]@@

ROON is a terrific audio playing program for audiophiles and music luvers! Its metadata capabilities alone are reason to use ROON. But its audio quality particularly when you use a separate computer for the ROON processing, etc (as I use the CAPSv3), and use a media server pretty much only to pass on the audio signal (as I use the CAPSv4), is second to none! I am blown away! I wonder how long I will stay up listening to music tonite? Its already 2 AM!

I keep reading about MQA. All the components in the chain have to be MQA compatible, right?
Wondering where that leaves the CBIV down the road? Then I read somewhere that it will only be
output through analog. Anyone know if that's true?
I'm in the market for a new music server...looking at the Elac Discovery, with Roon....but don't want
to buy something and not have it be at least somewhat future ready for MQA.

I'm told by Theta that they are looking at MQA, but after the CB IV A is finished. Norm

If that statement is true, it means the Casablanca with X3 dacs is the best bargain in the history of audio. I'm wondering what Theta did to make it "smoke" a Gen VIII with many of the same parts used in both? To say I'm skeptical is putting it mildly. Theta doesn't even say that the new dacs are better than a Gen VIII.