The type of headphone I am looking for is (Closed-back, open-back, in-ear, wireless, etc): Have Tungsten on order
My price range is: “reasonable” but open over time
I like to listen to: Electronica
I will be using them for: (Travel, commuting, home, gym, etc..): Listening to music in a predesignated space
I am currently in debt due to my desire to have an endgame solution. It’s no big deal really, I’m ahead on payments and at the worst will have it paid off by the spring/summer for my semi-seasonal work. My point is that I have spent so much this far and have a dac amp and headphone in toe. I have a real problem with having such a high-end chain and clicking away at my computer on it. But I don’t know what to do otherwise, twiddle my thumbs? Anyways, if you had a good dac, tube amp and top notch headphones and wanted to sit in a lazy boy for the distinct purpose of listening to music… what would you do for a source? My dac has all input’s and I have a Pi2AES that can be used. But my library is limited and want to stream, so is Roon still an option? I know almost nothing about Roon. I just need to get the sound from the cloud to my ears in the best way possible. I have put out feelers in many sub-posts but no one has given me an answer.
I want to get audio to my dac in the best way possible, no BT. How do I do this?
ROON is not a streaming service. To use it you must either have a local library or subscribe to Tidal, Qobuz, or both. I use it with my local library and Qobuz now.
ROON has a very good transport protocol on your local network, a good parametric EQ, ability to integrate with HQ Player, and for me, the best thing is its database. User interface is excellent.
Drawback is that it doesn’t work with Apple Music (and Apple Classical), Spotify, Prime, or other streaming services.
Qobuz has a pretty good electronica selection. Better I think than Apple.
Which DAC/Amp do you have? I assume that you are looking for advice on a Streamer? If so knowing your budget aand current amp will help people to respond to you.
I agree with the above post about Roon. It is excellent, but if you ONLY intend to use a streaming service and not your own music than I am not sure I would go down the Roon route.
I’m thinking that ROON over my pi2aes will be the solution.
I have a centaurus dragon inspire iha-1 and by the end of the year a tungsten v2.
My long term goal is to have speakers on a tube amp, the chain I mentioned earlier and a cd transport and turn table. And thank you all for the advice on paying off my debt first, I have tempered my purchasing for the most part and am well on the way to paying them all off. I have no bills in my life (work with the family and payed bills is part of it) and it’s purely discretional debt. But you’re right, I need to pay this off first. Just means no car parts or aquarium stuff for a while.
Discretional debt does not exist. It may be for things in life that are fun, but once you create that debt, paying it is obligatory, not discretionary.
Pay it off, then pay yourself. Start a saving for fun fund and make regular payments to it. Then pay with cash from that fund. You should also have an emergency fund. Don’t confuse the two.