Add warmth / smoothness to my system recommendations

[Zuman]

Have you heard the Modwright Analog Bridge? It's much more sophisticated than a garage project-type tube buffer, as you'd expect from Dan Wright.
With many add-ins you feel "dirty" that you're just band-aiding a much deeper problem. The Analog Bridge doesn't feel that way.

 

[Charles001]

Set a static IP address in your router and streamer. (google for instructions)

Hi, Rexp,

Please advise how is the IP address setup to do with this? Thx.

 

[Charles001]

Have you heard the Modwright Analog Bridge? It's much more sophisticated than a garage project-type tube buffer, as you'd expect from Dan Wright.
With many add-ins you feel "dirty" that you're just band-aiding a much deeper problem. The Analog Bridge doesn't feel that way.

Did some digging and now I know more about this piece. It seems to be receiving very good reviews, but it’s a bit pricey for me. I think calling it a ‘tube buffer’ is somewhat humble, as it’s actually a very capable tube preamp. Thank you for pointing it out. For the similar budget, I am also looking at LTA Microzotl tube pre (level 3).

 

[Charles001]

The best way to do this is to modify your speakers. Hot tweeters can often be mitigated with acoustically transparent foam rings placed around them as well as using the right capacitors in the the tweeters crossover circuit.

Also, if you knew the precise frequency that the problematic range peaks, you can calculate a notch filter to compensate for it.

From the measurement I have from Wiim app, there shows no particular hum in the higher ends. It is just the sound not smooth enough. I did swap my D90 III (Discrete) with the Micro R2R DAC and pair it with Schiit Saga 2. And you know what, the SS gets enlarged and the sound has more smoothness (but not warmer) and that seems to take care of the issue.

 

[hopkins]

Hi, Rexp,

Please advise how is the IP address setup to do with this? Thx.

Don’t waste your time with this…

 

[jccart]

could you buy a dac with built in eq options then come up with a couple different eq curves one for the recordings you like the sound of and one with a tailored sound to take the harsh treble out of the recording you dont like . a cheaper option would be some wool felt strips double sided taped either side of the tweeter that should kill the diffraction which could be causing the problem. worked for me with my dynaudio bm15a they were bugging me for years on some recordings . I sent off for some samples from a industrial felt producer and the free samples were enough to do the job. pretty sure the wharf dale lintons have side panels that stick forward of the front of the speaker to give that 70s classic look . they would have known this would cause diffraction but chose to compromise the performance for aesthetics

 

[Rexp]

Hi, Rexp,

Please advise how is the IP address setup to do with this? Thx.

You can reserve a static ip for your streamer in your router for a limited period, mine is 3 weeks. Access router via web or phone app:

 

[Charles001]

could you buy a dac with built in eq options then come up with a couple different eq curves one for the recordings you like the sound of and one with a tailored sound to take the harsh treble out of the recording you dont like . a cheaper option would be some wool felt strips double sided taped either side of the tweeter that should kill the diffraction which could be causing the problem. worked for me with my dynaudio bm15a they were bugging me for years on some recordings . I sent off for some samples from a industrial felt producer and the free samples were enough to do the job. pretty sure the wharf dale lintons have side panels that stick forward of the front of the speaker to give that 70s classic look . they would have known this would cause diffraction but chose to compromise the performance for aesthetic

I do have D90 III Discrete that comes with PEQ built-in. I will try. In terms of wool felt strip application, does it look like this?