Ron’s New System
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200 hours seems like a fairly median belief in the number of hours needed to break in. 500 hours seems like an outlier.
In itself this doesn’t mean much. It’s in the context of if you return Jadis after a while and you prefer it it’s likely that your preference in general is for Jadis. Provided that’s how things play out at all.
Depends on what I'm streaming on Qobuz. I have found in the most dependable stream on my network is Radio Swiss Classic on the vTuner. Their jazz counterpart (Radio Swiss Jazz) is equally reliable. Unless we have an interruption with our electricity it will run for days without issue. From my perspective, the content is not particularly adventurous (that goes for the jazz stream as well) but the SQ and reliability has been very good.
I can say our Qobuz stream has become more dependable, in general, over time as subsequent software releases have improved functionality and reliability.
Thank you for this report. I am very happy with Qobuz, and I have no interest in exploring any other streaming service. (I have no use for Roon.)
But I do not know why in my set-up the Qobuz playlist sooner or later gets stuck.
I share your positive opinion and satisfaction with Qobuz.
No doubt you've looked into this but perhaps your problem lies with your internet provider? Problems with the Qobuz stream where I am located usually are a result of interruptions with the local internet provider, Xfinity gigabit service in my case. It's somewhat rural where I live and we don't have many options. It's fortunate that we have access to high speed internet at all but our service is has been exceptionally reliable regardless.
I hope you can solve your streaming reliability issues.
Thank you. I don't think it's a streaming reliability issue.
I feel it may happen when a previously working track on Qobuz gets sort of deactivated or Qobuz loses its license to carry that particular track or something like that? Then that track kind of becomes a zombie track, and the playlist gets stuck?
For example, I know that I used to listen to Louis Armstrong's "St. James Infirmary," and then that track went zombie for a few months, and I noticed recently that I can play it again.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
Yes, sometimes when continuously playing I come in to find the music has stopped for some reason. But it doesn't seem to happen nearly as often as you are reporting.
Sound like a question for David Solomon the next time we see him at a show.
I have a playlist of about 20-30 songs. I press play on the first song. I verify that the "repeat" button is pushed. (Not repeat song) I leave. When I come back (The next morning or next day or sometimes two or three days later) it has stopped playing. This doesn't happen often.
Of note: I use Roon.
i think the common issue is that the Roon image cache gets full up and then playback freezes. you can go into set-up and clear it and all is well for awhile. but not when it's on unwatched extended play.
it's the downside of all that rich, friendly and robust interface. maybe someday they provide more memory allocated for the cache. when it's important i clear the image cache at the start of a session. mostly i just do it when it comes up.
now that i have a transport i can use a CD and it will go on forever. but right now i have nothing to break in. maybe a less exotic music management software could go continuous that's not trying to process so much data?
This afternoon I did the experiments I said I would not do until the 200 hour break-in mark. Just to make sure I wasn't getting turned around, I switched back to the Jadis JA100s. The great tonal balance came back. My sibilance tracks tests were passed with flying colors -- just as I had remembered.
But I was missing the slightly greater resolution and, maybe, a bit of purity (although that could be in my head when I see DHTs).
I also switched the Italians to the 8 ohm taps. I think I did not hear any improvement in the edginess/brightness. If anything -- and I realize this doesn't make much sense -- I think the edginess might've been slightly worse.* So the Italians are going back to the 4 ohm taps.
Bottom line: I have to try to be patient until the 200 hour mark.
*In theory the treble roll-off from using the 8 ohm tap might have been more than offset by clipping or strain due to the impedance mismatch which exacerbated the edginess.
But I was missing the slightly greater resolution and, maybe, a bit of purity (although that could be in my head when I see DHTs).
I also switched the Italians to the 8 ohm taps. I think I did not hear any improvement in the edginess/brightness. If anything -- and I realize this doesn't make much sense -- I think the edginess might've been slightly worse.* So the Italians are going back to the 4 ohm taps.
Bottom line: I have to try to be patient until the 200 hour mark.
*In theory the treble roll-off from using the 8 ohm tap might have been more than offset by clipping or strain due to the impedance mismatch which exacerbated the edginess.
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Ron, do you hear the brightness with all sources? Also, have you experimented with speaker set up? Maybe the Italians are better lovers and you just have to know how to adjust.
Of course.
No; the speakers are positioned pretty well. I do not believe in repositioning speakers due to a change in amplifier, especially if I am comparing only amplifiers. See Marty's posts on this subject.
Just as an experiment I switched to different speaker cables. But somehow that feels like cheating.
Switching from the Genesis Advanced Technologies Absolute Fidelity to the Purist Audio Design Musaeus Praesto Revision Ferox tamped down the edginess/brightness a bit.
Switching from the Genesis Advanced Technologies Absolute Fidelity to the Purist Audio Design Musaeus Praesto Revision Ferox tamped down the edginess/brightness a bit.
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