Tagged: streamers
8 articles we've published with this tag.
Streamer output stage vs speaker sensitivity: matching the digital front end to your pairYour streamer's output impedance and gain structure interact with speaker sensitivity more than most buying guides admit. Here's how to actually match them.By Theo Mensah- Why your streamer's output stage still shapes the sound at the speakerBits are bits, but the analogue stage after the DAC chip in your streamer still colours what your speakers do. Here's what actually matters.By Hannah Reid
- Bass management over network audio: why your streamer's DSP matters for subsModern streamers now carry crossover and room EQ duties that used to live in an AVR. Here's what that shift actually changes for your subwoofer.By Theo Mensah
Digital source, analogue speakers: why your streamer choice still shapes the pairA DAC engineer's take on why speaker matching starts upstream — how digital volume, output stage and streamer choice interact with standmounts and floorstanders.By Theo Mensah
Why room correction can't fix your DAC, and your DAC can't fix your roomSplitting out what a DAC upgrade genuinely changes from what only acoustic treatment and correction software can fix, so you spend on the right layer first.By Hannah Reid- Network streamers and vinyl: why I finally stopped fighting the digital sidePriya Anand spent years dismissing streamers as beside the point. Here's what changed her mind — and what a good digital source actually does for a valve-based system.By Priya Anand
Digital volume control vs analogue: which actually degrades your signal?Digital volume attenuation has a bad reputation, but is it deserved? Theo Mensah separates the real maths from the folklore.By Theo Mensah- DAC output stages: what voltage, impedance and topology actually do to your soundThe DAC chip is only half the story. What the output stage does to that signal — and how it interacts with your amp — matters just as much.By Jonno Fraser