I have spent some time getting Qobuz and Tidal to sound as good as my high-end CD transport. To start with CD was much better. Now there is nothing in it.
It took some time and each of these changes made an improvement:
- turning WiFi and Bluetooth off on the streamer
- using shortest possible usb cable from streamer to DAC
- trying different usb cables - some did sound different.
- introducing a Cisco network switch between the router and the streamer
- changing the Ethernet cable from Cat 5 to Cat 7 from router to switch and switch to streamer
- locating the network switch as close to the streamer so that the cable length is reduced in this section of the set up.
Each improved the SQ.
It took some time and each of these changes made an improvement:
- turning WiFi and Bluetooth off on the streamer
- using shortest possible usb cable from streamer to DAC
- trying different usb cables - some did sound different.
- introducing a Cisco network switch between the router and the streamer
- changing the Ethernet cable from Cat 5 to Cat 7 from router to switch and switch to streamer
- locating the network switch as close to the streamer so that the cable length is reduced in this section of the set up.
Each improved the SQ.