Best setup for sound

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I have my MacBook Pro connected to the router with ethernet and my Onkyo TX-8150 network receiver also connected with ethernet.
Is this setup the best possible with my gear or can I improve it somehow?

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That’s the best you can do.

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I see that the volume slider appears in the remote app with this setup, is this correct? The volume control in Audirvana is not enabled.

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Yes it is still visible when disabled, but it does not do anything. Probably it would be more intuitive if the slider was grayed out or not visible at all.

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I can change the volume on my receiver with it!
It’s like the remote app takes over the Onkyo app :smiley:

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Volume control in the Audirvāna settings is disabled and I still can change the volume on my stereo receiver.
The volume level indicator on the stereo changes simultaneously when I change the volume in the remote app.

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Yes, that’s a feature with compatible devices.

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So the signal is still bitperfect and unprocessed?

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Yes, it just commands your device to change the volume.

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That’s perfect, thanks for clarifying this!:+1:

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I’d have a volume limit set on your receiver to avoid a full throttle speaker test at an inconvenient moment, that control can be touchy at times

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I’m not sure my Onkyo-TX-8150 has this feature?

Edit: I found it :wink:

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Move your Ethernet connections to optical so to remove the inherent RF and EMF related noise gremlins of copper-wired connections… :sunglasses:

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That’s nonsense, he lives inside a faraday cage

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Oh… I didn’t pick-up on that… Heheh :sunglasses:

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I presume then, the playback system resides on an isolated power/ground-plane grid as well… :sunglasses:

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I would suggest focusing on well-recorded music first. There is plenty of music that is of very low quality. It will sound even worse on a poor audio system.

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How does one qualify what is, or what is not a “well-recorded” recording?.. This is a highly subjective perception, produced from a myriad of subjective personal biases… The value of Audirvana Studio is that, given conscientious attention in the amalgamation of playback-system components and tweaks, and attention to RF, EMF, power and ground noise mitigation, one is given the potential to have a clear and unfettered, aural-window into each and every master recording that one may audition through their subjectively personal playback system…

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I have my MacBook Pro connected to the router with ethernet and my Onkyo TX-8150 network receiver also connected with ethernet.

Sweet Baby Jesus………leave the kid alone , highly unlikely but he could take some of this utter hogwash as true.
Come back after he gets his 150000 USD Wilson speakers and bat ears transplants :flushed:

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