New to streaming, please help.

[Sherwood]

Thanks Geoff, I'm struggling to see the point of this Pioneer thing altogether!

I don't think the problem is with the Pioneer per se: it's just that it is not the best choice for what you want from a streaming system. The Caiman SEG has very analogue sound so is unlikely to produce the brash sound you mention. I have a 3 month trial of Deezer premium and I am using that with the Chromecast Audio into my SEG. Very good sound for the price.

Geoff

[Leftfield]

I don't think the problem is with the Pioneer per se: it's just that it is not the best choice for what you want from a streaming system. The Caiman SEG has very analogue sound so is unlikely to produce the brash sound you mention. I have a 3 month trial of Deezer premium and I am using that with the Chromecast Audio into my SEG. Very good sound for the price.

Geoff

Mike, despite owning the same Pioneer, I agree with Geoff. Had i bought the Chromecast Audio first I doubt I would have bought the Pioneer. Although there are days when I try to convince myself I can hear an improved sound through the hardwired Pioneer as opposed to the WiFi chromecast.

[Mikeandvan]

Mike, despite owning the same Pioneer, I agree with Geoff. Had i bought the Chromecast Audio first I doubt I would have bought the Pioneer. Although there are days when I try to convince myself I can hear an improved sound through the hardwired Pioneer as opposed to the WiFi chromecast.

OK, that's one less shelf I need then.

[Mikeandvan]

Been listening quite a lot today, nice to hear some tracks I haven't heard properly in years. Anyone know why the volume control doesn't work in my iTunes? Sound isn't that far behind vinyl playback, the girlfriend thinks its better!

[Edward]

iTunes, whilst good quality, is lossy. Give a lossless service (e.g. Tidal) a free trial and see if the SQ for you is even better.

[Stratmangler]

Anyone know why the volume control doesn't work in my iTunes?

Could be because the device doing the rendering is connected over WiFi.
Try it over USB.

[Stratmangler]

iTunes, whilst good quality, is lossy

iTunes is not necessarily lossy.
It's quite happy playing WAV and AIFF, as well as ALAC, non of which is a lossy format.

[Edward]

Thanks Chris. I stand corrected.

Assumption on my part - thought Mike was streaming Apple stuff.

Happy to sit in the naughty corner for a while.

[Mikeandvan]

Thanks Chris. I stand corrected.

Assumption on my part - thought Mike was streaming Apple stuff.

Happy to sit in the naughty corner for a while.

I thought I was streaming apple stuff.

[Stratmangler]

I thought I was streaming apple stuff.

What did you rip your CDs to?
Which format?
Apple stuff could be AIFF, which is uncompressed PCM, or ALAC (Apple Lossless).
iTunes can also rip to MP3, which is not Apple stuff, and it probably also does AAC, which is again not Apple stuff.