Cable quality plays a much bigger role than most realize
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My recent foray into digital coax cables includes Pangea
Premier SE 1.0m, 1.5m, and finally the 1.5m XL, which is taking a good bit longer to break in, but provides a more intimate presentation, after 3 days with lots of replay (~20 hours so far) still missing a bit of HF sparkle, but I am confident it will come around. Best $150 I've spent in a long time. Are more expensive coax cable that much better. I doubt Ill be finding out any time soon hth |
Ones digital cable could be why some have negative comments about SS, and likely class D. I have owned quite a few AB SS amps, as well as class D (and a handful of tube amps & preamps. My current class D which I have owned for close to 2 years is the EVS1200 from Ric Schultz: Tweakaudio.com Since I first got it I was using an optical cable. I wasn’t crazy about the sound and thought I needed to replace my Audio Alchemy DDP-1 + PS 5, but I don’t have that kind of $$$ sitting around, and so, I needed a plan B. About a month ago, I got the bug to try coax (FINALLY). Being budget minded, I bought 1.0m Pangea Premier SE ($49.95 from Audio Advisors) and started a thread. Someone recommended to get 1.5m, which I did, and though it was harmonically richer, I wasn’t sold on it. I replaced the 1.5m Pangea Premier SE with the 1.5m Pangea XL, the presentation is much more intimate. I find my body grooving to the music: PRAT. Now, some 50 hours of play time later, I am blown away (especially for $150!). So far, every redbook CD I played I am much much closer to the actual recording: singers and instruments are extremely palpable and when recorded, bass, drums, and piano are very authoritative. https://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=PGDCPXL&variation=1.5 |
I live in hot as hell Sunny South Florida. My house is open beam ceiling (no attic). Upstairs without air conditioning on is 95* +! I finally got around to getting the roof top Siliconed to knock down the heat and UVs= lower electric bill. What I didn’t expect was the impact it would make, quieting my listening/TV room. For the first time in 25 years, no traffic noise from nearby I-95 and I-595!!! And when I turned on the TV the sound was relaxed, not echoing in the room. Listened to a variety of music that I am very familiar with, including; Bonnie Raitt, Chris Isaak Heart Shaped World, Jennifer Nettles Playing with Fire, which is one of the worst recordings Ive experienced, but I love the songs. To be fair, some songs are pretty well recorded, but the title song Playing with Fire is a hot mess, but I hear so much more of the music, chorus, etc, then ever before. Well, I finally hear a lot more of the nuances that was/were recorded. The entire sound stage has opened up in a very big way, notes are much more complete (think micro details) Glad I did this before my Voyager amp arrives mid week. I need to get a handle on how the silicone changes the sound before I put the V in the system |