Yes I realize Im in a cash spiral trying to get my digital to sound as good as my vinyl and that theres a ways to go still. Im already in on the interconnects and ac cables, I feel like these three pieces of the puzzle ,Streamer,Dac and cables will get me to the point where I can try the other tweaks. As far as the Dac choice goes I did all the due diligence on that as well, lots of good choices in that price brand Sorry its Chi Fi, but the Denafrips held its own in most of the comparisons at s considerable savings, probably enough to pay for another of the tweeks.what hobby is not expensive? None Ive ever had.
Streamer upgrade?
So after following these discussions for the last year or so about the importance (or lack of depending on ones stance) of the steamer itself for sound quality Ive decided to take the plunge. I had previously been in the “ bits is bits “ camp , so I purchased a Pontus Two to use with my Aurender A100 which is they’re entry level offering with a built in Dac. Both of the local high end dealers tried to convince me that this would not amount to much of an improvement in SQ, well…… they were right in my estimation. So I took another member’s recommendation to contact TMR about a trade in on an Aurender N200 and just as his experience was great so was mine ,they really made it too good to pass up. So if anyone is interested I will report my findings when my new unit arrives, it’ll be a straight change out same Dac,same Dh labs cable and same system ,it should be a really easy comparison, too bad I couldn’t keep the old unit to test them side by side but it’ll still be easy enough.I’ll post my findings.
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@soix Yes the Iris and i2s cable are one of the upgrades on my radar next. Ive been following these discussions carefully and trying to sift out the right answers for me. Another of the changes Im ready to make are some GIK treatments that Ive picked out, but GiK has been back ordered on the Mahogany finish I need to meet the WAF standard for quite a while now. Thanks for tour encouragement and advice. |