I might add that I mainly listen to classical, and I find the IDAGIO streaming service, even without hi-res capacity, superior sounding to Tidal or Qobuz. |
Lowrider,
Do you have more than one coax receptor on your DAC?
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I don’t, so I can’t hook up both with coax at the same time. |
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Interestingly, the Arcam’s digital receptical is a female BNC on which I am using an RCA adaptor. I can use the Silverstar on that and switch the coax to the Cyrus. Should improve both.
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Mtavares,
Thanks for the suggestion. That would work.
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Mtavares,
I ordered the Silverstar cable on approval per your recommendation. I’ll let you know how it sounds.
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Mtavares,
It arrived in one day. i already connected it. The Cable Company lends you a burnt in loaner cable to try out to see if you like it.
At first, it sounded constricted. But after several hours playing its starting to fill out very nicely. It sounds like a keeper.
Thanks very much for the recommendation!
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I got the Arcam streamer because of a review favorably comparing it to the Bluesound. |
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HDD, SSD, NVME. SATA
What does it all mean? |
Mtavares,
just to update:
After trying the Black Cat in my system for a few days, I noticed a lack of highs and transparency. When I went back to my original cable it sounded better.
Thanks for your suggestion though. It certainly was worth the try. |
According to the Cable Company, the loaner Black Cat they sent me was already thoroughly broken in.
I also used it continually for two days before pulling the plug.
There was really a huge difference in enjoyment between my cable and the Black Cat. |
One thing that I’ve learned from this, is the immense difference cables make on the quality of the sound. It’s a night and day difference between the two cables.
I was beginning to think something was wrong with my system until I went back to the original wire (which btw is a very nigh quality cable.)
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I know i said the opposite in my opening, but now CDs sound better. |
I have about 5000 CDs. So that’s not a problem.
CDs do sound better than streaming on my system.
But streaming is so damned convenient. |
Yes, i thought of the same thing. |
Mtavares,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. It’s a little difficult to search the wires in back of the components, I’ll let you know soon.
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Twoleftears,
That unit does sound very promising for $3000, but i think the quality might not compare to separates.
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Mtavares,
The coax cable is from Morrow.
The optical is glass micro fiber. |
Btw, As I said in my corrected post, the transport with the optical sounds better than the streamer with the coax. I did do a side by side comparison comparison of the transport with both optical and coax cables connected and found virtually no difference in SQ. |
