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upgrade advice

Hi
i bought the Hegel h160 integrated amplifier with pair of Spendor D7 loudspeakers.
the source is bluesound node 2 .
speakers cables are VOVOX vocalis. all other cables are regular.
i want to upgrade my sound and wonder what would be the best way to start.
to change my power cable,my digital cable,speakers cable or buy a better external DAC  than the hegel internal.
thaks for your advice
yansad
azbrd
102 posts
 
Give your Node 2 a boost, insert a Wyred Remedy reclocker between it and your Hegel, it will make more of a difference than any of the cables mentioned here.
azbrd
102 posts
 
BTW, the Remedy is the same tech thats in the modified Sonos Connect.
yansad OP
10 posts
 
thanks
do you think that buying the sim audio mind  180 stremer can be very good upgrade instead of bluesound?
azbrd
102 posts
 
Looking at the update process of the sim audio mind its crude compared to the bluesound node 2.  I would agree that the internal DAC of the node 2 is not great however, it will play MQA which many external DACs will not.  Connecting the node 2 to a higher end external DAC will definitely an upgrade.  I have my node 2 going through a Wyred Remedy to a Modwright Elyse DAC and it sounds amazing.  The node 2 will stream CD quality from Tidal and HD tracks you may have on a local NAS, Sonos players will not stream HD.
yansad OP
10 posts
 
sim audio is a streamer without dac so i thought its a good option to connect it to the hegel internal dac. a future upgrade can be buying external dac instead of hegel internal or upgrade to hegel h360.
buying the wyred remedy is a bit problematic since i have to spend $400
without trying it first since there is no dealer at my country.
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