agisthos
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| Nordost QKORE QKore Premium wire incoming. Was supposed to get it today but delivery held back, so Monday hopefully. I only got the banana wire for connection to the QB8, so that’s the only application I can give a report on. If the premium qkore wire is bette... | |
| DACs that do well without a preamp Problem with DAC volume controls is they are either digital, and sound lifeless and flat, or they are a budget/space restricted analog volume control jammed into the DAC as an afterthought. That's why a good pre-amp always sounds better. But I wo... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers My experience the opposite, very lively and lifelike. Interested to know which model you auditioned, as they do a lot, and I will stay away from them. But it could be in comparison the Kudos just showed them up. | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers At the moment I am into Neat Acoustics. Ex Neat employees formed Kudos and they apparently go for a similar sound, i.e musical and not entirely neutral. They have a series of isobaric loaded speakers with compact size, all voicing tuned by ear, po... | |
| The ”sweetspot” in the Nordost line of cables What do you guys think about the Norse 2 line specifically for power cables? I have the Heimdall 2 but don’t know how much better the Frey/Tyr 2 can get. My previous Nordost PC frame of reference was the Brahma and Shiva lines, but they are we... | |
| So, I listened to a $1Million Dollar System It's the speakers. The ultra high end speakers have like 17 drivers in them and not even a 1000w mega amp can drive them properly. Imagine trying to design a coherent crossover for such a multi driver array, with many of those drivers housed in 4... | |
| Chord Dave and lInear power supply Everything said here about upgrading an SMPS to LPS has been my exact experience. It gives a huge performance boost for comparatively little outlay. If you have a component that accepts external SMPS input, then try out the Farad or something lik... | |
| What Gear Has Disappointed You? Bryston amplification up to the SST range. I extensively auditioned them (in the ought’s) on 3 vastly different types of speakers (from Sonus Faber to Focal) at different dealers. The Bryston signature came through on all of them- thin, harsh, fat... | |
| DAC Merry Go 'Round- why I stopped at Weiss Thanks Jimmy for your informative DAC comparisons. What is the digital volume control like on this? For me its always got to be a one box DAC/Pre straight to amp, so that is important. There is also a new ESS Sabre upgrade to this DAC so perhaps... | |
| Figure 8 ('Infinity') Power cord Nordost Purple Flare is a dedicated C7 (figure 8) and it's very good. Nordost Heimdall 2 is also C7 and even better, but it's a 3 core power cable from the normal range, and its ground wire is just connected at the AC connector end only. Audioque... | |
| Recommendations for HDMI cables specifically for audio quality Have you actually compared these cables side by side in your own system? I would not take the word of the manufacturer on statements like this. Anyways, I’m happy with my cables. HDMI cables is not the only cable I have tested with, so I don’t f... | |
| Dedicated 20 Amp Line for Audio @lancelock Yeah I noticed that, will be specific with the electrician to follow orders. Also apparently the drain wire should be connected to earth at only the fuse box end. | |
| Dedicated 20 Amp Line for Audio @lancelock I just got some of the new LC-Y EVO cable from Gigawatt to upgrade the dedicated line. Cannot wait to hear what its like compared to stock. | |
| Recommendations for HDMI cables specifically for audio quality The Mapleshade Vivlink 3 Plus is also the only HDMI cable to bring what I consider a noticeable improvement in video quality (even on gaming consoles, not just blu-ray), something that is non-existent or very subtle in other high end HDMI cables. ... | |
| Recommendations for HDMI cables specifically for audio quality That being said, anytime somebody says something like this, I have to bite my tongue on my response. @auxinput Continue biting your tongue! The Mapleshade cable is not like the Nordost or Wireworld, where things get better simply due to large... |