ajnackman
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| Metrum Dac owners So I just got a schiit eitr and all I can say is wow. I was previously using usb out from my laptop into the amethyst, which initially I thought sounded really nice. After throwing the eitr into the chain, the sound is so much more natural. Its ha... | |
| PS Audio Stellar Gain DAC/Pre-amp as first foray into separate pre-amp? Just beware of the silnote sale. I've never tried their cables but they are always on sale - seems to be a marketing technique from what I can tell. | |
| Unity Gain Tube Buffer - Choosing the Right Location The buffer from space tech labs I've been considering doesn't have a volume control or input switching (I run a TT, DAC, and AVR). Based on what I've been looking at, there arn't many unity gain buffers with volume controls. I like the idea of a n... | |
| Unity Gain Tube Buffer - Choosing the Right Location I don't anticipate an impedance mismatch - The output impedance is 100 ohms from the metrum and the input impedance of the red dragon is 50kohms. I currently a using a schiit sys which is a passive resistive volume control.My understanding is that... | |
| What is the weird "fisheye" pic on so many items? It seems like "featured listings" do not have the fisheye. I think that its an incentive to pay for an upgraded listing. | |
| Balanced Signal Path Question Edit - Then I should definitely try to use the balanced connection. One of the other benefits I've read is that cables carrying a balanced signal affect the sound less than an unbalanced cable. I have some Morrow audio MA-4 single ended interconne... | |
| Kimber Hero vs Morrow Audio vs ? Analog interconnects I have directly compared a pair of the Kimber PBJ's and Hero's. The cables are quite different. The PBJ's to my ears were more transparent and had a deeper soundstage. The Hero's were a "better" cable in the sense of detail/low end and had a wider... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? Tweak, what ended up happening to your Hattor unit? Are you still using it in your setup? | |
| Headphones as Models for Speakers? Interesting Read from Herb Reichert - Opinions Please I have a simple headphone setup at work (audioquest dragonfly red, schiit valhalla 2, sennheiser momentum 2, Morrow MAP 2 Power cord) that depending on the music, sounds so pure and cohesive compared to my setup at home (red dragon s500, metrum am... | |
| Metrum Dac owners Bringing this back up...Were you ever able to compare the usb vs coax inputs in your onyx? I recently purchased an amethyst and am contemplating an eitr. I get occasional pops from the usb input that I attribute to my laptop.It is worth noting tha... | |
| System Cable Capacitance Question from a New Audiophile Al, thanks again for the explanation. I find the impedance interactions fascinating even if I do not completely understand them. I’ll read up on that link. I really like the clarity of passives but have concerns about the impedance swings having a... | |
| AV setup with LS50 I'm glad you were able to go out and demo some equipment! There really is no alternative to hearing something yourself. Just be prepared that if you bring the amp home, it will take time for both your speakers and the amp to break in and sound the... | |
| System Cable Capacitance Question from a New Audiophile Al - Thanks for taking the time to lay that all out there for me. It took me a while to find the input impedance of my amp. I came across a 6 moons review that claimed that it was 50 k ohms which is why I began experimenting with a passive pre. Th... | |
| System Cable Capacitance Question from a New Audiophile Are there any recommendations for silver coated copper cable for phono/vs digital signals or RCA connectors pure copper vs silver? | |
| AV setup with LS50 A few comments here. This article reinforces that watts from an avr do not equal watts from a good two channel amp. A 40wpc 2 channel can dig deep, depending on its design and it sounds like the Rotel a10 can. It’s hard to get without really liste... |