allanblissett
Responses from allanblissett
| Eversolo DMP A6 with or without preamp Trade in the C2300 for a digital preamp. I have the MDA200, it has the preamp section from the C53, and it sounds wonderful straight into my 7270. I prefer a dac/preamp combo with separate streamer, as compared to streamer/dac with separate pre... | |
| Eversolo DMP A6 with or without preamp I have gone back and forth with trying dacs straight to amps, and with preamps. Straight into the amp always sounds different, not necessarily better, depends on the dac . Some will sound good at first, then you realize it doesn't really have t... | |
| DAC VIBRATIONS 2 Not sure how much evidence there is, but vibration damping is always beneficial. | |
| Problems with the IFI Zen Stream.. What's a better Alternative? Totally agree with hgeifman, I was a AT&T tech for 40 years, recently retired. You could have the best modem or router inside, but you have no idea how fragile the outside infrastructure is. Especially if you are still on copper cable. There... | |
| dacs that I have had in my system - a listing I can't imagine your list of cables They probably make more differences than the dacs. | |
| Digital signal control The adjustments are being made in the Sonos app before the signal is sent to the Schiit dac. | |
| Question about volume matching What do you mean by barely turned up ? You can enjoy tube sound at any level. It seems you have a lot of gain, are you using the balanced out of the dac going to the preamp? If so you could change to the RCAs, that will probably output less gain. | |
| Is my HDMI audio out really an i2s connection? I have a Sony UBP-X1100ES, and I tried the hdmi marked audio out, into my McIntosh MDA200 dac hdmi input, and got nothing. I used a SACD which played fine using the coax. I guess it's only for input from a TV , but i don't see why it shouldn't ... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 Mcintosh MDA200 | |
| The LRS+ Speakers +1 for the .7, have mine for over a year, amazing Soundstage and imaging. You just have to play with positioning, and add a sub to help the bottom end. | |
| Streamer with toslink output Wiim Pro. | |
| McIntosh Preamp for McIntosh MC7270 The link you provided doesn't tell what the output of the phono stage is. It just says the cartridge output is 5mv. If that's what going to the amp, it's not nearly enough. I also am using a 7270, it's a great amp that will work great with any p... | |
| Revisiting Chinese Knockoff Cables I have been using the Chinese Nordost Valhalla, it's an amazing speaker cable for the price. | |
| Ethernet cables Blue Jeans cat 6A, you will be sure it's preforming to spec. | |
| Help me choice Audioquest speaker cables Start with Audioquest Rocket 88, they are the best bang for the buck Audioquest cable. You can usually find a nice used pair for much less than a thousand dollars. Paying six grand for speaker cables is just ridiculous. |