antigrunge2
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| Can it get better? I am going directly from my Antelope Audio Platinum dac into a Wavac EC300b. Good attenuators on the dac obviate the need for a pre. It’s important to understand that a dac’s output only needs attenuation under most scenarios, i.e. the circuitry o... | |
| Chinese Cables that sound good Onti Cat8, large diameter solid core, well shielded with magnesium cast connectiors. A class act for little money | |
| Speaker Bullet Filters @lordmelton Can‘t go wrong with Mundorf! In my case there is real synergy between the Stein capacitors and the Bybee Bullets | |
| Speaker Bullet Filters @larryi, agreed, I mentioned the Stein Music Speaker Match because it adds atmosphere | |
| Speaker Bullet Filters I use Bybee golden goddess speaker bullets and the hash removal and cleaning up of attack and decay they contribute isn‘t small. Equally I use Stein Speakermatch, again with very strong benefit. | |
| AKM makes the best DACs This thread doesn’t make much sense to me: clocking, cables and the DAC’s analogue section are WAY MORE determinant of a dac’s sound than the chips used. The whole debate about R2R, Delta Sigma, FPGA is in my mind and experience equally blown out ... | |
| Streamer Just a bit of cautionary advice: I2S interfaces are not always compatible between different manufacturers as the standard is relatively loosely defined | |
| Streamer InnuOS Zen if you want to also rip your cd collection | |
| Do good power cords have to be stiff? Good power cables are often solid core and hence stiff by nature: to wit: Nordost, Acoustic Revive et al… | |
| Digital Upgrade Recommendations …and by the way: I started with the Etherregen on its own, then added an Antelope 10m clock via Shunyata Sigma clock cable, then added a Zerozone 2020 Benchmark LPS on a Nordost Brahma PC, then switched to a sterling silver DC cord. Each step is e... | |
| Digital Upgrade Recommendations …or better doing away with the Nucleus (and possibly Roon as well) In my setup InnuOS Zenith Mk3) Sense 2.08 sounds decidedly superior to Roon and the Nucleus isn’t the quitest server to start with… Hence my Intona Isolator recommendation | |
| Do I really need an " Audio Grade Network Switch "? +1 | |
| What is the latest greatest word in isolation footers for amps? stands? I suggest you use Black Ravioli Footers directly under the amp and put the wood plan on the floor. It is important to drain vibrations from the amplifier’s enclosure.,If you want to go over the top use Gaia or Stillpoints footers under the plank | |
| Do I really need an " Audio Grade Network Switch "? @desktopguy 👍👍 | |
| Do I really need an " Audio Grade Network Switch "? @herman, the problem is the immature state of digital music reproduction: to wit: lack of interfaces with universally applicable results, error correction and dsp protocols with uncertain impact on sound reproduction, differential quality of powe... |