antigrunge2
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| How important is it that all cables come from the same manufacturer? Signal and power cables have very different technical requirements in terms of frequency spectrum (digital!!), resistance and impedance as well as power transmission. I fail to see why any one manufacturer would have a consistent advantage given d... | |
| Should I upgrade the cable of my Line Conditioner? Over the last 30 years I have experimented with all sorts of power cables. 1. their impact on sound quality in terms of transparency and attack is significant. 2. Their performance can be significantly enhanced by using contact enhancers from e.... | |
| Suggestions for a streamer only (I have a great DAC) @verdantaudio, with all due respect: if you think Roon Nucleus is a good streamer, you owe it to yourself to listen to an InnuOS Zen or Zenith using the InnuOS Sense app in non-Roon mode. The SQ doesn‘t even compare! | |
| Chinese Cables that sound good I find Chinese copies objectionable, that’s why I bought the Onti Cat8 as well as no name power cords that all proved to be very good. | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? Could it be that this discussion arises from a definitorial problem? The analogue stage of a DAC generally outputs a signal akin to that of a pre, so all that‘s needed is attenuation and in some cases an analogue input to handle the phono signal.... | |
| Decoupling cartridges from tone arms I use a Cartridgeman Isolator between my Zyx Universe and Dynavector DV507 MkII tonearm: wouldn’t want to miss it. | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? @ozzy62, fully agreed: twenty years ago I replaced a Graaf 13.5B with a simple Modsquad passive feeding a Graff GM20. The phono stage was a Zyx Artisan and digital was a then state of the art dac. Ever since I have gone either passive or direct f... | |
| Vote Your Ranking -If you have an opinion on this digital subject Errors from Cd direct can be corrected by ripping. So after that the question becomes whether a streamer streams better from Qobus/Tidal rather than from a linked hard disc. That in turn is a function of the cables and spinner used in ripping vs. ... | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? Technically speaking output from Dacs doesn‘t need further amplification: unless you have a weird input impedance for your power amp all that‘s required is a good attenuator. If your dac possesses a stepped relay attenuator rather than a digital b... | |
| Anyone using a LAN isolator? I have had it on the Etherregen directly in front of the server: positive but less so | |
| Anyone using a LAN isolator? @Lalitk On my Innos Zenith Mk3 it increases smoothness and attack, YMMV | |
| Anyone using a LAN isolator? …and having an Acoustic Revive RLT1 in a spare ethernet port on the streamer helps as well | |
| Anyone using a LAN isolator? EMO en-70 HD Isolator plus DX Engineering DXE Iso Plus filter to start, ultimately you will likely end up with an Etherregen. The latter benefits significantly from an Ocxo clock and LPSU. For further improvements consider a good Ocxo clocked swit... | |
| German Physiks - Listening Impressions Wanted I have been a happy Duevel Bella Luna owner for over 20 years. Exact positioning is key to getting accurate soundstage and sizing. Duevels are happily driven by SETs ( I use a Wavac Ec300b with 10W per channel), German Physics is substantially mor... | |
| Streaming Sound Quality - Want the very best sound quality? Network Acoustics ENO... I seriously question the additional conversion for runs under 6-8m. A well shielded cat8 ethernet cable is the better solution in that case, even before discussing the quality of PSUs needed for the convertera. The Etherregen in combination with a... |