antigrunge2

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Streamer/Server to replace Innuos Zenith
@verdantaudio,A Nucleus as an upgrade for a Zenith Mk3? Are you antepodean or why is your world completely upside down? The Nucleus isn’t even in the same SQ ballpark. 
Streamer/Server to replace Innuos Zenith
Just out of interest: what‘s the problem on IOS? I have been using mine without any issues. 
Cartridges with that musical coherence - having heard it, I need to learn more
Zyx Universe, rien ne va plus 
What are your top three live concerts of all time?
Would have loved to listen to Johnny Cash in St. Quentin, sadly didn‘t get in😂 
Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You?
I hve tried the Isolator on Hadcock, Mørch, Scheu and Dynavector arms using various Zyx MC cartridges. In each case it provided a more than subtle improvement.Millercarbon is right to point out the deleterious vibration transmission from the cartr... 
Innuos Zen Mini Mk3 w/PSU |VS| Lumin U1 Mini
Get a Zenith mk3 and the answer will bbe obvious 
DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend
My experience withh delta Sigma dacs is that they benefit substantially from better clocking. The preference for R2R evaporates if you get a 10m reference clock controlling the upsampling DAC. Just a thought…. 
Air Tight ATM-300R or Shindo Cortese 300B
@three_easy_payments. I run Duevel Bella Lunas with Murata ES103bs and chose Wavac over Shindo, Audionote and Yamamoto for better control of that speaker combo. 
Air Tight ATM-300R or Shindo Cortese 300B
Shindo tends to work best in all-Shindo setups. With the Luxman I’d tend to lean towards Airtight. I myself have a Wavac EC300b and rate it very highly. 
Mains power quality worldwide.
Japan and Tsunami power, anyone? Or naked power from Fiji? 
CDP or DAC?
You should try and get an optimised streaming device setup: it‘ll significantly outperform any CDP or server you might use. I have uploaded my CD collection to my InnuOS Zenith Mk3. After initial trials I never used it getting my playback via Qobu... 
Has anyone used the new Innuos 2.0 Sense music app? Compared it to Roon?
I was using a Schiit Eitr with good results before converting to USB after adding a 10m clock to my Antelope Zodiac Platinum. On SP/DIF you are limited to 24/192 with no DSD and don‘t have the benefit from slaving the server to the dac under the a... 
Rank the tweaks, geeks!
In terms of efficiency, I‘d rank anything contributing to eliminating EMI/RFI highest. So: passive filters (Acoustic Revive, Akiko et.al.) followed by contact enhancers (Acoustic Revive, Mad Scientist et.al.) followed by cables (Phono, USB, Server... 
LinLai WE 300B or the LinLai Global Elite Permaloy 300B tubes ?
In my experience EAT and Takatsuki are the best 300b tubes at the moment 
Does adding a steamer to a Roon Nucleus / server improve audio output
…only if you play mostly sexy soul music😇