antigrunge2
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| Speaker cable recommendations for DeVORE FIDELITY Congrats,the bananas sound better than spades, too. I tried both with wbt 0681 ags on the A23 wire and the bananas are more resolving | |
| Snake oil?? @millercarbon,+1 on contact enhancer. I use Acoustic Revive ECI-50 at $150 for 50 ml. Aything but snake oil and your description of the benefits is spot-on. | |
| Dream vs. Reality - What have you bought? I guess it all depends on what you are listening to: a high power amp with low efficiency, multiple driver speakers will do a good job on wall-of-sound rock but be challenged on piano solo or string quartetts. Conversely even horns on SETs will no... | |
| Chord DACs .. who has moved across to them from R-2R based DACs ? In delta sigma dacs clocking is all important, especially if you upsample. Adding a 10m clock (Mutec, Cybershaft, Sotm, Esoteric, Antelope, SRI) produces a quantum leap in spacial resolution while at the same time dealing with harsh treble and ove... | |
| Mea culpa for Uptone Iso Regen USB @fsmithjack,sorry, I may have not been clear: the unit to be slaved to the reclocked dac is the server via asynchronous usb; your comment on the bnc cable is spot on. I use a Shunyata Sigma. | |
| Mea culpa for Uptone Iso Regen USB @fsmithjack,@fsmithjack,just for the record: reclocking the dac, not just the ethernet input via the etherregen can have very significant benefits, especially in a scenario where the server is slaved to the dac‘s clock via asynchronous usb. | |
| $5k-$6K DACs w Roon? Whatever you choose, make sure it takes a master clock BNC input. You‘ll want to upgrade the clock, it‘s what these days gives the biggest improvement to SQ in dacs. | |
| Are "vintage" DAC's worthwhile, or is this a tech that does not age well My dac progression went from Audio Alchemy to Theta Pro Basic to Audio Aero Capitole 24/192 to Antelope Zodiac Gold +Voltikus to Zodiac Platinum + Audiophile Clock. They all were converting bits but they don‘t sound the same. | |
| Are "vintage" DAC's worthwhile, or is this a tech that does not age well @devilboy yes, you read it correctly. You would however forego the opportunity to slave the server’s to the dac‘s clock as well as DSD and higher resolution formats. Using a OCXO or rubidium clock on the dac via USB has major benefits on the serve... | |
| Are "vintage" DAC's worthwhile, or is this a tech that does not age well Just ask yourself the question whether you would buy a 15 year old PC: there is your answer........most likely no asynchronous and certainly no high speed USB, no precision clocking, no DSD or high res decoding. All of this matters because you ide... | |
| Preamp recommendation; ≤ $5k Here is a little secret: Get an Antelope Audio Zodiac Platinum: it‘s a world class balaced preamp with a superb dac thrown in for free and you‘ll have have spare change from buying it in the used market or directly from Antelope on Reverb. As you‘... | |
| Has Digital Audio Tech Plateaued - Is It Safe To Come Out Now? @eric-squires,I concur, in particular on the implementation of Delta Sigma DACs and the fact that R2R Dacs ultimately suffer from their own set of colorations@bruce19,spot on. That said, analogue recordings have a greater affinity to vinyl than mo... | |
| Has Digital Audio Tech Plateaued - Is It Safe To Come Out Now? Properly implemented digital is far beyond vinyl. The problem is the implementation. Getting USB and ethernet connections to be noise free takes a fair amount of doing and getting the best clocking for digital is mandatory. Differences between lac... | |
| Speaker cable recommendations for DeVORE FIDELITY +1 on A23 | |
| The Contour System – Directional Wiring of Audio Parts @bluemoodriver,aren’t you confounding quality of input and quality of transmission? An impact of one in no way has a bearing on differences in the other |