antigrunge2
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| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? This is the ultimate reason for exploring Omnis such as Shahinian, Duevel and a few others. The ‘head in a vize’ approach is never going to be right. Like real music, good reproduction depends on the right mix of direct and indirect sound waves. T... | |
| Coupling/Decoupling Electronics Component vibrations, unless airborne, tend to emanate from power supplies. These not only vibrate but also generate EMI. The most effective way I have found for draining these is to use a combination of Black Ravioli pads with isolating footers (... | |
| Front ported or sealed monitors for shop KEF LS50s seem ideal for this application | |
| Subjective grading of DAC that I had heard during last one year period. Try a Shunyata sigma BNC clock cable instead of the Panatella. Also, which input are you using? | |
| Tube amplifier upgrade suggestions welcome. I’d look at a second hand Leben integrated | |
| A23 Cables one more suggestion: get Acoustic Revive‘s ECI-50 contact enhancer: astounding increase in clarity and impact | |
| A23 Cables Am using A23 interconnects and speaker cables. Also own various solid-core silver cables. In terms of transparency, speed and balance I have found nothing that even comes close to A23. | |
| DAC as a preamp? @flaxxer,see above: Antelope Zodiac Platinum on Reverb.com | |
| DAC as a preamp? @flaxxer,pls don’t go there. You definitely want analogue domain attenuation. | |
| Which USB Re Clocker I run a Zenith into an Antelope Zodiac Platinum. Rather than opting for a Phoenix I got an Antelope Audiophile 10m clock for the Dac and an Intona Isolator 2.0 for the USB connection.USB slaves the server to the DAC. While the Poenix improves the ... | |
| DAC as a preamp? There are Antelope Audio offers on Reverb.com for their Zodiac Platinum. At the price offered, I don’t think there is anything else out there that would compete aa a Dac/analogue preamp | |
| Which DAC as a preamp? If you look for a fully featured preamp and top DAC, look at Antelope in the used market. Zodiac Gold or Platinum are hard to beat | |
| Quality IEC connectors? My two bits worth: buy any half decent connector and spend what‘s left on Acoustic Revive‘s ECI-50. The impact of the contact enhancer applied to all signal and electrical connections far exceeds what you get from better terminations | |
| Wolf Audio How many plugs does it take to become a Wolf customer? | |
| Streaming Sound Quality - Want the very best sound quality? Network Acoustics ENO... @lalitk,@lalitk,+1 on Intona, their cables are in a class of their own, too |