antigrunge2
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| Why don‘t servers/players incorporate polarity switches Recordings out of polarity have a dulling of the leading edge of notes that is quite distinct. (e.g. woodwinds sound like they are sucked in rather than blown) | |
| USB sucks I wrote this post mainly to alert people that they might be missing out on substantially improved sound by improving/working around their USB connection, provided they can get it to work at all. That in my mind disqualifies USB as a future proof i... | |
| Need preamp recommendation If you mainly use digital audio, I’d recommend going with a DAC/Preamp rather than separate units. If it’s just attenuation you are after get a passive e.g. Wavac att-s. Alternatively get a Bakoon amp and use the built-in attenuation. | |
| Should a reference speaker be neutral, or just great sounding? A neutral speaker can still be sluggish or intransparent. ‘Great sound’ encompasses lots of things, especially the owners preferences.A truly reference speaker in my mind should have neutrality, speed and transparency to properly sound stage, imag... | |
| USB sucks @djones51:https://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2020/03/01/hifi-innuos-zen-mini-mkiii-review-with-phoenix-usb-re-cloc...Seems someone heard a difference | |
| USB sucks @djones51:If that were true, why is InnuOs lauching a Phoenix reclocker costing $4000+. | |
| USB sucks @dougeyjones,as you are so assertive on your view: why is there a significant market for USB clean up and reclocking devices by Uptone, Intona,IFi, Schiit, Berkeley Alpha, InnuOs, Aqua, DCS et al?Are they all selling snake oil? Or are they maybe o... | |
| USB sucks It would be helpful if all those protesting would actually post comparisons of USB with other formats that there DACs/servers provide. | |
| USB sucks @motokokusanagi: Amen to that! | |
| USB sucks @djones51The Antelope Dacs are not known to be slouches in the USB department. The superiority of the S/PDiF solution I now use is though substantial. Care to highlight DACs that you consider to have superior USB implementation? | |
| Innuos Zen MK III and Cocktail Audio X50D - streamer/servers I don‘t think the new USB audio craze is ultimately delivering best sound. I use a Zenith Mk3 into Schiit Eitr into Antelope Zodiac Platinum via SP/DIF. The Zodiac has an USB port but sound via SP/DIF is far superior. The Schiit Eitr is a fine con... | |
| What are the top 3 USB cables being used today in reference systems? if you can fit it: Uptone USPCB, not a cable but a rigid circuit board connection giving you 90ohms exactly and split signal and power path through different layers of the circuit board. Exact 90ohm impedance and length of cable both matter greatl... | |
| Guidance on Speaker Wire check with Auditorium23 in Germany, their cable is designed for minimum resistance and very high quality. Not sure though whether they will ship that length. Better solution would be having the amps behind the speakers on balanced interconnects | |
| A warm DAC? My point is and has been that compensating for one component‘s forward or harsh sound by chosing another ‘warmer’ component down the chain amounts to adding colorations. I have no desire to define absolute transparency nor neutrality, when people ... | |
| A warm DAC? Wouldn‘t that amount to fighting one coloration with another? My own experience throughout many years of improving my system has been that avoiding any deviation from neutrality and transparency is the only good way to achieve life-like sound repr... |