antigrunge2
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| Power Conditioners @dannad: have you actually tried it or are you just pontificating? | |
| Ideal Connection path to a dac? On USB an isolator is clearly beneficial. I use an Intona USB Isolator. My DAC initially wouldn‘t be recognisable to the server when inserting the Isolator. Intona suggested to use an usb hub and I never looked back. | |
| Best WiFi Music Streamer Does it exist? Sorry, typo: use an airport express to link wifi to the dac | |
| Is the Roon Nuceus device a good streamer? In my experience an Innuos Zenith Mk3 running Roon doesn‘t sound anywhere near as good as running native; the Zenith in Roon beats the Nucleus by a country mile, so: no, the Nucleus is not a top server/streamer | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC Analogue‘s euphonic virtues are indeed best emulated by R2R Dacs, conversely euphonics tend to go along with reduced resolution. Delta Sigma DACs in my experience depend on very good clocking accuracy: ideally you should compare R2R to Delta Sigma... | |
| Power Conditioners I m not convinced about active power conditioners in front of power amps, nor of low voltage devices, for that matter. All have an impact on the sound, not always for the better, either because of shifts in phase, compression or emphasis of parts ... | |
| Another equipment recommendation request for DAC with Pre Amp I suggest Antelope Zodiac Gold or Platinum, the combination of good Dac and Preamp are hard to beat and they are very competitive in the second hand market | |
| Best WiFi Music Streamer Does it exist? Just use an old apple airport snd it solves yout problem via its ethernet out | |
| Zenith 3/Matrix: the day the music dies Just had a similar experience without using Roon. After a couple of days the Zenith went all funky and I had to restart. I am told a new operating system/app is due later this year. Mind- the Zenith SQ is first rate. | |
| A Couple Little Things I'm Wondering About The purpose of the shorting plugs is to prevent ingress of electromagnetic grunge into low voltage circuits. Depending on circuit design and local conditions they can be highly effective or a waste of space. Unlike for cable lifters the technical ... | |
| Am I too big of a jerk,even for audiogon? Just help me out here in responding: are you looking for love or confirmation of self-loathing? | |
| Interesting discovery when my carpets were cleaned yesterday! Symposium Svelte Shelf is your solution. Completely decouples speaker from floor resonances | |
| Downside to R2R Ladder DACs? At therisk of being contentious: Aggressive treble is more a sign of poor clocking than a design fault of delta sigma dacs compared to r2r dacs. Even highend dacs benefit from reclocking with Mutec, Cybershaft, Antelope, sotm et al. There is no su... | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? Wavac EC300b. The final stop in SET purity. ZYX Universe low output cartridge. Dynavector Dv507 tonearm. Acoustic Revive RGC-24 grounding device | |
| Up-sampling inside the DAC I own a antelope Audio Zodiac Platinum which allows for a direct comparison between upsampled and non-upsampled output. Upsampling leads to markedly superior results in terms of texture, decay on cimbals as well as sheer clarity of soundstage and ... |