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| DAC choices -- help me cross the line @in_shore I'm sure it's a great product, and I most definitely want to support a regular agon member if I can. But I can't seem to find any reviews on this product. More importantly I don't know what kind of synergy is there with my AMT dac. If yo... | |
| Pink Floyd and Weed @grm -- I bought a Quicksilver Audio headphone amp a few months ago. I have the Senn HDXX (same as 650 and somewhat similar to your 600), Focal Clear and Hifiman Arya. The QS amp was a night and day difference. If you read my other threads, bass i... | |
| DAC choices -- help me cross the line @jmolsberg -- it's good to know that you're happy with the upgraded version. If you don't mind me asking, what kind of improvements did you notice? Were they subtle or quite noticeable? Once I upgrade the USB cable, power cord, RCA cables, in that... | |
| DAC choices -- help me cross the line @pastorbob and @in_shore Thank you for the recommendations. I was trying to search for the Smoked BBQ cable but all I'm finding is expired listings. I checked out the Curious Cable website, and looks like they sell the regular version for $350 (0.... | |
| DAC choices -- help me cross the line @pastorbob -- How much of an impact did a better USB cable make in your system? I'm currently using the AudioQuest Forest USB cable, which I bought for around $65. I don't necessarily have any complaints but just want to see if I can take it up by... | |
| DAC choices -- help me cross the line @yyzsantabarbara IIRC, teejay (Terry London) has raved about the balanced version of MHDT Pagoda as compared to the regular version, so clearly there's a benefit. If the rest of the chain also supports balanced, I'm pretty sure it will offer some ... | |
| DAC choices -- help me cross the line @yyzsantabarbara I think the best thing to do is to reach out to Vlad directly and see what he says. Although, you probably won't hear from him for several days ... guess that's just the way he rolls. Another option is to ask teejay who is very we... | |
| DAC choices -- help me cross the line I should have followed my own advice and kept my mouth shut until accumulating 50+ hours on the DAC. I have been running the DAC for 12 hours every day for the last 3-4 days, and the sound has transformed dramatically. I’ve always known that audio... | |
| Waiting for FedEx That must be a boat load of pennies, and then some more :) | |
| What is the hardware physically behind Tidal, Spotify, QoBuz? The system architecture for building and running a large-scale streaming service involves a bit more than massive farms of servers. A good analogy to use is that of a retail supply chain network, e.g. Walmart or Kroger. Most brick and mortar retai... | |
| Help! Choosing a Roon core/streamer/server! (Roon vs Innuos vs Wyred4Sound) +1 tubertistI am using SmallGreenComputer sonicTransporter i5 as Roon core, and Sonore opticalRendu as Roon-ready streamer and network player. In my system, it was a significant jump in SQ going from BlueNode 2i to this setup. | |
| DAC choices -- help me cross the line I’ve put about 20 hours on the DAC so far, and I must say I’m not super impressed. Not only is it not performing better than my Cambridge Audio Azur 851D dac in any particular area, I feel that the soundstage has shrunk, the top end has become dul... | |
| DAC choices -- help me cross the line Update: After a long wait, I finally received the Tubadour III yesterday. I decided to go with the basic version but did ask Vlad to add an orange fuse. I will refrain from commenting on sound characteristics until I’ve accumulated at least 50 hou... | |
| Help with DAC choice.... Linear Tube Audio does not offer any kind of return or trial period for MHDT products. | |
| Streamer with no DAC? Many DACs have USB. It's worth finding out if it's really missing or the OP just doesn't prefer USB ... which is totally understandable. |