audioman58
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| One dedicated circuit for each mono block? IHave a friend who is a Audiophile and master electrician he did mine awg 10 wire, 4 wire a common ground, and a isolated insulated ground using a separate buzz bar in the breaker box , a pure silver 30 amp breaker from Germany land all copper... | |
| Lost it to Black Friday! Ordered it! That’s a good start , as a Audiophile you progress just add another $$ 0 the buying process never ends , and just tailored as you buy the next better tier of Audio equipment ,with me 40+ years later ,Digital for example has made great strides... | |
| Do Costly XLR Cables Make A Difference? If your system is good enough to hear it then it maybe worth it, also very important is that from your dac to preamp,or integrated it is Differentially balanced , meaning true balanced on both pieces of equipment , some are or many Fake balanced ... | |
| Roon DAC? help please....took a chance on Pachanko Labs - know nothing about Roon Buy something worthy ,what’s your budget if in the $1k range the New Denafrips Aries-2 12 th anniversary model is a a great dac for the $$ monies . their Pontus-2. Is much better-still and their best value R2R dac value at just under $2k. | |
| My first tube integrated: which one to get? Get the Cary the kt150 is a much better sounding tube | |
| Power conditions for Integrated Amps I have a special 4 wire 20 amp dedicated circuit using awg 10 Copper wire copper gold outlets ,a common ground and a isolated insulated ground with its own separate dedicated buzz bar , with Solid silver contacts in the breaker from Germany ... | |
| Digital enhancement The Kevalin tweaks go up to $15k ,that’s waay out of my budget. | |
| Do Costly XLR Cables Make A Difference? The Denafrips Terminator,and term+ , 12th anniversary and HoloSprings May KTE dacs are substantially better ,you mentioned Chord these dacs are sonically more natural and musical then the Chord Dave , the dacs you have are a older generation . I... | |
| Do Costly XLR Cables Make A Difference? What you failed to mention which is far more important to the end result is What dac are you using ? I would hope at least $5k+ if you are willing to spend $2-3k on interconnects ,much much more important to say buy the latest Best Buy Holospri... | |
| Where should I go from here with my digital front end? Upgrade everything if possible , a good usb or Ethernet cable are at least $750 each , ether regen helps most critical Ethernet cable is where the hub is buy the best dac you can afford ,by far the most important component for all detail and ... | |
| My Amp is good but probably the weak point The coda is a Great amp, and preamp excellent they don’t advertise but I find them Best Buy a shoot way above their price point ,and 3 amplifier power choices their best effort is their pure class A 100 watt amp. But not cheap that being said ... | |
| How crucial is the quality of a digital cable? It’s a catch 22 mits not just the usb, or digital cable , but you have at least 2 Ethernet cables that too effect the sound quality the Ethernet cable closet to the hub makes the most difference the Ethernet hum too ,such as uptone audio ethe... | |
| Zavfino Majestic USB Cable Macg19. Totally untrue digital cables they all have their own signature sound isolation, packet errors ,connector type quality I have compared wellover a dozen myself and many others know this go from a $50 usb cableto a $500,or $1000 a b... | |
| Do speaker cables really make a difference ? When you skimp on cables you loose the potential signal quality delivering the music . | |
| Do your speakers bite?? Bite can be called sibilants or etched ,bright , in natural if it’s a horn it should sound brassy ,a screech from a electric guitar and if using reverb can be electronic sounding , .having been modding or upgrading Loudspeaker Xovers for Many yea... |