audphile1
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| Auarender N10 On Sale @hickamore I am sure the N10 is older but I am not sure it is better. I never heard it. So…prior to purchasing my N200 I’ve done some research and it indicated that the newer N200 is possibly a more resolving sounding streamer than the warmer/da... | |
| Final Touch Sinope USB? @fthompson251 no I have the regular on loan from T.C. Co. Give me something tunable and I’ll be tuning it…endlessly. Lol I think I’ll settle for the regular version although I will ask if the tunable is any better. | |
| DAC vs CD Player for cd playback with computer audio - Help old timer out @kublakhan Audio Research is excellent. I’m a huge fan. I used to own CD3MkII. A word of caution on the older ARC cd players - the Philips transports that old have a high probability of failure - you can find a replacement and swap it yourself if... | |
| Final Touch Sinope USB? @bluethinker I just auditioned Nordost Tyr 2, Audience FrontRow and Stealth USB cables in the last couple of weeks as a possible upgrade from my AQ Diamond. In my system Stealth won hands down. Second favorite was the FrontRow. If you value natu... | |
| IS THE WEISS 204 A SUBSTANIAL UPGRADE FRON THE CHORD QUTEST @kjl1065 I owned the following DACs after the Qutest: Bryston BDA3, Benchmark DAC3 HGC, PS Audio DSD MkI, Marantz SA10 SACD Player/DAC, Chord Hugo TT2, Bricasti M3. All except Marantz (not my cup of tea at all) and Bryston (different but not ... | |
| Audience FrontRow USB - I’m puzzled I have the standard non-tunable USB as a loaner. The tunable version is not much more expensive and I’ll ask about it but I’m leaning towards ordering the standard. The movable collar on the tunable cable may feed the nervosa and OCD and I’m not s... | |
| IS THE WEISS 204 A SUBSTANIAL UPGRADE FRON THE CHORD QUTEST @panzrwagn got it. Thanks for the system compliments if they were directed to me. We have a difference of opinion. Mine’s based on experience with different DACs at different price points. None of them were defective. All sounded different. I wis... | |
| Audience FrontRow USB - I’m puzzled Thanks! | |
| Audience FrontRow USB - I’m puzzled @fthompson251 and all…the results are in! Stealth USB cable has won the shootout. As I stated earlier, I really liked the Audience and the second FrontRow demo worked flawlessly. Audience is an improvement when compared to the AQ Diamond that I c... | |
| IS THE WEISS 204 A SUBSTANIAL UPGRADE FRON THE CHORD QUTEST @panzrwagn you’re mostly correct. Weiss cannot have better resolution than the Chord Qutest. If we’re talking about the bitrate. Now…better power supply, better clock, isolated USB, better analog stage, etc. that’s what matters. You get lower nois... | |
| Bryston Bdp-3 Issue? @cleeds I had seen the Manic moose 🫎 interface (Lumin is right there too as it sucks) and the only thing worse is the Bryston’s way of accessing BDA3 settings thru an IP address. Upgrading the firmware on my then BDA3 DAC was one of the worst us... | |
| PS Audio BHK signature preamp Simaudio is excellent. It will be purely a matter of synergy - hope you like it! | |
| IS THE WEISS 204 A SUBSTANIAL UPGRADE FRON THE CHORD QUTEST Looks like you’re in NY so this 501 may be a local pick up for you. | |
| IS THE WEISS 204 A SUBSTANIAL UPGRADE FRON THE CHORD QUTEST Weiss 501 on USAM I have not dealt with this seller personally so looking at feedback, having an actual phone conversation, etc. is advisable when making a purchase like this. When it comes to 204 although I never heard it, the use of switch ... | |
| Bryston Bdp-3 Issue? @hiend2 I suspect the following to be the root cause - Network components in close proximity to your electronics and cables - router, modem, extender, switch, etc. - this causes EMI and RFI that gets picked up by your streamer and translates to n... |