audphile1
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| Cable upgrades @mclinnguy yup - two sets of absolute copper was my configuration before I switched to Nordost Tyr 2. I also had every AZ power cord - el Nino, Tsunami, Krakatoa, Gargantua. | |
| Cable upgrades James…I would stay away from AZ Silver Ref II in that system unless you want to thin it all out. I’ve gone through the entire AZ cable line with different configurations of Silver and Copper. In my experience the Silver Ref II work best betwee... | |
| Cable upgrades @pennfootball71 not sure SR is a match with Benchmark. My experience with SR cables is they’re slightly hot up top. That’s most likely going to be too much of a good thing in the OP’s system. | |
| Help me pick some new or used speaker cables @rkfaberdds strange the Chapman website specifies the tweeters as silk dome and you’re stating they’re titanium…was this a mod? May be I’m looking at a wrong model? https://chapmanaudiosystems.com/CurrentModels/T-7.html One important factor to g... | |
| Cable upgrades Hahaha I know. | |
| One DAC to Rule it All Your setup is pretty unique @koestner I wouldn’t expect many to have experience with this. I think the biggest contributor to your listening experience is the DBX unit. Ever entertained trying a good analog crossover like the Marchand Electronic... | |
| Cable upgrades No rest needed just keep running signal thru them. | |
| What qualities stand out in really good solid state preamps? Had Pass XP-12 into Rogue ST100 tube amp. No problems and sounded good. Matching tube preamps (typically higher output impedance than SS counterparts) to solid state amps (typically lower input impedance than the tube amps) is where you need to b... | |
| Cable upgrades Awesome! Looks like they did a nice job and now you can evaluate them and if they don’t work out, you have a great set of cables certified by cardas that will be easy to sell. Just give the cables a few days to settle by running a signal thru the... | |
| Comparing Directstream 1 and 2 Glad to hear! | |
| Help me pick some new or used speaker cables Why not just go up the AQ line? Robin Hood Zero may be? and add an AQ power cord for your amp. Should be good synergy and not bright. | |
| Help me pick some new or used speaker cables What are your current cables so that we have a point of reference. | |
| Cable upgrades James…I used Furutech FPS-032n power cable on the Aurender N200. I also tried AQ Tornado. For USB I’m using AQ Diamond and for the Ethernet, Purist Audio. Nordost Heimdall 2 is completely different than the AQ Tornado. Nordost and Audioquest in ge... | |
| Cable upgrades @ghdprentice oh of course. Agreed. Tonal balance and synergy wins. Price point is just a general coordinate. Trying out Nordost Heimdall 2 on my Aurender N200 now. Lower than the 10% point of reference. Not an endgame by any means as well but a v... | |
| Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion. Just joking don’t get fluffed up. |