audphile1
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| Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion. Erik you went bananas. The spades in my system, both on pass amps and Wilson speakers, are as tight as nun’s ponytail. Never ever had spades work themselves loose. In any of the iterations of my system. | |
| help! no sound Before you had music. But now…you ain’t got Schiit. Sorry couldn’t resist. | |
| Building your music digital music collection Rip using uncompressed FLAC, WAV or AIFF format. I use DBpoweramp. I would recommend ripping only what isn’t available via streaming services. Use SSD drive. HDDs are noisy. Create a backup. Ripped CDs sound best when the library/SSD is connec... | |
| Comparing Directstream 1 and 2 I agree don’t rush this. listen to the old dac for a few days using your favorite playlist. keep the new dac powered on (this is the key so you’re switching to a DAC that doesn’t need to warm up) switch to new dac use the same playlist. Keep the ... | |
| Cable upgrades @ghdprentice do you go off a price for a minimum run? In example, minimum run is 1m and it’s $850. I need 2m and that’s $1100 which is 10% of the component price? Personally I base the ratio on a cost of min length run. | |
| help! no sound Margot have you selected the proper input on the schiit defrost dac? It must be switched to spdif. And proper inputs on lyr 2? Try switching inputs on it. | |
| Comparing streamer/DACs between $5-10k Lumin app sucks. I’d go with a new or used Aurender before I would even look at HiFi Rose. Unless you like to experiment with new brands and take your chances. | |
| Comparing streamer/DACs between $5-10k Look into PS Audio Direct Stream DAC. The MkII version is out and the original can be had a a very significant discount. Visit TMR Audio website. For $1500-$2000 this is an unbeatable deal. Pair that DAC with either Lumin U2 (not the mini) or th... | |
| Comparing streamer/DACs between $5-10k What is your budget for a streamer and dac? | |
| Volume levels @rvpiano if you’re using XLR out with your benchmark dac, the gain is adjustable using jumpers inside the dac. I liked mine set to -10db, the 0db was a bit much. And even with 10db attenuation the DAC was louder than my Sutherland 20/20 Hana ML c... | |
| Comparing streamer/DACs between $5-10k @rkfaberdds absolutely. I don’t see why not. Have anything in mind? | |
| USB to Dual Coax Bridge for Qutest DAC @drlou77 phew I was beginning to worry :) glad you like the Audience! It’s amazing an improvement a good USB cable can make. The two sites I use exclusively to buy/sell equipment are this site and the US Audio Mart. Good luck! And enjoy the upg... | |
| Best cable placement OP…There’s no right or wrong way to do it. It’s what creates better synergy and sounds best to you. Here’s an example… Acoustic Zen Matrix Ref II vs Silver Ref II. Or Acoustic Zen Silver Ref II vs Acoustic Zen Absolute Copper. I am talking about... | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers @tattooedtrackman great question/point! I definitely noticed with some cables I purchased used, there’s about a 24hr and some time longer period that’s needed for the component/cable pairing to start to gel. This applies largely to power cords. L... | |
| Seeking Opinions on Nordost Cables Yep. A survey of all 4 lines of Nordost cables. Pure 🐂 💩 |