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| Wireworld Platinum Starlight® 10 Twinax and AQ Diamond @traubr I tried the new Shunyata Alpha X USB cable. While very good and more detailed than the Audience FrontRow USB cable I have now and the Stealth USB I had for a brief period of time, I find Shunyata lean and cool sounding. It’s not as musical... | |
| Help Needed - Popping sound when powering on a new setup! You got it! Glad it was as easy as this | |
| TOSLINK Optical vs Coaxial for CD transport to DAC Yes coax is generally better than toslink. What is your budget for a new cable? | |
| Wireworld Platinum Starlight® 10 Twinax and AQ Diamond Thx! Listening last night when the house was quiet confirmed that I love the sound. | |
| Why so many AQ Hurricane PC's for sale? Dark is how the AQ Hurricane sounded in my system as well. I had these on the amp, preamp and power conditioner. @jasonbourne71 is correct about the AQ cables made in China. But I really doubt the fakes are identical to the original. The myth abo... | |
| Wireworld Platinum Starlight® 10 Twinax and AQ Diamond Thanks @fthompson251 ! I’ve spent a few hours listening today with the Audience Ethernet cable and I think I have a winner even without comparing to anything else. I don’t know what WW can do better and AQ should be good but I have this synergy n... | |
| Why so many AQ Hurricane PC's for sale? I realized my post didn’t really answer your question. AQ is a major brand. They sell a lot of cables and you see the quantities on a used a used market proportional to new sales over time plus people just rotate cables. Sprinkle that with fakes. | |
| Why so many AQ Hurricane PC's for sale? Careful buying used AQ especiially the storm and higher lines. Lots of fakes. TMR usually has preowned hurricanes. I’ve bought a few from them. I am not a fan of AQ Thunder, Tornado and Hurricane they just don’t sound right to me but I know @ghd... | |
| The new dCS Varese DAC...it is so good that all others are now relegated to history?? @daveyf love your satire | |
| Shunyata interconnect cables experience Cool. Another 30 hrs and they should develop their character. But even fully broken in, my money’s on Tyr 2. But keep us posted. | |
| The new dCS Varese DAC...it is so good that all others are now relegated to history?? Entertaining discussion. I would love to hear this latest dCS front end especially in my system at home. But that’s unlikely to happen. dCS is one of the polarizing brands that attract a lot of haters similar to the crowd hating on Wilson Audio, ... | |
| Shunyata interconnect cables experience @gbmcleod how many hours now? | |
| Using fibre optics to break ground level noise I recommend at least a 3 mile run of fiber. It’s pretty thin and you can easily store it in a corner or a closet where your router is, coiled up (no issues there as it’s not an analog cable to be impacted by emi. You can also wrap it around the ne... | |
| Integrated amp for tube lover We all have different preferences @hedwigstheme and how we feel depends on our preferences. Some like natural timbre and super detailed analytical presentation, some like natural timbre and warmer presentation that doesn’t emphasize or etch out th... | |
| Wireworld Platinum Starlight® 10 Twinax and AQ Diamond Thanks. The model I’m inquiring about is their TOL Platinum 10 that uses silver conductors. DH Labs is a budget cable not a fit in this system - I have experience with with their Mirage USB as well as AES and SPDIF coax cables. They’re ok if that... |