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| New Amp... Is it time to switch my speaker cables?? Good recommendations above. Depends on your budget. AZ Satori and Cardas will be warm sounding. Audience will be more open sounding but still natural and not harsh - you can try AU24SX or the FrontRow. I would also add Nordost Tyr 2 to the list, a... | |
| Help With New Preamp Decision Another vote for Audio Research Ref5SE or stretch it to Ref6. Age is not a factor with these preamps - as long as you got fresh tubes they’ll run fine. Your original list consists mostly of what I’d consider “boutique” brands. Excluding a reputabl... | |
| USB to Dual Coax Bridge for Qutest DAC @drlou77 so take this with a grain of salt…because this was with a Lumin U1 Mini streamer going into the Chord Qutest…I never tried the DH Labs Mirage with the M3. But the improvements were: natural tone, no hint of digital glare, fuller sound, fu... | |
| USB to Dual Coax Bridge for Qutest DAC I find with the digital components, at least in my system to my ears, bigger gauge power cables seem to work best. 12 or 10 awg. I am currently using a Furutech FP-S032N that I terminated myself. I had good results with Audience AU24SEi MP, Audioq... | |
| Have Luxman 509x. Considering Pass Labs INT-250 or Dan D’Agostino Progression Integrated I have heard the MA8950 in my system with the Sabrinas. It was good. The MA12000 should be a good step up from the MA8950. McIntosh includes a decent phono amp but the DAC in these integrated amps isn’t anything to write home about. | |
| New streamer Lumin app is hideous. Absolutely the worst in my opinion. Use Roon if you get Lumin. that’s what I did. Auralic Lightning DS is very nice and so is the Aurender Conductor app. If I were you, I would go with a Lumin U2 and get Roon. Skip the Min... | |
| Have Luxman 509x. Considering Pass Labs INT-250 or Dan D’Agostino Progression Integrated No point arguing this. That description was inaccurate and you even back pedaled that one. So let’s move on | |
| USB to Dual Coax Bridge for Qutest DAC Used, I think somewhere between $425-$450 for 1m would be a decent priced including shipping etc. | |
| Have Luxman 509x. Considering Pass Labs INT-250 or Dan D’Agostino Progression Integrated @erik_squires I get you don’t like Pass. You’ve just upgraded to a new level though by calling it “scratchy” sounding. Even lean it isn’t. That’s pretty funny. | |
| USB to Dual Coax Bridge for Qutest DAC @drlou77 I would say the Mirage is definitely a decent cable. I liked it when I had it. Are there better USB cables? Definitely. When I tried Audience AU24SE+ and compared it to DH Labs, there was no way back to the Mirage. Now, that was with the ... | |
| A Few Nice Words For Upscale Audio Back to Upscale… Bought a few things from them online ranging from streamers to cartridges and phono amps. There was an extremely minor snag with the streamer being out of stock when their system indicated that they had it. Kevin stepped in and h... | |
| A Few Nice Words For Upscale Audio thecarpathian 3,901 posts 01-18-2024 at 05:59am "adviCe" "advise" means "to give advice." My advice to you, @thecarpathian , is to see if you can monetize your GPS. Make a couple of bucks proofreading news articles and 💩 like that.... | |
| USB to Dual Coax Bridge for Qutest DAC @drlou77 more than one change at a time? Unacceptable!!! 😂 I’m guilty of the same sin! Enjoy!!! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts. | |
| Have Luxman 509x. Considering Pass Labs INT-250 or Dan D’Agostino Progression Integrated @eclumsden I’m running Pass Labs with Wilson Sabrina. No issues and no complaints. Current amps are X260.8 mono blocks. Prior to these a single XA30.8 was driving the Sabrinas. Yes the X260.8 have more common control of the speakers but even the X... | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference @tonywinga I also couldn’t believe the difference the streamer made when I got the Aurender N200. I’m using AQ Tornado HC power cord on it, which is essentially designed for use with power amps, with excellent results. I found, time and time again... |