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| Goodbye Everyone @elliottbnewcombjr best wishes to you Elliott!!! | |
| Hegel H390 DAC DVD spinning a CD on repeat into Aqua via coax or toslink. Leave that on 24/7. | |
| Hegel H390 DAC Do you have an old dvd player you can connect to aqua and run 24/7 or just get WiiM streamer on Amazon and run into aqua via toslink. Send that garbage back when you’re done. Lol | |
| Hegel H390 DAC I just looked on the audio art site and it is furutech rhodium connectors. That’s going to be additional 200-225hrs. Forget 72hrs cooking. These plugs require around 300hrs. Run the system non stop. | |
| Hegel H390 DAC Thanks! I wouldn’t rush to swap for pass. Hegel is good. Different but good. Back to your findings… UNBAL 2 RCA Output 2.4 V RMS BALANCED (asymmetrical output) 2 XLR Output : 4.8V RMS what you’re hearing is due to higher output via XLR outs o... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC Is everything broken in? | |
| Hegel H390 DAC DH Labs should be good. See if you can borrow some power cords as well - rule out the power related issues Some recordings will have sibilance. However how harsh and unnatural that sibilance is reproduced depends on your components, speakers an... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @stuartk interesting. What cables are you thinking of trying? | |
| Rediscovery I’ve abandoned CDs for years mostly because most of my collection was ripped to HDD and streaming is so convenient. However, recently I’ve been bringing some of my CDs back from storage (trying a CD transport) and even purchased few new ones. Some... | |
| Tube preamp with Adcom amp Don’t forget about impedance matching when getting a tube pre for a solid state amp. Most preamps will be ok just saying…double check. Audio Research LS-25…if you can find it, get it. Also Rogue RP1 and RP5 are good options. | |
| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? @danb99 ditch airplay it’s not great as to streamers - cheap ones will most likely not be an improvement. The expensive ones will be a waste of money if you continue to use Hegel’s inbuilt DAC as it will be a bottleneck. If you’re not looking to... | |
| Help settle a streaming argument! This is a blend of trolling and trawling. | |
| Tube preamp for pass labs ? Audio Research tube preamps pair well with Pass amps. Depends on your budget. | |
| Should I update my manufactures power cords? The amplifier power cords are going to have more impact than the cord on the streamer in my experience. Do the power cord upgrade on the streamer last. I would suggest getting the best possible power cables you can afford for the amps even if it m... | |
| Allnic Audio A-6000 vs Pass XA 30.8 Yeah it’s just out of its league there in your system and it didn’t have the synergy I’m afraid. When I had the XA30.8 my interconnects were also AZ Absolute Copper. It was super smooth. My problem with that combo was fat bottom end and soft trebl... |