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| Hegel H390 DAC Interesting. So you are planning on feeding a digital signal to Hegel then Hegel digital out to Aqua and XLR from Aqua to Hegel XLR in? If I am not mistaking, the clock in Jays CDT2MkIII is supposed to be insanely good. The digital signal that co... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC I wouldn’t expect an old cd player in the league of the jolida to beat a modern cd transport like the Jays CDT2MkIII. Better power supplies, better clock…it’s in a different category. You really have few options to improve your sound, IMO - 1. T... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC Sounds like a plan! | |
| Hegel H390 DAC I stand corrected. Thanks for clearing that up. I listened to la scala and it was tubes and sounded really nice. about staying with one brand of cable…it’s totally up to you but it isn’t necessarily always the best approach | |
| Hegel H390 DAC I see you have Audio Art cables so scratch my question. But try something better and use XLR. Something like the Kimber KS1126 should open things up. | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @stuartk you’re comparing a dedicated tube DAC to an integrated amp solid state onboard DAC. Most likely the Hegel DAC will sound leaner. What RCA cables are using from Aqua into Hegel? What power cord is on the Aqua? You might want to experiment ... | |
| Pass Labs Preamps with tube amps? I had XP12 paired with Rogue ST100 and it was a good combo. The Rogue amp was a bottleneck but not because it’s tubes. I run XP22 with X260.8 mono amps now and the synergy is great and I do not miss tubes. As to the comments above claiming Pass pr... | |
| Have At Err! It’s a sales spiel promoting his brand. Waste of time. | |
| Coincident Line Stage Mk II vs Audio Research ref 10 roxy1927 OP 101 posts 12-03-2023 at 02:38pm I should add that as good as the ref 6se is the ref 10 made the walls of my city apartment living room disappear and I was transported into a space where there was just the music held back by not... | |
| Getting into the music @rvpiano great to hear you’re back and enjoying the music! | |
| Aggrivated tinnitus from speakers? I’ll be blunt - WIIM is a POS and the McIntosh integrated DAC is as well (it’s harsh sounding). Add to this the KEFs and you’re drilling holes in your ear drums. Since you will definitely benefit from a DAC upgrade, I’d start there. Try a warm sou... | |
| Getting into the music @rvpiano I’ve experienced exactly what you’re describing. The first time I hit the wall I stopped listening to my system for several years. I had a very musically engaging system with B&W N803 speakers, Audio Research CD3 player, ARC LS-25 tub... | |
| Streamer question @jzzmusician try the bluesound native app on your iPad - that would be your remote. You’ll most likely appreciate the sound quality especially with the hi-rez albums available on Qobuz. Let us know | |
| Streamer question @jzzmusician it sounds like you’re using the Spotify Connect feature on the Spotify app and AirPlay on Qobuz app. Or the AirPlay feature on both Spotify and Qobuz apps. If that’s the case, you need a streamer that is AirPlay ready. One example wou... | |
| Tidal or Qobuz Tidal sounds better to me 90% of the time. Neither is perfect though. There are albums available on Tidal that you won’t find on Qobuz. If you can afford to keep both, that would be the way to go. |