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| Speaker and Cable Suggestions Please In that size room and if you don’t listen very loud, B&W 805 D2 would be a good fit for what you’re trying to accomplish. They love power though so your ARC integrated is going to work for its money but I think it should be fine. As far as spe... | |
| Really Long XLR @bigtwin I tried that maneuver and used Mogami Studio Gold XLRs. After about a month I moved everything back. The aesthetic improvement wasn’t worth the loss in sonics compared to my then XLRs, Acoustic Zen Absolute Copper. Don’t do cheap cables ... | |
| Affordable SS that sound like Tubes tonydennison OP 280 posts 08-26-2023 at 03:47pm @audphile1 I was only responding to your condescending attitude from the get go, so...good riddens. “Good riddens” ha…that’s just another thing you got wrong. Good luck to you buddy. | |
| Affordable SS that sound like Tubes I may have made an assumption about the PS Audio network card based on how good the one in my Bricasti M3 is. As to streaming, I have Tidal, Qobuz and an extensive library of ripped CDs and many DSD files. In any case, given your attitude, th... | |
| Affordable SS that sound like Tubes @tonydennison I can’t recommend a SS amp that sounds like tubes. You’ve already gotten recommendations on good sounding amplifiers. As to using mac mini as a streamer, which is what you’re doing, it’s not optimized for this task. You have OS ru... | |
| Cool feature on Pass X260.8 Mono Amps I didn’t try. The lights are not bright. It’s a very gentle glow. | |
| Warranty repair wait times - serious industry problem?? Depending on brand, check out Ben Jacoby in Brooklyn NY. Don’t know what his timeline looks like now for the repairs but it used to be few weeks. https://highendaudiorepair.com/ | |
| Ethernet connection for best sound quality @joes44 you have to take another look at your setup. Start with the source - You need high quality material (Tidal or Qobuz). A streamer - in your case a one box streamer/dac solution like the Bluesound Node (latest) will be great. You can hard w... | |
| Affordable SS that sound like Tubes Earlier you said your Mac Mini is used only as NAS. Now you’re saying it is connected to the DAC via USB cable. NAS = Network Area Storage, would mean that your DAC would be accessing the data stored on Mac Mini by means of a network connection. A... | |
| Affordable SS that sound like Tubes Is your mac mini connected to the PS Audio DAC or the DAC is fed via Ethernet cable into its network card? And I cant explain to you what a nice tube amp sounds like, you will have to hear one yourself and then come up with a SS pre and amp f... | |
| Affordable SS that sound like Tubes I am looking for suggestions on affordable SS that sounds as good as Tubes. Can you define what that means? What type of sound is that from the affordable tube gear that you’re trying to replicate with affordable SS? Also, streaming using a... | |
| Am I broken? Am I stuck? Do I have to return my audiophile card now? @bigfatpaulie congrats on your new speakers! Enjoy! | |
| Value of a premium Ethernet cable +2 on the LinkUp cable recommendation. I wouldn’t hesitate to run it from the router to switch, with the short run after the switch using a better cable or even LinkUp into streamer. Should be an improvement over the cheap cable. Add Purist Audio ... | |
| Schiit URD CD Transport SOON? New units DOA. Schiit stopped shipping. Looks like they rushed with that Urd. Sorry guys I just can’t resist it. The only Schiit I ever took…ownership of, was the Mani phono amp. It was a cheap piece of Schiit that was noisy and had good amounts... | |
| Schiit URD CD Transport SOON? creativepart OP 123 posts 07-12-2023 at 11:37am audphile1 There’s no planned release date. It was on display just for Schiits and giggles. Any yet, now, it’s available for purchase a mere 18-days after your insightful comment. That’s... |