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| Hegel H390 DAC I never heard any difference in my system that was influenced by how close to each other the cables are or their geometric orientation in relation to each other. Never have I heard even a slightest difference in sound between a speaker cable that ... | |
| High End CD Player / Transport - BLUE Anodized Chassis? - 2000's? - unsolved mystery? Acoustic Arts? | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @stuartk so you’ve pretty much narrowed it down to DAC. I wouldn’t worry about silver in digital cable. It won’t impact the sound the same way the silver in analog cables would. My conclusion is your dac/amp/speakers combination is not very synerg... | |
| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? One other absolutely free way to stream with h590 is mconnect. Streamer not required. Mconnect with Hegel | |
| Hegel H390 DAC If the transport is the root cause of the sibilance, you have to try a few things. 1. get at least 200hrs of play time on the Jays. Not just on time but playing and passing the signal thru 2. try different digital cables. Doesn’t have to be expe... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC Rule out the transport next. Connect your old dvd player to dac via coax or toslink. If sibilance persists, it’s the dac. Also, could be a recording. Is it every disc you play that you notice this? Or just certain disc(s). What are the songs? | |
| 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... |