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| The ”sweetspot” in the Nordost line of cables @swede58 yes. Should be a good combination. | |
| Cardas vs Cardas vs Shunyata interconnects @w123ale not surprised about Cardas. I heard that wool warm blanket when I tried their Clear Beyond power cord. I’m sure it works well in some systems and sounds good to some listeners but I pass. few things if I may… In my experience, when i... | |
| The ”sweetspot” in the Nordost line of cables With Nordost your system must be on the certain level and you have to take time to evaluate these cables. I’ve tried Heimdal 2 and Frey 2. Frey 2 was better. But they didn’t wow me. The Tyr 2 is just next level in SQ. I’m running Tyr 2 XLRs now an... | |
| Audio Research REF 750 pre July 4 FIRE WORKS. TUBE ARC. @tattooedtrackman along with amp tubes, keep an eye on the power tubes in your Ref 6SE. Check with ARC on their lifespan and drop in a fresh set ahead of time. Signal tubes will live longer and die more gracefully do nothing much to be concerned a... | |
| ifi LAN iSilencer Never tried iFi LAN purifier. I use Network Acoustics Eno filter and it made a very nice improvement. Similar concept I’m sure. @j_andrews try it but…the streamer quality may be your bottleneck. I would not go crazy investing in filters but inste... | |
| Mac Mini As A Streaming Source I’ve used mac mini as a streamer for years. I had Roon on it and was streaming Qobuz and local files in AIFF, FLAC, ALAC. Wasn’t a fan. Both streamers I purchased as upgrade, the Auric Aries G1 and Limin U1 Mini easily beat it on tone, finesse an... | |
| Can an audio rack be that important? I couldn’t have said it better than @mikelavigne Just to add from personal experience - I have found my system to sound best with the amp(s) on the floor or on amp stands, away from source components. I have proven this to myself with every ampl... | |
| Budget preamp with quality volume control One other option for you is this classic Nelson Pass design. | |
| Has Your Hobby Changed? @baclagg congrats! Great place to be!!! You took great care in putting together that system and tuning the room to complete the setup. It looks great and I bet it sounds excellent as well! Enjoy!!! @mikelavigne congrats! have a long and healthy r... | |
| Budget preamp with quality volume control Rogue RP1. Excellent preamp. Good parts, nice volume control, good built in phono stage | |
| Your experience with Synergistic Research Foundation SX speaker cables? @tommylion $749 per 8ft pair retail? Not sure. But on a used market, may be. Acoustic Zen Satori or Hologram II, Kimber, Nordost, Cardas, Shunyata? If the performance of Acoustic Zen interconnects in comparison to Foundation is an indicator, I’d ... | |
| Power Conditioner Architecture. Discuss Differences? Different use cases may dictate the requirement. You may end up with something like a non-current limiting Shunyata for your amp and a Puritan or AQ for your sources if you live in a city in an apartment building. Or even a regenerator like the PS... | |
| Your experience with Synergistic Research Foundation SX speaker cables? I tried the SR Foundation XLRs and power cable as loaners from The Cable Co. lending library. At the time I had Acoustic Zen Matrix Ref II and Absolute Copper interconnects and Acoustic Zen Gargantua power cords. The SR power cord was an improveme... | |
| Tip for purchase new power cable @marco777 find a reliable distributor and buy bulk Furutech FPS-032n cable with Furutech F-11 (Cu) copper plugs. Terminate it yourself or pay the distributor to do it. Or wait until an FPS-032n shows up on ebay. | |
| Cronus Magnum II and power switch Give Rogue Audio a call. |