audphile1
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| WiFi Streaming Versus An Ethernet Cable Connection I wouldn’t switch to the Bryston WiFi dongle. Either go hard wired from router or use mesh network. In either case, before getting into audiophile switches I would suggest a good quality ethernet cable or a passive filter (+1 @lalitk on Network Ac... | |
| Watermelon test for audiophiles! I send all the watermelons I buy to ASR to get a solid measurement on the frequency response of a tap. If ASR says it measures great, then I’m sure it will taste great as well. | |
| Speaker and Cable Suggestions Please @diminishedchord hook up VSi75 with your speakers. It should have no issues driving the Arias. You can experiment with 8 or 4 ohm taps and land on whatever sounds best. Get a baseline for the sound you’re getting. The Aria 926 are pretty competiti... | |
| Cool feature on Pass X260.8 Mono Amps @blackbag20 no change in sound @curiousjim I believe all Pass .8 series amps have these trimpots for Light and Meter. | |
| Speaker and Cable Suggestions Please What source and interconnects are you using? | |
| Speaker and Cable Suggestions Please I’m beginning to think I should just get better cables and bid my time, use my Focal Arias, and wait until I can better afford a more appropriate speaker for my room. It’s just that my trade-in value for my Arias is never going to better than rig... | |
| 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... |