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| 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... | |
| What DAC to buy? If I understand correctly you don’t have a separate streamer. So buying a new DAC only unit will help you how exactly? If you need a streamer/DAC combo, look for a used Lumin D1. Here’s a good one with linear power supply https://www.usaudiomart... | |
| If the DAC is the same, how different do CD transports sound? @hilde45 don’t take it the wrong way, but I think you are too excited to see the conclusion of that video aligned with what you were hoping to hear. In other words you had a biased opinion going in and now it impairs your ability to keep an open m... | |
| If the DAC is the same, how different do CD transports sound? @hilde45 not at all what I was trying to convey. Also, the number of views on the video is not an indication of how accurate the information is. Not sure why you think it’s important. Looks like you’ve formed your opinion and the conclusion of the... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? Metallica - 72 Seasons Tour: Two Day pass to an epic, no repeat weekend at MetLife Stadium (Aug 4 and 6). Warm up bands were Pantera on Friday and Five Finger Death Punch in Sunday. It’s going to be a while before I play Metallica on my home system. | |
| If the DAC is the same, how different do CD transports sound? @hilde45 I was thinking about this type of testing where there’s a group of people listening to different components, in this case, transports. In my opinion, I would not rely on this type of evaluation: 1. The evaluation is done by a group of p... | |
| If the DAC is the same, how different do CD transports sound? The DAC will make the most difference. In my experience. With a caveat…you must use a decent CDT…something like the units I mentioned above. Don’t waste money on a good dac if you plan to drive it with a $99 universal player from early 2000s. Just... | |
| If the DAC is the same, how different do CD transports sound? The question the OP is posting is about the difference between various CD transports. Level matching does not come into play here. Neither is this a discussion in a difference between CD players. @hilde45 - there’s a difference between CD transpo... | |
| Power cable Let’s not turn this discussion into why cables matter. Ignore the spam and stay on topic. | |
| I'm going to buy my first tube amp. I need honest blunt opinions I’ll throw a curve ball into this discussion…within the context of your system, I’d keep your SS Parasound amp, ditch the Benchmark preamp and get a nice tube linestage. Having tried solid state preamps with tube amp and tube preamps with solid st... |