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| Cable upgrade @tonydec good plan to let the speakers settle. If you will be auditioning speaker cables, throw the Audience AU24SX into the mix. To me, Audience cables sound better than Nordost in my system but it’s all system/rooom/personal taste dependent. | |
| A Plug For a Power Cable and a Retailer Yup. Go full NCF. And…stock up on scotch and patience as the 55n together with the NCF plugs has the kind of break in that will make you ask yourself a “WTF did I do” question. For about 6-8 weeks. However, once it’s cooked to perfection, you’ll b... | |
| Absorption, Diffusion or a combination of it all? All…thanks for your thoughts! I watched the video and it makes sense but isn’t easy to implement, no room is ideal as far as wall space, ceiling, windows, doors, etc. Good as a guideline though. So since I’m already using the GIK 242 and 244 bas... | |
| Ethernet and USB cables @hysteve both the USB and the Ethernet cables can improve the sound. I tried several USB cables and the one I liked the most was the Audience AU24 se +. I also tried several Ethernet cables - Amazon CAT8, Supra CAT8, Purist, Network Acoustics Eno... | |
| A Plug For a Power Cable and a Retailer @celtic66 I’m in the US. The IEC connector in my PSM156 is the 20amp IEC. I purchased the Furutech connectors from VH Audio. If I had to do it again, I would get the Furutech FPS-055n cable with FI50 NCF AC plug and FI-52 NCF on the IEC end. But I... | |
| I noticed brightness/harshness more than usual from my system a couple months back. If you notice this harshness with both sources and many albums, it’s your system. It could be power related. One suggested without breaking your bank, if you are using stock power cords, try a good power cord on your amplifier. Don’t need to go c... | |
| OMG Moment @blisshifi @vonhelmholtz thanks for the album recommendation! Good stuff, especially that “Douce Melancolie” track. @vonhelmholtz I have noticed the same effect with my Sabrinas (original). When I tilt my head back more, the soundstage lit... | |
| Power cords known to produce good bass @mgudites post reminded me I haven’t seen @jasonbourne52 respond to this thread…is he alright? | |
| Dedicated Line - Things to consider Two dedicated lines are in! Breaking in. Thanks to everyone who contributed and provided a sea of great info. | |
| Integrated Amp Shopping Decisions Another vote for the Rogue integrated. Cronus os Sphinx. If the phono stage in it is as good as the one in RP-1 (you can call Rogue and confirm) it will take a $500-$600 external phono to beat it. Schiit Mani doesn’t compare to it at all. But you ... | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? @hickamore the challenge with digital is not how to make it sound like the FM radio or a vinyl record (you don’t want to do that anyway). It is how to make digital sound less digital and more natural. If you search the forums the DACs in the $5k -... | |
| Stereo or monoblocks @thbullard3 Why do you have a McIntosh preamp and not a Schiit preamp? Just curious… | |
| Lend me your ears... I owned Benchmark DAC 3 HGC driven by a Lumin U1 Mini. It was pretty good but I upgraded to Bricasti M3 with a built in Network player and after extensive comparison between the Bricasti Network player and the Lumin U1 Mini I ended up preferring t... | |
| WireWorld Chroma ethernet cable Spend a little more and try Purist Audio Design Ethernet cable. Excellent cable. Better than Supra CAT8. http://www.puristaudiodesign.com/Data/products/misc/cat7.html | |
| Rhodium plated audio grade wall socket Get Furutech GTX-D Rhodium NCF outlet. Pure copper base material. Big improvement in noise floor, resolution, tone and soundstage. |