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| Audience FrontRow USB - I’m puzzled @fthompson251 thank you! you also have the higher tier FrontRow Reserve which is a silver cable. What I demoed was the standard OCC copper version. As I mentioned I need 1.5m long USB - my streamer and DAC are flanking the amp and I’m a fan of se... | |
| Audience FrontRow USB - I’m puzzled To add…the Stealth I ordered is regular version, non-tunable. I don’t need to have anything that I can tune in my system. Besides the regular Stealth USB is pretty much end game caliber digital cable. | |
| Audience FrontRow USB - I’m puzzled @fthompson251 the replacement demo was newer than the first one. I let it run for 48hrs or so. It sounded identical to the first cable with an exception that it was stable and had no issues. Given that and the fact that the Stealth just knocked me... | |
| Auarender N10 On Sale Yes @hickamore there are times we all try to solve problems that don’t exist. More often than not it ends up in a mistake. Enjoy the N200. All you need is a good DAC, good USB cable and a nice power cord. | |
| Convert Martin Logan 11A Impressions from RCA to XLR (Unbalanced to Balanced) Egg nog induced upgraditis…the most dangerous kind! I get it those binding posts have holes and may resemble RCA jacks if you forgot to put your glasses on. Those holes are for bananas. Not real bananas but banana type connectors. | |
| Which DAC - Streamer or Preamp? 99.9999% you have DA1 DAC module in that McIntosh unless someone upgraded it. That DAC is nothing special at all. It’s easily bested by a good outboard DAC such as Benchmark DAC3 that you can buy used for under $1200. Compare the Eversolo DAC to D... | |
| Convert Martin Logan 11A Impressions from RCA to XLR (Unbalanced to Balanced) Where? Show me… | |
| Convert Martin Logan 11A Impressions from RCA to XLR (Unbalanced to Balanced) There are RCA jacks on a Martin Logan 11A? | |
| Auarender N10 On Sale @hickamore I am sure the N10 is older but I am not sure it is better. I never heard it. So…prior to purchasing my N200 I’ve done some research and it indicated that the newer N200 is possibly a more resolving sounding streamer than the warmer/da... | |
| Final Touch Sinope USB? @fthompson251 no I have the regular on loan from T.C. Co. Give me something tunable and I’ll be tuning it…endlessly. Lol I think I’ll settle for the regular version although I will ask if the tunable is any better. | |
| DAC vs CD Player for cd playback with computer audio - Help old timer out @kublakhan Audio Research is excellent. I’m a huge fan. I used to own CD3MkII. A word of caution on the older ARC cd players - the Philips transports that old have a high probability of failure - you can find a replacement and swap it yourself if... | |
| Final Touch Sinope USB? @bluethinker I just auditioned Nordost Tyr 2, Audience FrontRow and Stealth USB cables in the last couple of weeks as a possible upgrade from my AQ Diamond. In my system Stealth won hands down. Second favorite was the FrontRow. If you value natu... | |
| IS THE WEISS 204 A SUBSTANIAL UPGRADE FRON THE CHORD QUTEST @kjl1065 I owned the following DACs after the Qutest: Bryston BDA3, Benchmark DAC3 HGC, PS Audio DSD MkI, Marantz SA10 SACD Player/DAC, Chord Hugo TT2, Bricasti M3. All except Marantz (not my cup of tea at all) and Bryston (different but not ... | |
| Audience FrontRow USB - I’m puzzled I have the standard non-tunable USB as a loaner. The tunable version is not much more expensive and I’ll ask about it but I’m leaning towards ordering the standard. The movable collar on the tunable cable may feed the nervosa and OCD and I’m not s... | |
| IS THE WEISS 204 A SUBSTANIAL UPGRADE FRON THE CHORD QUTEST @panzrwagn got it. Thanks for the system compliments if they were directed to me. We have a difference of opinion. Mine’s based on experience with different DACs at different price points. None of them were defective. All sounded different. I wis... |