audphile1
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| AudioQuest Vodka vs Purist Audio Ethernet Cable @shtr74sims I have the Purist cable and it’s really good. Haven’t tried the AQ Vodka but there’s a lot of positive user feedback. If buying used careful with AQ as there are lots of fakes floating around the used market. | |
| Zavfino Majestic USB Cable Just to add to my post - I owned Kimber b-bus usb, Wireworld Starlight 8, DH Labs Mirage, Audience AU24SE+ and tried Analysis Plus silver usb (around $100). The kimber is barely any different than the generic usb, Analysis Plus was thin, glassy so... | |
| Zavfino Majestic USB Cable @davidvanderbilt be sure to borrow DH Labs Mirage USB cable. Nice design. Great value! Took a significantly more expensive Audience AU24SE+ to beat it. I’d also add Audioquest to the borrow list. | |
| Rhodium...hmmm Rhodium plated Furutech plugs take a really long time to break in. It took FI-50 NCF plugs close to 400-500hrs to settle in my system. They sound fantastic just be patient. Clarity, air, texture. I don’t hear any harshness FI-28 R took less time... | |
| Do speaker cables really make a difference ? Yes. And so do power cords, interconnects, digital cables, ethernet cables and even outlets. | |
| My audio system and streaming service are not yet on speaking terms. Help needed. @jonsher try searching Bill Charlap Trio. It comes up for me in both qobuz and tidal. As a matter of fact, I haven’t yet come across an album that was in Qobuz but not in Tidal. The other way around, very frequently. And the selection that Tidal ... | |
| My audio system and streaming service are not yet on speaking terms. Help needed. Erik…my pleasure. | |
| Stylus skipping at beginning of record @rvpiano I have my Hana ML set at 2.04-2.05gr. It’s only slightly higher than the recommended 2gr. I also set the anti-skate just a bit more aggressive. Problem cured for nearly all records. There’s still an occasional skip thru the lead in groove... | |
| My audio system and streaming service are not yet on speaking terms. Help needed. @erik_squires to set preferences between qobuz and tidal in roon go to settings, general then scroll down to the STREAMING CONTENT PREFERENCES section. There you can select your streaming service of choice and configure your it. I love roon inte... | |
| Ethernet cables @soix sounds good. | |
| Ethernet cables @soix you said you bought the WW Starlight 8 ethernet cable already, correct? What improvements did you hear over the generic cable? Or is it still sealed and you are contemplating swapping it to a higher end cable? | |
| Neutral Dac? @schw06 there are multiple discussions you can read and learn from. | |
| Neutral Dac? As to that bit of a background you provided, I would look for the most natural sounding DAC. I think we’re past the “neutral” dac discussion here. From there move on to level of resolution, details, imaging, soundstage. You will begin to scratch t... | |
| Neutral Dac? @hilde45 +1 @schw06 you didn’t offend me at all. Besides, you came around. We’re good. | |
| Neutral Dac? You completely missed my point but that’s ok. |