audphile1
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| Cartridge burn-in I agree the cartridge sound changes as it is breaking in. I’ve noticed this with the Hana ML that I recently acquired. So here’s a cartridge break in process related stupid question…will leaving the cartridge resting on a record without actually p... | |
| USB cables conducor - help @lalitk gives a good suggestion there. Back when I was using my Mac Mini as a streamer I used the The Wyre4Sound USB Reclocker between it and my DAC It did help a little. | |
| Pass Then vs. Pass Now Seek out a Pass XP-12 preamp in the future if you land the XA30.8. Keeping the synergy between components is very important. | |
| Parity From my experience: 1. A properly set up streaming system is hard to beat 2. Most of the albums streamed are remastered especially the high-res ones. New well recorded redbook and high-res albums sound great 3. Original old vinyl is a hit or mi... | |
| Anyone Still Using Zerodust I stopped using ZeroDust a while ago. I use the brush that was included with my Hana cartridge and go gently to remove the dust from the stylus. I use MoFi LP#9 after playing a dozen or so records. | |
| MConnect Problem If you used Roon or some other interface to stream prior to using the M-Connect it will not show the device. A good way to clear it is to terminate all tasks and reboot your processor. Also, I believe Airplay limits the sample rate to redbook (44/... | |
| Pass Then vs. Pass Now Threshold Is without a doubt a good amp. Problem with vintage amps is if you need parts replaced. Those oil can capacitors, other parts. Are these amps even supported today? Shipping that amp for a repair will cost a few bucks as well. This alone ... | |
| Pass Then vs. Pass Now I don’t have your speakers but I did have Adcom 555 and 5802 with B&Ws and Dynaudios and Martin Logans. While I enjoyed these amplifiers, my Pass Labs XA30.8 is in a completely different league. Oh and I also had Rogue RP-1 and RP-5 with Rogu... | |
| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? @jeffseight LOL | |
| USB cables conducor - help With PC as a source, get the least revealing cable. Decent copper USB cable should do just fine. Just pick one. Invest in a streamer instead…PC is a bull 💩 streamer and you won’t be happy in a long run. | |
| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? If the ASR crowd approves of it because it measures well, I’d proceed with caution. Listening tests is not something they take into consideration most of the time. @avanti1960 I see you have XA25 and if that’s still the case and you like the P... | |
| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? Never listened to a Benchmark amplifier but I did own their original Dac1 back in a day and most recently owned the DAC3 HGC. If their DACs are any indication, thr amplifiers should measure great, have good feature set, posses studio monitor like ... | |
| Great customer service from Auralic Ltd. Glad you got the support needed but none of this should have happened in the first place. The Auralic OS should have handled something like this much more gracefully. I had the ARIES G1 and the firmware bugs that caused issues every week, several... | |
| Cable burn in @chiadrum leave your BlueJeans cables alone for now and let them settle. Before you embark on the cable shopping spree, I would recommend addressing the upgrades in the following order: 1. Components and speakers - make sure that is taken care ... | |
| Schiit Mani 2 But in all seriousness for that level system you need at least close to a reference level phono stage. |