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| Power cord for Bricasti M3 I don’t own Bricasti but on 2 DACs (Bryston and Benchmark) the Audience AU24SE power cord was a huge improvement. I use AU24SE MP now on my Benchmark DAC 3 HGC. Audience will be really tough to beat. | |
| Rogue Audio and Audio Research Comparisons I ran my ST-100 with Gold Lion tubes. Stock JJs don’t cut it as they sound plain and flat. I also had good experience with Brimar CV4003 from Upscale combined with the Gold Lions it was the right blend. The amp also sounded much better in Triode m... | |
| Pass Labs XA25 paired with Marten Oscar Duo I would consider upgrading to XA30.8. The move to X250.5 will give you more power but it will most likely be a step backwards sonically. Edit: The XA25 is most likely enough for your Martens. Pass amps are conservatively rated to 0.01%THD. Th... | |
| speaker connector broke Should be fairly simple to swap the connectors. I’d look for WBT, Furutech for example. There are others as well. | |
| Speaker Recommendation Help Please. @bigfatpaulie First of all…Congrats on your choice! Great speakers!!! My suggestion would be to have your dealer set them up for you since you bought them new, assuming you bought them from the dealer. I’m still experimenting with the speaker p... | |
| Suggestions for a Phono Preamp. Not in any particular order… Parasound zPhono MoFi Studio Phono iFi Audio Zen Schiit Mani Take a look at loading options and what best matches your cartridge and future scalability (e.g. Schiit may be schiit with a MC cartridge). | |
| How do you make a final decision on a DAC @robshaw hey Rob…curious what you end up with. I’m running DAC3 HGC. Prior to that I had Chord Qutest then Bryston BDA-3. The Bryston didn’t do it for me and after an extensive shootout the Benchmark won. That said, Chord really has a magic tone. ... | |
| Upgrading from Primaluna @j-wall Awesome!!! Glad to hear it helped. Thanks for circling back to us to let us know! Now you can better assess the needs in your amp chain. | |
| Zavfino Cool…thanks! Will definitely let the Mogami break in for 200hrs or so. I re-arranged my system and my 1m Acoustic Zen Absolute Copper are out of business because of it. | |
| Zavfino @lalitk yup I’m aware they will work. I’m running 15ft of Mogami XLRs now but not to thrilled. They’re still new and I’m giving them a shot but exploring what’s out there that’s better. | |
| Zavfino Is anyone running a 5m (>15ft) or longer pair of balanced Zavfino interconnects? Anything to worry about? Looking for a pair of neutral interconnects that won’t break the bank and won’t sacrifice the sonics to run between Pass preamp and amp. | |
| Better Cartridge/Turntable advice for old-school Hip Hop music Another suggestion if you’re selling the bel cantos to try Hegel or Pass Labs amp. You can go the integrated route as well. Also worth trying one of the Sutherland phono stages, as well as Chord Huei and McIntosh MP100. | |
| Better Cartridge/Turntable advice for old-school Hip Hop music Have you tried the AT stock cartridge on the Thorens? | |
| Tidal Connect not showing on iPad Is your iPad on the same WiFi network as the phone and streamer? | |
| Martin Logan ESL X The GIK 4” bass traps will tame the bass. But before you buy anything just pull the speakers out into the room about 2 -3ft at least from the back wall and at least as much from the side walls. That’s a free and easy way to manage boomy bass. And ... |