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| Changing Tubes Email Brent Jesse for advice. http://www.audiotubes.com/ Mention what preamp you have, how many tubes you need, what sonic characteristics you’re looking for and your budget. I’ve gotten tubes from Brent in the past and he was always spot on wi... | |
| A Plug For a Power Cable and a Retailer I’m running my Puritan PSM156 power conditioner with the stock Puritan cord. I was thinking about upgrading it but I like its flexibility and light weight so decided what the heck I’ll just upgrade the plugs and went with the Furutech FI-15 R and ... | |
| Will a wireless streamer add problems to a signal coming out of a computers USB output? Look into connecting your streamer to the denafrips using USB. There are some posts claiming USB as the best sounding interface with denafrips. | |
| My First DIY Power Cable Furutech is a good start in my opinion. Check out VH Audio for cables and connectors. Another good resource is Sonic Craft for Neotech power cables and connectors. I’ve gotten good results with Furutech Rhodium connectors on two Furutech power co... | |
| Is my power chord going bad? @blue_collar_audio_guy what happens if you move these interconnects to preamp/amp connection and conduct the same experiment? Do you still get that hum? | |
| recommendation for phono pre amp and mc cartridge, around 1000$ each @stone1 I haven’t tried phono preamps in $1000 range (was in the $300-$500 range) other than my Sutherland KC Vibe MkII. Cartridge is Hana EL. I listen to the same styles of music as you do and this combo works great. You can go higher in the Ha... | |
| Audio Research Ref 75 SE: Replace 20A IEC inlet with 15A Swapping the cable connector is the easiest and best way to approach this. Keep the amp original. Get a good Furutech (or something similar) 20amp connector and swap it on your cable. VH Audio is an excellent source for quality connectors. Great p... | |
| Surprised by streamer differences Funny…I’m using Benchmark DAC 3 HGC. I’d be interested to hear your thoughts. Prior to benchmark I went from Chord Qutest to Bryston BDA-3 to Benchmark. Liked the Benchmark the most. | |
| Surprised by streamer differences When I had my Aries G1 I found lightning DS to sound better than Roon. Try it. I also tried AES and Coax out of AURALiC and neither compared favorably with USB. FWIW I’m now using Lumin U1 Mini and like it better than the AURALiC. | |
| Is it worth upgrading my current turntable setup? @blue_collar_audio_guy Simple really…. You have a very good cartridge (not overkill by the way) on a solid turntable. May be the table isn’t as good as some other higher end belt drive models but even with the amplification chain you have liste... | |
| Is it worth upgrading my current turntable setup? No. Your turntable and cartridge are probably the strongest links in that chain. | |
| Prioritizing Power Cable Upgrades by System Component. @imaninatural In my opinion the answer is - it depends. A power cord upgrade on DAC can make just as significant improvement as the right power cord would on the amplifier. If your system is able to resolve the differences a power cord upgrades... | |
| Good cost effective USB cables for digital audio please +1 on DH Labs Mirage. It beat the wireworld, analysis plus and basic “stock” USB cables | |
| Power Cord recommendations for a First Watt SIT3 @coachpoconnor just curious…you’re asking for a power cord recommendation and respond to your own post by saying you tried various power cords and you always come back to the stock cord. Can you list these power cords you tried with this amplifier... | |
| Pass Labs INT-25 or equivalent in another brand @ghdprentice know exactly what you mean. I hate the break in but curiosity takes over and I just got to know what it sounds like before it settles. In case of Pass I do believe it will be fine. but I’ll defer the decision to the new lucky owner o... |