audphile1
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| How can a PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC enhance my system? @r042wal PS Audio preamp section can be bypassed. You will run it into your McIntosh preamp. You Marantz SACD player will be connected to another input on you preamp and you can use it to spin CDs. Your Popcorn server can be connected to the PS ... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? @robert1976 yes the TWL Obsession are good cables with excellent connectors. @verdantaudio provided some excellent thoughts on DACs and streaming with Roon. I would also throw in trying a good Ethernet switch, as well as to try and upgrade Ethern... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? A curse of a highly revealing system. How long is your USB cable from Roon nucleus to DAC and what cable cable are you using? Have you tried stock power cords on amps and DAC now that you lived with the TWL loom for a while? | |
| Power cord for Bricasti M3 @mdrone no but it’s a replacement for the AU24 SE. It should be at least just as good and most likely better. | |
| 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. |