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| My system is bright? I need help. thanks try Shunyata Hydra2. only plug your amp there. But the wall outlet should not be hissing. There's something wrong going on. | |
| Cable box to outboard DAC I think other is PCM. Try it. If it is something that the dac can not digest, most likely it will not output anything.Just have the volume in your system lowered when you do try it.....just in case. | |
| Best cd player under 1K used Sony XA7Eswill best the arcam, rotel, and many others. | |
| Analytical, revealing COPPER w/ don’t have much faith in find a silver cable to pair with my ampsHave you tried Acoustic Zen Silver Reference MkII between source and preamp and Matrix Reference MkII from preamp to amp? While I can't call them analytical, this combo is fast soun... | |
| My system is bright? I need help. thanks The instruments on Modern Cool disc are recorded super clean, top level quality. It's her voice that screwes things up. On Modern Cool track 3 when she sings "SSSSSetting my being completely....on fire" and on track 8 she sings "Your SSSSSSSSSSSSu... | |
| Cable box to outboard DAC hit the settings button on your remote control twice and go into menu and look through the options. | |
| My system is bright? I need help. thanks Scientist, you have a lot of good and free recommendations here that you may want to try aside from changing equipment. Tvad's suggestion on speaker positioning is very good. You may want to consider trying that first.I really beleive that in your... | |
| My system is bright? I need help. thanks Hey Scientist73, sibilance on Patricia Barber(I am pretty sure you're either talking about Modern Cool or Cafe Blue) is there in the recording like that. It is not your system. The degree of that sibilance will vary from speaker to speaker, some s... | |
| I need help choosing my next tube preamp. thanks. At this point I am pretty satisfied with my ARC LS-25 preamplifier. So far I think the preamp search had ended. Thanks again for your recommendations. | |
| My system is bright? I need help. thanks Scientist73, I'd suggest going with either Acoustic Zen Matrix Reference MkII or Audience AU24 from your cd player to integrated. I think you can forget about AZ Silver Ref MkII because that will not deal with your brightness issue. Another interc... | |
| Preamp recommendations for Pass Labs Aleph 30 amp I think Audio Research tube preamps would be a good match if you like dynamic sound and honest presentation. I own LS-25MkI and it is a very open and dynamic sounding preamp. Should be a very nice match. Fully balanced design, adjustable gain, the... | |
| Cardas vs Shunyata power cords question I tried Cardas Golden Power and liked Shunyata Taipan Alpha a lot better. The newer Taipan Helix Alpha is even more neutral than Taipan Alpha. Audience is my second favorite. I actually prefer Audience powerChord on cd player to a Taipan. On the a... | |
| Stock McCormack DNA 225 vs DNA 1 Rev A stock DNA-225 is an excellent amp. There is a review of it in stereophile where the reviewer compares it to a fully modded DNA-1. Look at the review. The comments on DNA-225 in that reviw are pretty accurate. Some people say DNA-125 and 225 sound ... | |
| ARC VT100MkII Gmorris, thanks for your comments. | |
| ARC VT100MkII thanks Chris! |