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| IS THE WEISS 204 A SUBSTANIAL UPGRADE FRON THE CHORD QUTEST @kjl1065 I owned the following DACs after the Qutest: Bryston BDA3, Benchmark DAC3 HGC, PS Audio DSD MkI, Marantz SA10 SACD Player/DAC, Chord Hugo TT2, Bricasti M3. All except Marantz (not my cup of tea at all) and Bryston (different but not ... | |
| Audience FrontRow USB - I’m puzzled I have the standard non-tunable USB as a loaner. The tunable version is not much more expensive and I’ll ask about it but I’m leaning towards ordering the standard. The movable collar on the tunable cable may feed the nervosa and OCD and I’m not s... | |
| IS THE WEISS 204 A SUBSTANIAL UPGRADE FRON THE CHORD QUTEST @panzrwagn got it. Thanks for the system compliments if they were directed to me. We have a difference of opinion. Mine’s based on experience with different DACs at different price points. None of them were defective. All sounded different. I wis... | |
| Audience FrontRow USB - I’m puzzled Thanks! | |
| Audience FrontRow USB - I’m puzzled @fthompson251 and all…the results are in! Stealth USB cable has won the shootout. As I stated earlier, I really liked the Audience and the second FrontRow demo worked flawlessly. Audience is an improvement when compared to the AQ Diamond that I c... | |
| IS THE WEISS 204 A SUBSTANIAL UPGRADE FRON THE CHORD QUTEST @panzrwagn you’re mostly correct. Weiss cannot have better resolution than the Chord Qutest. If we’re talking about the bitrate. Now…better power supply, better clock, isolated USB, better analog stage, etc. that’s what matters. You get lower nois... | |
| Bryston Bdp-3 Issue? @cleeds I had seen the Manic moose 🫎 interface (Lumin is right there too as it sucks) and the only thing worse is the Bryston’s way of accessing BDA3 settings thru an IP address. Upgrading the firmware on my then BDA3 DAC was one of the worst us... | |
| PS Audio BHK signature preamp Simaudio is excellent. It will be purely a matter of synergy - hope you like it! | |
| IS THE WEISS 204 A SUBSTANIAL UPGRADE FRON THE CHORD QUTEST Looks like you’re in NY so this 501 may be a local pick up for you. | |
| IS THE WEISS 204 A SUBSTANIAL UPGRADE FRON THE CHORD QUTEST Weiss 501 on USAM I have not dealt with this seller personally so looking at feedback, having an actual phone conversation, etc. is advisable when making a purchase like this. When it comes to 204 although I never heard it, the use of switch ... | |
| Bryston Bdp-3 Issue? @hiend2 I suspect the following to be the root cause - Network components in close proximity to your electronics and cables - router, modem, extender, switch, etc. - this causes EMI and RFI that gets picked up by your streamer and translates to n... | |
| Audience FrontRow USB - I’m puzzled Update 1: the first FrontRow demo was indeed defective. I’ve had the replacement FrontRow USB in for about 36hrs straight playing my playlist on repeat with zero issues. So Joe at Audience was right when he immediately suspected the cable. I’m gl... | |
| PS Audio BHK signature preamp Go for it! Definitely worth a shot. It’s a great little amp. Keep it on 24/7 if when you get it - this amp needs a day to open up to full potential after it’s been off for few days. | |
| Pass XA25 for my system I read that too about the XA25 being a bit more lively than the XA30.8. I owned the following Pass amps - X250.5 with B&W N803 and Dynaudio S5.4 XA30.8 with Martin Logan Montis and Wilson Sabrina X260.8 mono blocks with Wilson Sabrina ... | |
| Pass XA25 for my system Highly recommend running the Bricasti M3 balanced. With XA25 it will not be possible. Plus it may be warmer than the Hegel. I had XA30.8. Never heard the 25. If you want good Class A that won’t darken the presentation try Coda No.8. Or keep the H... |