audphile1
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| Discerning a difference between streamers is difficult...only me or common for all? Copper->Fiber->Copper didn’t work for me. Glassy and artificial in my system. I agree on the amplification being almost as critical as the speakers. Amplifiers make a huge difference. But…GIGO. You will hear all the upstream nasties better.... | |
| Subwoofers - Final Thoughts with Martin Logan ESL 13A @rauliruegas thank you. And yes I’m aware of Wilson Audio roots. And I did read that stereophile review and J.A’s measurements section. No speaker is perfect. | |
| In need of a preamp with a prominent display Not sure how big of a display you need. PS Audio has their BHK preamp on special for $3500 but it’s out of stock…may be worth waiting. Audio Research LS28 is another option but it’s most likely more expensive than $3500 on a used market. Solid s... | |
| PS Audio BHK signature preamp @signaforce awesome news! Let it cook for two weeks and it should get even better. | |
| Shrink Totem 1's? | |
| Discerning a difference between streamers is difficult...only me or common for all? @mtbiker29 sounds like you were comparing these units as full featured using their DACs. And all three DACs sounded more or less the same with you quantifying about 1% difference between the three? Can you even hear a 1% difference? I know I can’... | |
| Test tones through Qobuz, is this possible? Cool…everything should work just fine…good luck! And DH Labs makes great cables. You should be set | |
| Shrink Totem 1's? @skolbrother I recommend cutting the front of the speakers off. If you cut the back the speakers will not have binding posts anymore and you will not be able to connect them. | |
| Test tones through Qobuz, is this possible? Just don’t play the brown note… | |
| Test tones through Qobuz, is this possible? @kingbr I just searched in Qobuz albums for “test tones” and the Audio Line Up came up first on the search results. Were you able to use it to verify your clock/DAC connections? | |
| Lumin U2 or Aurender N200 @lalitk very interesting! So this basically cleaned up the signal. I have only tried cheap converters from Amazon and didn’t like the effect - it thinned the sound. It’s interesting you never know if something will bring by an improvement. I rece... | |
| Test tones through Qobuz, is this possible? What happens when you search for test tones in Qobuz? | |
| What % Of Your System Are Your Cables? Are we counting cost of stands/racks, dedicated lines and acoustic treatment, as well as other tweeks some may have into the total system cost? If that’s the case, my cables are about 13% of the total. | |
| Streamer question @chrisg1000 you say Roon core is on an SSD plugged into the NAS how is that possible? Roon provides requirements for the Core to run correctly. You need an OS to install Roon, you need CPU and memory to run it. What you’re saying here with yo... | |
| Streamer question That’s a nice DAC. Consider a higher end streamer. But I don’t know what you mean by need to get rid of USB. What connection are you looking to use? |