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| ??? How Much Would You Spend ??? Amplifier is the most important component after the speakers. At least 50% of the cost of the speakers should be invested in an amplifier and you have to not only look at cost - matching amp to speakers is critical. Rarely any other component will... | |
| Interconnect Break In? Your preamp doesn’t need to be on. But the CD player or streamer should be on and playing to pass the signal thru the cables. Usually between 100-200hrs for the cables to settle. Use a streamer instead of spinning discs 24/7 to avoid unnecessary w... | |
| Pass labs krell parasound amps Pass gear has a natural, warm and laid back sound. You can listen to your system for hours without any fatigue. Soundstage is big but accurate. Nothing is without compromise and Pass is no exception. It’s not going to have the surgical precision, ... | |
| Aurender and native DSD output @peipaul @oddiofyl partially correct - it will downsample to PCM (N20) if your DAC is not compatible with DoP on AES interface. In case of DAVE it does accept DSD over PCM (DoP) and that is how N20 outputs DSD64 via its AES out. Refer to this... | |
| Aurender and native DSD output Even with USB out of the system and native dsd off, the N20 sends DoP via AES. Between the OCXO clock in the Aurender and the DAVE FPGA (Chord FPGA is really good with DSD), there’s zero need in keeping the USB connected. Not having it in there wi... | |
| Aurender and native DSD output There’s no bug in your system. By the way Aurender customer service is great and you can reach out to them with this question. In case of N20, best results will be achieved using AES/EBU output because you are leveraging the Aurender OCXO clock.... | |
| Aurender and native DSD output When you turn native dsd off it sends the DoP via AES. Use whatever sounds best. | |
| Power cord upgrade @1971gto455ho the sole responsibility of science is to produce theories and in best case scenarios the results that the scientists themselves will need to challenge to prove beyond reasonable doubt. Until we have the means to measure what we hear ... | |
| Aurender and native DSD output Further more in the Aurender manual/user guide you have the following information… Audio Specifications Analog Outputs N/A DAC Chipset N/A Audio Word Clock OCXO Analog Outputs Supported Format N... | |
| Aurender and native DSD output thijazi OP 2 posts 10-05-2024 at 10:47am I did read all the manuals for both units, there is nothing there that explains it. 🐂 💩 because page 24 of 35 in the Chord DAVE manual explains the sample rate compatibility of each input. I... | |
| Preamp upgrade @jelliott78 the increase in performance when upgrading a preamp depends on how good the upstream and downstream components are. LS7 was an OK preamp when it was new but there’s a reason why ARC made several more models up from it. The Ref 3 will c... | |
| Power cord upgrade Science cannot explain how old the universe is. That number changes every 20-25 years. Oscilloscopes can’t tell me what my system sounds like. Nobody knows 💩. So that’s that for science. | |
| Power cord upgrade There’s no 40 year debate here. This is thousands year old debate of random gimps entering conversations they should be no part of to share opinions they can’t substantiate. The OP had asked for a power cord recommendation for a specific compon... | |
| Aurender and native DSD output @thijazi all user manuals are available online. Don’t be lazy look this up and get your answers. | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 Fuse Issue/Question +1 on calling pass labs and the music room. I would start with pass labs to gather some data points for the conversation with TMR. Question - do you have the amp connected to the wall or to some sort of power conditioner/strip? |