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| Quick question for the Cables Don't Make a Difference Crowd. Why don't you all just completely eliminate cables by buying an all in one with powered speakers using Wi-Fi or BT? I didn’t read thru the entire thread but I’m just curious… wouldn’t you still need at least one power cable to feed that al... | |
| Upgrade to PS Audio Direcstream Mk1 and Mac Mini? @fastfreight thank you - I stand corrected. | |
| Upgrade to PS Audio Direcstream Mk1 and Mac Mini? Best options are - 1) keep your Roon Core away from your system; 2) if possible don’t mix streaming and DAC (network cards in DACs are typically not the best streamers) The preamp section of the PS Audio DSD is not horrible. But in my experience ... | |
| Six DAC Comparison Congratulations on your retirement!!! I’ll keep an eye on the thread for updates. Thanks | |
| Solo streamer @rvpiano 👍 | |
| Six DAC Comparison @mitch2 agreed on DAC3. It’s a good DAC but long term didn’t do it for me. So what’s the conclusion on the shootout? | |
| So, I bought a Chord Hugo TT2...now what? @ghdprentice I’ll give you an example from literally few days ago… I have and really like my Audience FrontRow speaker cables. They’re just phenomenal. So I decided to try the FrontRow XLRs in place of my Nordost Tyr 2. The results were not what ... | |
| Next step up on the streaming food chain? And to add, I had Pass XP-22 and X260.8 with Aurender and Bricasti. I see you have Pass XP-20 and X250.8. | |
| Next step up on the streaming food chain? @zavato I owned Auralic Aries G1 and it was overall a nice streamer. I found it to be slightly lean and “digital” sounding though. I also owned Bricasti M3 DAC. I would recommend you focus on the streamer and leave the M1 alone - there’s more to ... | |
| So, I bought a Chord Hugo TT2...now what? That’s awesome @cleeds congratulations! My system evolved in a major way in the last 10 years. To get to where it is now meant trying many amps, preamps, DACs, streamers, speakers, cables and power conditioners. Yeah that’s a lot of connecting ... | |
| Solo streamer @rvpiano If you still want to try a good USB cable and not pay a ton of money for it, DH Labs Mirage is very good. Upscale carries the line so that’s a risk free trial with their return policy. I used this cable and liked it. It’s worth comparing... | |
| So, I bought a Chord Hugo TT2...now what? @ghdprentice I’m impressed. You never bought a component in the last 40-50 years that disappointed you? I can probably name at least 10 components in the last 10 years that I wanted out of my system faster than the rabbits can hump. You have a bo... | |
| Solo streamer @rvpiano check TMR periodically. They have used and demo Audience cables pretty frequently. | |
| Recomendations on transport @tonydennison if I understand correctly, you have a storage device with DSD files. And you are looking to be able to play those thru your PS Audio DAC. First if all, PS Audio DAC will play DSD over PCM (DOP). You need a streamer that has USB in ... | |
| Solo streamer @lalitk Definitely will give it a try. Had a bit of a chaotic couple of months with selling separates, getting integrated amps and doing a shootout, changing DACs. Settling down gradually. It will be a few months before I get to USB though. Don’t ... |