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| Back to the DAC @navyachts congrats! You finally got the bricasti! I would recommend not making any more changes but play the N200 into the bricasti 24/7 for two weeks to break it in. Make a playlist consisting of all possible butrates and just run it on repeat ... | |
| PREAMPLIFIER UPGRADE QUESTION I had RP-1 with ST-100 driving Martin Logan Montis. Rogue is great value and RP-1 is excellent. Not familiar with the sound of the bryston amp and how it pairs with the ML speakers but I would find a Bryston preamp on a used market and try it. Syn... | |
| 12 wire compared to Nordost Blue Heaven Speaker Cable? middlemass 902 posts 05-30-2024 at 04:58pm I love it when people come in here to stir stuff up by pretending to play dumb. And then, when they're brought up to to speed by well-intended posters, they just double down and continue to play ... | |
| Should I cash in? If you want to maximize the ROI with your first purchase get a preamp. Or pickup an all in one unit like the Bricasti M3 with network renderer. It has excellent preamp section (I owned this DAC and used it direct and with preamp) that will hold yo... | |
| Audioquest or Nordost for speaker cable @deep_333 …”If your wallet is feeling violated, you could always pick up Nordost (Asian equivalents) for 70, 80 bucks on Aliexpress....” Asian equivalents... @deep_333 you’re one heck of a comedian dude! @couger4u While there pick yourself up ... | |
| Should I cash in? My recommendation would be to: 1. Leave the current mac mini as Roon Core 2. Get a good streamer that’s Roon Ready (Lumin, newest Aurender, Innuous) 3. Get a good DAC (depending on budget research DAC recommendations in the forums) 4. Eventual... | |
| New DAC issues @zlone good work! Goad to hear the preamp is back in business. Innuous USB output should be decent. Not sure how Merason implements that portion of the DAC - you won’t know until you try | |
| ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords @mclinnguy read your thoughts on the comparison. The UHQR are very nice. I have Steely Dan and Miles Davis. The sounded superb when I had the table. My room is a challenge as well. It’s not square but not too far from it. I struggled with bass ov... | |
| ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords Lol thx @mclinnguy | |
| ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords Oh and I forgot…having a Furutech FI-11 CU (copper) AC connectors will change the sound of the cable. Just like using Furutech XLR connectors on Mogami instead of their stock Neutrik. Good connectors make a difference and will improve the sound of... | |
| ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords @dwcda nice! Thanks for the update. So the most surprising first - you couldn’t tell that the Puritan was in your system. That’s a 180 degrees from my experience with it. Is it the PSM156? In my system with PSM156, using 3 different power cables f... | |
| New DAC issues What input to use on the DAC depends on the transport/streamer clock quality. In example, if you are using a streamer with high quality clock such as OCXO, then AES or SPDIF would most likely sound better than USB. But if you have a streamer optim... | |
| New DAC issues Also if you have an aftermarket power cord on the new dac, go back to stock cord to get a baseline. If you used the same cord on Schiit and new dac it’s possible there’s no synergy with that cord. | |
| New DAC issues @zlone was the same streaming device used with both the old and the new dacs. dac needs about 200hrs to break in. During this time it can evolve tonally but if the soundstage is only limited to the center image that’s unlikely to improve | |
| Focal v Wilson Between the two I’d go with the Wilsons. Better balanced too to bottom. You will get a more realistic presentation with better dynamics. Wilson Audio customer service will most likely take care of you no matter what you may need for the speakers. ... |