audphile1
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| DAC suggestions? You’ll be using your streamer as a roon end point anyway, correct? Here’s an alternative….Meitner MA3. Has a a built in network renderer and it’s a roon end point. You don’t need a separate streamer. Based on the ad the seller is flexible on the ... | |
| Reciever for Martin Logan Source speakers-Two channel WiiM Amp Ultra | |
| Options to improve digital sound sns 3,890 posts 06-30-2025 at 10:50pm I'm certainly not the first to say this, and surely won't be the last, but the streamer is right up there with the dac in order of importance in streaming chain. I don't care about all the signal and... | |
| Upgrade from Martin Logan Sequel II's to ???????? I think you’re going to like ATC. One other speaker that I can think of that does the mids really well but needs careful matching is B&W. May be the older 804D3 is within your budget. They do love high quality power though. Don’t listen to all... | |
| Leave it on? I put my integrated amp into standby when done listening. My DAC doesn’t have a standby mode, it’s either on or off using the switch on the back panel. It runs cool so I just turn off display and leave the unit on. I unplug everything when we’re ... | |
| Pulled the trigger on a Moon 861! Hope it pairs well on my Focals Just keep it on 24/7 and play music thru it as much as you can. It’s going to be fine when your preamp is back in. what do you normally use as a source to feed the dac? | |
| Pulled the trigger on a Moon 861! Hope it pairs well on my Focals If you are using Bluetooth then the volume on your phone needs to be raised. it’s fine for breaking in the amp but why not use the right setup? | |
| Pulled the trigger on a Moon 861! Hope it pairs well on my Focals @dman777 matter of sensitivity and gain matching. Don’t worry about it for now. Break it in first. Changing an amplifier is a major impact on the system. It’s got to be matched with speakers as well as with upstream components and room. Don’t ex... | |
| Options to improve digital sound Thanks @sns I do realize there’s a lot of irrelevant tasks in the mac mini that can potentially impact sound quality by negatively impacting roon related processing. I’ll be trying a dedicated core soon. Can’t wait to see how it impacts the soun... | |
| Cable agnostic to convert (within budget) My experience with AQ Thunder and Tornado mimics yours. The Hurricane is better but is still a dark sounding bass heavy power cable. I now use Nordost Frey 2 power cables. Fast, open, extended and very musical sound. | |
| Options to improve digital sound sns 3,887 posts 06-30-2025 at 09:41am Adding a quality Endpoint to a stock mini is not the way to go, Your Core is as important as the Endpoint. how so? I’m just curious what your experience was. In my mind i can’t figure out why a Ro... | |
| Need Ideas on speaker cables What are your current cables and what improvements are you looking for? I’ll add my recommendation as I feel these cables worked well for me with several different amps (Rogue, Pass Labs) and 2 completely different types of speakers (Martin Logan... | |
| Upgrade from Martin Logan Sequel II's to ???????? Look into the latest version of ATC SCM40 passive. Used within your budget. I owned ML Aries and Montis and heard the Sequel and SLIIII. They’re old. The SCM40 will have similar delicate and warm sound but will be more resolving and easier to dri... | |
| Options to improve digital sound mac mini is definitely not the best streamer. if Roon is in the picture here I would keep it simple and run the roon core on mac mini and get a dedicated streamer that’s a roon endpoint. Not a fan of a server/streamer combo and at this price point... | |
| When using a power conditioner, why is it advised to run amps directly to the wall? There are active (Puritan, Audioquest) and passive (Shunyata) power conditioners. Then you have power regenerators (PS Audio) and isolation transformers (i.e. Torus). Good passive power conditioners like the older Shunyata Hydra, which I have ... |