audphile1
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| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? I tried and absolutely did not like Shunyata Alpha NR v2 on pass amp. Never heard the Sigma. As someone mentioned earlier in the thread, not every “upgrade”, be it a component or a cable, makes a positive difference or even a difference at all. | |
| Ethernet cable for music streaming missed it so I’ll go back and second @soix on a power supply recommendation. I would do that plus a nice power cord before playing with any Ethernet related tweaks. | |
| Ethernet cable for music streaming What’s your budget? If you are going from one cheap Ethernet cable to another, I would say it ain’t worth it. Here’s my recommendation….try iFi LAN iSilencer. If you want to explore better cables, you will need either the mesh network, extender or... | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? I don’t think your thread will be deleted if you mention the well reviewed power cord. I assume the amp is Pass X250.8? So what is the power cord that made no difference after several weeks? FYI…I’m running Audience Forte f3 power cords on my X... | |
| Back to the DAC mclinnguy 260 posts 05-06-2024 at 09:36am @navyachts looking forward to your Gustard/Bricasti comparisons. 🎶 Same here. I’m pretty certain though the M1S2 will knock the Gustard DAC in the dirt. | |
| Speaker cable change?? These are awesome and unbeatable at this price and you can probably bargain these down. Puris Aqueos I used these with B&Ws when I had CD3 MkII and ARC preamps. As an alternative I think you should be able to get Acoustic Zen Hologram wit... | |
| Speaker cable change?? Budget is a consideration isn’t a number. What’s your price range? | |
| Back to the DAC @tshark I think your question deserves its own thread. | |
| Comparing Aurender N20 vs eversolo dmp A8 With N20, as others stated, use AES or SPDIF out to take advantage of the N20 superior OCXO clock. Also, the previous owner of the N20 may have never even used USB out and it could benefit from few days of break in. But as others stated, the best ... | |
| Please recommend a coax SPDIF cable similar to the Nordost Tyr 2 Not familiar with Tyr 2 spdif but I haven’t heard a better XLR set than the Tyr 2. The overall balanced is just right and the details and transparency is unbeatable. All this while sounding crystal clear and natural. So I’m not surprised you could... | |
| Back to the DAC I used Bricasti M3 network card connected with high quality Ethernet cables for a while until I tried Aurender N200 via USB into the M3. Blew away using the network card. Internally, the M3 network card is connected to the board using I2S if I am... | |
| Back to the DAC @rbstehno that’s a blanket statement and those are usually incorrect. | |
| Wire break-in safe without speakers? If you’re running an amp you need either the speakers or a dummy load. You can’t run it into thin air. example on amazon… https://a.co/d/e0YrCOa | |
| Aurender N200 - DAC compatability Good way to approach it! There’s a lot of high res content on Qobuz that sounds incredible with N200. I rarely go to my library to play DSD | |
| Aurender N200 - DAC compatability OP go into N200 settings, Advanced. Switch off Native DSD. It will send DoP (dsd over pcm) to your DAC. It should be fine. |