beetlemania
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| Thiel Owners @jafant Writing of my speakers cables. Sold the NR to help pay for the GR. That said, Cardas ICs are also excellent, IMO. | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant I just had 16 ga speaker wire when my system was mid-fi (B&W, NAD, Rotel, Tecnics). Moving up to the high end, I found a great deal on used Cardas Neutral Reference. Ayre really likes Cardas, so that greatly influenced my decision. Now... | |
| Thiel Owners I took delivery of an AYRE AX-5 integrated amp in black casing Oh, fun! I suspect you'll enjoy your combination of gear. | |
| Qobuz or Tidal? Another vote for Qobuz. I have zero use for MQA. Using Roon to decode MQA, I have preference for PCM. When I had both, Tidal definitely had a bigger library but Qobuz keeps adding and I’m not sure Tidal maintains that one advantage. | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant I made no comparison. Just assumed that the previous volume was “optimized”, a dubious assumption given that the volume can easily be modified by compression, ie, there is no one OEM volume that can be discerned. I merely made it as close ... | |
| Thiel Owners @vair68robert Thanks for the update regarding wool batting.My SEs had rectangular fiberglass batts (no paper backing) stuffed into the passive radiator chamber. My new boards have much more volume so I peeled off some of the batt volume in attempt... | |
| Replace Ayre Codex with Topping D90 DAC Roon does have a volume level but I always leave it at 100 and use my AX-5 to set the volume. Worth it for @dbphd to check! | |
| Replace Ayre Codex with Topping D90 DAC Yep, my QB-9 started as the second iteration, ie, 192 Hz version. Then I had it upgraded to DSD version (which was much more about improved sonics than ability to play DSD files). And now it’s been upgraded to the Twenty version. The chassis and f... | |
| Replace Ayre Codex with QB-9 DSD? Why don’t you call Ayre? They really do have great customer service! I mean, they’ll either tell you how to reset the Codex or, worst case, tell you it needs service. Are you on the other side of the world and the time change doesn’t work for you?... | |
| Replace Ayre Codex with Topping D90 DAC If @drrsutliff advice doesn’t work, you should call Ayre next. It does seem like something you can reset rather than something broken. | |
| Thiel Owners @vair68robert How would you characterize the sonics of the wool batt? And did you attempt to approximate the same volume as the ‘glas? | |
| Has anyone implemented a Roon server from an Intel NUC? I did this a couple of years ago using a NUC7i3BNH. I am moderately savvy with computer technology and had one or two steps momentarily stump me but I was able get music out of it within a couple of hours. When I started, I imagined putting it in ... | |
| Sold My Ayre QB-9 DSD - Help Me Choose A New DAC! Super happy with my QB-9 Twenty upgrade (I agree with the review at audiophilestyle.com). Then again, I liked the DSD version. Did you use your DSD version in a fully balanced system? Some have reported it sounds best that way (I don't know becaus... | |
| Can you live with your current speaker until you die? @tomic601 Yes, I’m well aware of of the Vandy subs. I’ve read the Hardesty journals and what not. When I had Thiel CS1.6s, I agonized whether to add 2WQs or move up to 2.4s or 3As. I ended up going to 2Ce Sig IIs for budget and size reasons. I’m s... | |
| Can you live with your current speaker until you die? Yes, this is the one big obstacle most of us run up against sooner or later. Another way to say it is that:a) I know my speakers have shortcomings (mostly bass extension and definition);b) the money needed to get something better is *well* out ... |