benlzy
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| kinki dac vs denafrips pontus This was my dilemma back then. I have heard both the pontus and terminator but not the Kinki dac. But as good as the denafrips stuff were, the signature was a bit too strong and I wanted something slightly more neutral but still musical. That’s wh... | |
| An audiophilic music lovers Christmas! I ordered a new set of speaker cables: Cabledyne Virtuoso SCs to replace their Silver Synergy SCs. There was only one pair at 1/2 off so I jumped on it. Heck, at the sale price, the cost of the terminations amounted to around 1/3 the cost of the c... | |
| Kinki EX M1 user comments @veroguy I don’t think the glare is coming from the cables. I’m personally using a Kinki dac and ex-m1, and I have 3 silver power cords in my system from Cabledyne (Virtuoso & Synergy). Interconnects are silver ribbons from MG Audio Design and... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 Another review up!http://hifiknights.com/reviews/aplifiers/kinki-studio-ex-m1/ | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 Nice review @mboldda1 ! The EX-M1 certainly feels like it's gonna be my last amp for now.. I ain't got no deep pockets like Bill Gates! The monoblocks do seem interesting though. But that's another box, another pre, and a few more sets of cables. ... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 Just thought this could be of interest to the discussion. Over the weekend, I brought the EX-M1s to a friend's place and compared it against his Esoteric F-03A. While the Kinki didn't exactly slay the japanese dragon (lost in terms of high extensi... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 Thanks for all your help Alvin! | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 The suspected issue was the earth wasn’t connected in the dac-1 and no, I have not tried grounding both equipment to the same point externally. Previously I was using an AIO Job INT, and didn’t find the need to venture into ’proper’ grounding. Now... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 Suspected issue with the grounding/earthing of the dac, causing some potential difference btwn the dac-1 and ex-m1, resulting in the pops I've been hearing. Anywho, the problem has already been looked into and all new units shouldn't have this pro... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 Well, deduced that it isn't the amp's fault. When the amp is switched on and everything else is off, dead silent. Once the dac is turned on, the popping starts (when I toggle volume). A lot more noticeable on XLR, less so on RCA. This is without m... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 My source is a sotm sms200 neo into a sotm txusb ultra, which feeds the usb signal to my Kinki dac-1. The sms200 is powered by the uptone lps1.2, and the txusb is powered by a custom lps, fitted with an in line digital filter.The Kinki dac-1, ex-m... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 Hmm, I’m fine with the resistor clicks; was referring to pop sounds from the speakers. Like when you first start up and there’s a loud pop, that sort of thing. Since you’re also on XLR and using high gain, can you try turning the volume up without... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 @almarg Now that you mentioned it, I was expecting a huge increase in volume after swapping to XLR, but that wasn’t the case. It was however, still louder than RCA at the same volume indicator. Just an example, Ed Sheeran’s Divide plays loud at 5 ... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 Recently, I was fortunate enough to try a whole bunch of different RCA and XLR cables for the Kinki combo. Though the amp is of a SE design, there was a particular XLR cable that matched up well in the system and I went with that. However, I’m get... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 @maritime51 worth a try. Really benefited my Kinki! |