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| All in One Solution for Streaming Consider the TEAC UD-701-N. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/teac-ud-701-vs-nt-505-vs | |
| AudioQuest Pegasus vs Thunderbird Interconnects Just want to share my Pegasus burn-in experience. Estimate that 80-90% of final performance is present at approx 100 hours. At 150-175 hours, further refinement takes place with result that sound is just delicious. @kennymacc : Curious to hear ... | |
| AudioQuest Pegasus vs Thunderbird Interconnects See also post on Pegasus below by @tomic601 that is consistent with above. https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2630730 | |
| Audioquest Pegasus XLR Interconnects @bwguy +1 @kennymacc +1 See my post reporting same benefit of Pegasus on 181824-129048 thread, which is titled Audioquest Pegasus vs Thunderbird Interconnects. | |
| AudioQuest Pegasus vs Thunderbird Interconnects @bwguy +1 @kennymacc +1 I did same- replaced Earth with Pegasus both between DAC and pre-amp and pre-amp to amp. (See my profile for description of my system.) Relative to Earth, sound with Pegasus was saturated- akin to production of deep, vivi... | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? @mikelavigne :"the high end is not gear, it’s a state of mind" Word. "Easily the best sentence.. explaining post to go with it I ever read in audiogon..." I agree completely with @mahgister on Mike Lavigne's post. | |
| Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000 +1 @tomic601 on Audioquest Pegasus ICs. I had an experience at HiFi Buys in Atlanta recently that made me curse out aloud. Brought in my Berkeley Reference 2 DAC to audition just for kicks. (HiFi Buys does not carry the BAD DAC Ref 2.) Connecte... | |
| Does a DAC like this even exist? PS Control of Bluesound NODE is via WIFI, which in my house extends beyond its walls. | |
| Does a DAC like this even exist? I think that a Bluesound Node, which is a streamer/DAC with BlueOS, which is easy and fun to use, will do what you need. | |
| Dealers with excellent listening rooms? HiFi Buys in Atlanta has several excellent listening rooms featuring gear producing outstanding sound. | |
| What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound? Here is post in thread I link to above on Audiquest Hurricane. I replaced stock power cord on modded Parasound A21 with Hurricane. (See my profile for description of complete system.) Wow. Like waking up a sleeping bulldog. Remarkable increase... | |
| What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound? member-reviews 133615-475 | |
| Streaming Dac $5000-8000 Take a look at the TEAC UD-701N, which is a streamer/dac/preamp for a little north of $4K. User reviews here: | |
| Fantasy or reality? Inexpensive solid state preamps that get you 80% there? In my view, the Parasound JC2 preamp ($4K new) is hard to beat at any price. | |
| TEAC UD-701 vs NT-505 vs ? @rblnr Decision to pick up line is telling. Eager to hear your thoughts on comparison to Esoteric counterpart. |