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| With I2S how much does the streamer hardware matter? It seems the Mercury I2S is about as detailed as the Lumin U1 Mini thru its USB into a Denafrips although it seems a little sharper sounding. Have not compared it to the full U1 yet. One drawback I did not realize is that it is very limited to f... | |
| Willsenton R300 Circuit Design Issue Thanks for the advice. The resistor in the B+ is 150k. I agree to remove the diode. Not sure how the 400V would be created though as the resistor already dropped the voltage to around 120V....I guess I need to look at the schematic again to try t... | |
| Tidal Adopting Hi-Res FLAC What a waste. To bad Qobuz was not more developed in the first place before Tidal started pushing MQA on everyone. | |
| Willsenton R300 Circuit Design Issue @gs5556 Hey thanks very much for the info! The instructions I was getting were a little unclear as english is the second language and we had a significant time zone difference that delayed replies. But I did confirm the diode was shorted with t... | |
| Starting from scratch and say $5000 Streamer: Used Lumin U1 Mini ($1200) DAC: R2R Ladder Schumann ($1400) Integrated: Muzishare X7 KT88 Tube ($1500) Speakers: KLH Model 5 ($2500) or many others... Total: $6600. Remaining $400 buy better tubes or phono deck. | |
| Gustard R26 Steve Huff is turning into a hermit! I was laughing at him because he spent $1k for a power bar to improve his stereo when he actually had preamp ground loop hum. I left him a comment to let him know... Anyway he seems like a nice guy....used to... | |
| EL34 in triode vs 300B/845 SET As someone who started out with tube experience in guitar amplifiers I have always found EL-34s to be a good tube to drive to power tube distortion in a cranked Marshall amp. They lack bass compared to a 6L6GC.....anyway never have been interested... | |
| Gustard R26 @arafiq I just got the LADDER Schumann DAC and was really impressed with it. It sits above the Denafrips Aries 12th that I have for resolution. It seems to be a little more analytical sounding but is also very musical. I might even consider it a... | |
| lumin direct to "main in" section on Yamahas/Luxmans/Accuphase? The the OP as you travel on your audio journey do yourself a favor and try running the D2 USB out into a nice R2R DAC and into a tube integrated amp. You do not know what you are missing. As a Lumin D2 owner (in the box up for sale) I can tell yo... | |
| Power Supply For Innuos? Has anyone ever tried filtering the factory supplied switching power supply with one of these (part of a Lumin LPS kit). Of course it would need to be enclosed if it did not fit inside the chassis. I would not spend $600+ on a OEM LPS when you ca... | |
| lumin direct to "main in" section on Yamahas/Luxmans/Accuphase? I have heard that there can be an impedance mis-match from these streamer "preamps" direct into a power amp. A proper preamp in between is preferred. And if it were me I would look for a preamp with at least a tube buffer or a full tube preamp to... | |
| DAC for second system Get a Ladder. I just got mine today. Very impressed and it is not even run in yet. https://iiwireviews.com/ladder-schumann-best-r2r-dac-you-never-heard-about/ Anything else is old news. Don't be living in the past man. 😀 | |
| Streamer/server newbie BTW here is how small the PI 4 is in a fanless case without hat. You can hide it behind your equipment in a stereo rack. Has built in wifi that seems to work fine. Or you can use the lan ethernet connection. The LPS is a $89 unit from Amazon. Als... | |
| Streamer/server newbie I came across this pro Raspberry Pi setup that looked interesting the other day. I saw Alvin at Vineshine Audio reviewing it and he is selling in Asia. https://www.pi2design.com/mercury-streamer-v2.html The builder is based in USA so I ordered o... | |
| Integrated SET... Definitely narrow your search to those amps that are point to point wired. Circuit boards do not hold up well to the heat from tubes. An especially avoid those amps where tube sockets are directly mounted onto a circuit board. You will thank me... |