calvinandhobbes
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| Shunyata Denali Damn! What led you to formerly deny any effect from power cables and what was it about the Denali that changed your mind (compared to prior experiences with power cables)? | |
| Chord DACs .. who has moved across to them from R-2R based DACs ? Here are my listening notes on the Qutest and the Pontus II: I've had a Chord Qutest in my system for the past 2 months with the intention of comparing it to the Denafrips Pontus II.Background on the Qutest as a reference point: The Qutest sounde... | |
| NORDOST vs CARDAS USB cables @edgewound I'm a fan of the Nordost Flatline speaker cables as well. They sound incredibly fast and transparent. I also got mine in the early 90s when the Flatline Gold cables were more reasonably priced because Nordost was just starting out.The o... | |
| Ethernet Cables I got an AmazonBasics Cat 6 Ethernet cable and a Supra Cat 8 cable to be able to listen to both. My plan was to sell the Supra Cat 8 cable if I didn't hear any clear improvement from the AmazonBasics cable. FWIW, I'm using the Supra Cat 8 cable no... | |
| Which speaker among Dali, Dynaudio and Acoustic Energy should I choose? These were my listening notes on the Dynaudio Excite X34 when I was speaker shopping last year: Dynaudio X34 Excite: ($1995): Looser especially in the low end than the Monitor Audio Silver 300 and the Audio Physic Sparta. Plays rhythms much more ... | |
| NORDOST vs CARDAS USB cables @andy2 The difference between USB cables is surprisingly evident even with pretty modest systems such as my own. Last fall, I was loaned some USB cables and got some cheaper USB cables for comparison as I have been in the process of building a dig... | |
| TONE My impression is that I can only judge the "rightness" of tone when I hear it. As others have said, some recordings will never sound real on any system. Every so often everything aligns and I hear something reproduced that sounds incredibly real t... | |
| Sound quality of the Audioquest Dragonfly Red via a good streamer @soix I did a quick listen to the Dragonfly Red with and without the Jitterbug. My perceptions are that the sound is better with the Jitterbug in. I'm sure many other factors affect the sound that comes out including the quality of the data stream... | |
| Amazon HD Lower Price Unfortunately, Amazon HD sounds terrible. | |
| Denafrips Ares II +1 to the Pontus II being a big step up from the Ares II. | |
| dcs bartok vs DENAFRIPS TERMINATOR-PLUS My suggestion may be to look for a used Terminator Plus. Try it in your system. Compare it to the dcs Bartok at the dealer if you can.If you don't like it, you should be able to sell it for exactly what you paid for it. That was my thinking in re... | |
| dcs bartok vs DENAFRIPS TERMINATOR-PLUS +1 to what @whipsaw said. I've had a Denafrips Pontus II for about 6 weeks. I just listened to a Chord Hugo TT / MScaler combination at a dealer this past weekend as a friend was auditioning amplifiers. The Chord Hugo TT / MScaler sounded surpri... | |
| A21SE vs Supernait 3 vs Eci 6 mkII The A21se sounded better to me than the Supernait 3 with a "faster", more articulate reproduction of music as well as a fuller, more upfront sound. The one area in which I thought the Supernait did better was the ability to play louder or provide ... | |
| What’s a mistake you made by being impulsive? @nmmusicman My thoughts exactly about Krell amps in general, which was a bit of a surprise the first time I heard a Krell amp given all of the positive press that they get. I guess how each of us listen is different. | |
| CD vs FLAC stored on flash drive vs streaming That's generally what I've heard. My assumption is that the digital file via a CD player or via a flash drive has a shorter signal path to traverse and thus less chance to pick up analog noise along the way compared to the longer signal path that ... |