carlsbad
Responses from carlsbad
| Aurender to Roon Core? Aurender seems to me to be very careful to be purposely incompatible with Roon, which they see as a competitor. Aurender was on my short list until I figured this out. I went with innuos.... However, I think it is best to have your core on a st... | |
| Power conditions for Integrated Amps Integrated still have an amp in it. it is the amp that needs full power from the wall. IMHO, power "conditioners" are a waste of money. | |
| Types and reason to use of not You have to read the directions for each piece of equipment. USB ports are often for maintenance--adding a firmware update. I remember one Streamer that I really wanted to use a USB out and the usb on the back was for firmware in. So nobody h... | |
| Do Costly XLR Cables Make A Difference? @jerryg123 The XLR cables will be as good as RCA. I think your point is that they won't be better. I use XLR on one amp because the way the XLR is implemented seems just a tad better to me. but it is specific to that amp. It has a jensen tra... | |
| Do Costly XLR Cables Make A Difference? I get a kick out of cable reviews that sound like wine reviews. You've written the review before you got the cable. Good cables make a difference. Expensive cables does't always mean good cables. I like to make my cables out of Mundorf Angel... | |
| Endgame Vocal+ DAC Help: Terminator Plus 12th vs. Chord DAVE vs. Holo May vs. Weiss502. As for harsh, Dave addresses that. I have never found Dave to be harsh but I have had other harsh DACs. Dave has a preamplifier mode and if you operate in the lower section of the scale you will experience no harshness. On the Qutest, Chord ... | |
| Klipsch Speakers Speakers aren't likely bright. Your system is more likely bright. Speakers are reproducing what goes into them. DaC? Preamp? Some preamps or DACs have the ability to turn the voltage down, that will reduce brightness. Some less expensive DA... | |
| Dedicated NUC/Nucleaus vs shared PC (w Fiber Media Converter connected to Endpoint) I run my core on a dedicated NUC with ROCK installed. I used to use another NUC as the endpoint. I figured out that wasn't nearly good enough and now I have a streamer as an endpoint. The guy who introduced me to Roon, out in the middle of the ... | |
| Thiel 3.5 vs Klipsch Forte IV Speaker choice I’m a big fan of tube amps and sensitive speakers. So you know my vote. It looks like your choice is between that and the ss amp to ineffiecient speaker sound. Only you can decide but wanted to point out that it is a change to an entire differnt... | |
| Do Streamer only devices really impact sound quality? OK. Lots of people try to explain this and the only argument that I find compelling is to discuss the difference between streaming and file transfer. Digital files are perfect, aka, "bit perfect". your bank couldn’t survive if it dropped bits. So ... | |
| Chord Dave and lInear power supply update: I finally got my Farad power supplies through customs and got them installed. System is fantanstic. power supply is icing in the cake. thanks for the suggestion. Jerry | |
| Endgame Vocal+ DAC Help: Terminator Plus 12th vs. Chord DAVE vs. Holo May vs. Weiss502. I have the exact system that @shkong78 just described. (mine is black with the big Chord stand for it which is nice in that it allows you to see the screen from your listening chair, but I didn’t pay $2500 for it). If you are stretching your budge... | |
| Instruments that shine in your system saxophone. Often it seems the sax is out of the speakers in the room with me. The remix of Boss Tenor is a great example. | |
| Where should I go from here with my digital front end? For cable I went with relatively inexpensive but solid AQ forest for my long run (8 meters). The forest uses silver plated conductors which I think digital benefits from. For more money you can get more silver as you move up the line. If they don’... | |
| Why is laptop sound decreasing and then Muting while broadcasting and streaming music This is an audiophile forum and you'll probably generate more interest elsewhere. You lose most readers when you mention streaming from a computer. Best of luck. Jerry |