charles1dad
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| Streaming vs Physical Media no comparison If this is referring to sound quality I could not disagree more. Simply not true. It is however an open discussion forum so certainty all opinions are welcome. Up to the OP to decide for himself. Charles | |
| Streaming vs Physical Media @bkeske It simply depends The truth. This is a repeated topic on this forum. The answers do not change. Setting up a good streaming system is very doable but can (Potentially) be finicky and sometimes complex with numerous digital signal p... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure @dlcockrum Your NAT Audio HPS amplifier is very intriguing. NAT has a reputation for their own in house high quality output transformers. Their electronics are highly regarded. Your amplifier to my understanding is 50 watt SET via the GM 70 tube... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Not a weak thin sound like many full-range systems produce. But the ability to play any music type inc bass-heavy at loud SPL levels without breakup. This is something that eludes most all full-range driver loudspeakers. This would explain the ... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure @dlcockrum Congratulations on acquiring the Nenuphars and the First Watt S.I.T. amplifier. In my opinion you have established an excellent foundation to build an audio system around (I believe the NAT audio amplifier an equally good option as we... | |
| Balanced versus single ended @atmasphere Thank you for the thorough explanation as this clears up quite a lot in regard to those who hear balance cable differences and acquire additional 6 db of gain compared to RCA single ended. .Makes plenty of sense. Charles | |
| Streamer vs renderer vs music server...help @crandell25 The change was not subtle in my system and really exposed how running roon on my iMac or using the Vega’s built in streamer was not providing the performance you can get when things are implemented on a dedicated system. The music i... | |
| Balanced versus single ended @atmasphere If audio components are "truly" built to the AES balanced standard then there is minimal to no sonic differences heard with various balanced cable regardless of their cost or claims. With those who report here they have fully bala... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @melm You are not getting close to what your DACs can do IMO by running your USB cable (esp. Supra) directly from your computer to your DACs, unless, perhaps, there is something very special about your computer. Also, by what you’ve written I g... | |
| Decware SE84UFO Zen vs First Watt SIT3 @rankaudio I enjoyed reading your amplifier comparison. Based on your youtube sample you have wonderful taste in music. I think that you'd enjoy a good quality 300b amplifier quite a bit. I have an audio system based around 300b mono blocks. It... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @americanspirit I did not take your comments as personally aimed at me. All is well. My response was intended to be applied in the broader sense of this dialogue. BTW agree with you that the manner of discussion hear is clearly open to both side... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @americanspirit we must not be obtuse to think that only the measurements matter, nor to think that only the senses matter. getting these two souls to agree seems an impossible undertaking! poor people!!! This has not been my observation at ... | |
| Chill Out; Get Outside of yourself @whart Thanks for sharing. I hope you and your wife have a simply amazing experience there. Charles | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC I would agree that misleading or exaggerated marketing by companies is not desirable. I suspect that given a choice, most reasoned audiophiles/music lovers place far more priority on how a given audio product actually sounds since this is ostensib... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure Neither can I. |