chilli42
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| Ethernet Cables - what are you using and why? I use short runs of Audioquest Dragon Ethernet and where a long run is required I use fiber optic. I do think that if your plan is to upgrade your streaming system, and assuming your Ethernet cables are not the cheapest thing you can find on Amaz... | |
| UPDATE. ARC REF 6 upgrade to 6SE. I am really keen to understand the sound difference from the Ref 6 (which is my current preamp) | |
| Is it still worth buying a Lumin x1 in 2023? Just to clarify … the DAC I purchased is the Weiss 502 Mk II | |
| Is it still worth buying a Lumin x1 in 2023? Hi. I have a Lumin X1. I recently added a DAC - Weiss 502. This was a massive step forward in the sound. The biggest difference I have experienced next to new speakers. I recently also added a LAN-optical network connection (Sonor) and input ... | |
| LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus Motley Cru at BC Place this past September. Every 3 gun competition I have attended/competed. Tinnitus 15 years and keeps getting worse. Have been following a tinnitus treatment modality (cure?) being developed by the University of Michigan. It... | |
| STREAMER I have a Lumin X1 and I use the X1 PSU. It’s a good quality PSU designed for Lumin streamers. I would pass on the power cable and get yourself an X1. | |
| Why didn't I sell my vinyl rig? To me vinyl and digital just sound different. They will never sound the same. I find in digital what really matters is what you play back. Streaming services always suffer from jitter caused by the ‘noise’ between the original website (I have d... | |
| Curious to know your streaming and dac set up and the best recommended streamer under $15k I started with a Lumin X1 and Lumin L1. Overall nice but wanted more. Recently added a Weiss 502 Mark 2 (Lumin X1 still used as streamer). Really elevated sound quality in every respect. Also, added a Sonore Ethernet to fiber optic and ran the... | |
| Anyone tried fiber into EtherRegen SFP? I have a Lumin X1 which has a optical/fiber network input. So I have a very short run of Ethernet cable from the source to a Sonos Ethernet to Optical converter and then run the fiber optic network cable directly into the Lumin X1 (need an inexpe... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? Totally agree with @adasdad. My experience is that investing in the best sounding DAC you can afford will give you the greatest listening pleasure. | |
| Confession: I only like Norah Jones because so many others told me to Norah Jones, I have tried to like her music but just can’t get myself to that point. Diana Krall on the other hand makes wonderful muduc | |
| Pass Labs Speaker Choices I am using Pass XA 160’s into an AR Ref 6 to Sonus Faber Il Cemonese. Musical with huge sound stage. | |
| What's the oddest thing in your music collection? Three Monty Python comedy LP’s from the 1970’s. My room mate eft them when he moved to another city. I have never played them but they have been with me so long I can’t bring myself to toss them out. | |
| Built-in vs. Standalone DACs It really depends on how demanding you are on the sound … what is good enough to make you happy. So for example, are you going to use your digital sound as background music while you work/read/play then getting things just right is not as importa... | |
| Digital enhancement Have no clue what Kelavin is about … even after a Google search. If you want to improve your digital sound you need to attack jitter first and then EM noise in your system. It’s not as straight forward as adding a new more expensive DAC |