curiousjim
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| Playing CDs sounds better than Qobuz — dammit @soix I have about 2000 CD/SACD’s, with about 1/2 of the ripped on a NAS. I listen to 2 - 3 a day. At that rate, I won’t repeat any for about 3 - 4 years! 😀 All the best. JD | |
| DAC Question: Delta-Sigma vs R2R r2r dacs have been around for ever. The thing that makes the better today than they have ever been is the resisters are better with closer tolerances and the rest of the technology that goes into them is better. Chip dacs can be extremely cheap or... | |
| Why are there so few BNC cables to choose from Thanks @tonywinga, I just say your reply and did indeed order the Nordost Silver Shadow cable. All the best. JD | |
| Why are there so few BNC cables to choose from On the suggestion of @nealkot @fiesta75 , I just ordered a Nordost, Silver Shadow from a vendor here on Agon. Hopefully it gets here in good time. Thanks for the lead. JD | |
| Why are there so few BNC cables to choose from Hey all, I never said I couldn’t find any BNC cables. I asked two questions. Why don’t more high end cable companies sell them and with Morrow Audio telling me to go to Amazon, I was asking how much difference was there between “High End” BNC cab... | |
| Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment So I had a hard decision to make this year, get my wife a new car or build a second hifi system, so I bought, A pair KEF Reference 5’s A Hegel H390 Several AQ, digital cables A pair of AQ XLX cables AQ speaker cables some starter sound defus... | |
| Better CD Sound: The Search @elliottbnewcombjr , I’m following this thread closely. I’m not into streaming as of yet and have close to 2k CD’s. So far the best sounding setup I have push’s aside the Oppo and a few other players for an older Sony CDP-2700 feeding into a Den... | |
| Why are there so few BNC cables to choose from Thanks Neal, What did you have in there before? Could you tell an immediate difference when you installed it? All the best and happy new year. JD | |
| Integrated Amplifier for Sonus Faber Olympica II Check out Hegel. They have the H190 for @$3700 or the H390 for $6000. Both have dac’s built in and both can stream. I have the H390 running KEF Reference 5’s. All the best and happy new year! JD | |
| Discovering an old gem Always fun finding that found memory again. I just found a copy of Poco’s self titled album. Great find for me to. All the best and Happy new year! JD | |
| Share albums where EVERY SINGLE song is good Styx, Kilroy was here. Almost any Bill Evans album. | |
| SPDIF vs. AES/EBU Sound Quality? @auxinput, Question, What would be better, a good digital rca with BNC adapters or a commercial grade BNC cable? Thanks and Happy New Year! JD | |
| SPDIF vs. AES/EBU Sound Quality? I just switched from a digital rca cable to an AES/EBU digital cable and it’s slightly louder, but I’ll give it some more time and a/b before I’ll give you the complete answer. JD | |
| 2022 is almost here. Why are you here? I’m here to learn about music that Hookers like and to hear about new (to me) music. Happy new year all! JD | |
| integrated amp on a budget @geof3, I’m still very happy with the H390. I did add a Denafrips Pontus ll a few weeks ago and so far I’m liking it also. 😀 Happy almost new years. JD |