david_ten
Responses from david_ten
| Whats playing on your system today? Vijay Iyer --- Blood Sutra (Iyer, piano; Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto sax; Stephan Crump, bass; Tyshawn Sorey, drums) | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Geoff, we start our mornings with different musical notes and scales. : )Hope DC is calming down. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Slide-Guitar Ragas --- Debashish Bhattacharya (Classical Indian / Devotional) | |
| TOSLINK OPTICAL cables DH Labs Silver Sonic Glass Master Toslink:https://silversonic.com/products/digital-cables/glass-master-toslink/ | |
| What should you hear? Good thread and terrific posts. Great read. Thanks! | |
| Whats playing on your system today? The Other Side --- Tord Gustavsen Trio (Gustavsen, piano; Jarle Vepestad, drums; Sigurd Hole, bass) | |
| Whats playing on your system today? + 1 Nick Cave!!! | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... For those interested in the DSP 'upgrade,' here is owner Art's feedback on doing so with his Pontus DAC:https://www.denafrips.com/single-post/2020/06/04/PONTUS-DAC-It-is-an-astounding-value?utm_campaign=31799a0d-dd95-41f8-8fcb-af94cc4e451d&utm... | |
| Time to upgrade DACs I'm generally not in the speaker-first camp, however, in your case...given the 'provenance' of your Sonus Faber speakers...moving to something like the Tekton Design Moabs that you are considering, is the wiser choice.Start there, as @jriggy is c... | |
| Speaker stand spikes ~2” long? Check out Eden Sound. Their stock X-Large spike is 1-5/8th inch...so it may not be 'tall' enough by itself. However, with their point receiver and locknut(s) you can probably get to 2 or more inches....should that solution work for you.They may al... | |
| Have you ever used a separate speaker selector unit to audition speakers? Would you? @hilde45 That’s the point catdoorman and b_limo were making. First, you will need to find the ’workable’ / ’close to best’ placement for each speaker and evaluate each in the specific positions each sound ’best’ to you.Second, ideally, the speaker... | |
| Have you ever used a separate speaker selector unit to audition speakers? Would you? +1 re. @b_limo and @cat_doorman 's point on speaker placement. | |
| Comparing Powerline Ethernet to WiFi for streaming audio @veroguy You are welcome. Glad it was helpful. It’s a great topic and thread.By sheer coincidence / luck I swapped out my Cox Router for the Arris SB8200 cable modem (the one the OP of that thread recommends highly) prior to the start of his threa... | |
| Have you ever used a separate speaker selector unit to audition speakers? Would you? For convenience, absolutely.For differences that are so subtle / minor, yes...as I believe time and memory are not always on friendly terms.For retail or industry reasons, yes.Etc.I believe learning to ’hear’ ’listen’ with greater accuracy and dif... | |
| Best improvement for the buck If you are keeping your system as is, take a look at ADD-POWRhttps://add-powr.com/abouthave about $900 to spend to improve my system |