ddafoe
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| Point of higher priced streamer? @yyzsantabarbara, I introduced fiber into my streaming solution a few weeks back. I skipped on using the Optical Rendu as I didn't want to limit my DAC input to USB. My NAS and Roon server (Intel NUC running ROCK) are two stories away from m... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? Yes, It’s called expectation bias. The same phenomenon that largely drives the high end cable market. That and listeners neglecting to level-match when conducting comparisons. That's is an extremely wide brush to use to simply dismiss differenc... | |
| Uptone EtherRegen I've got maybe ~70hrs on my Regen and overall I'm happy with it and call the purchase a success. For me it has been incremental changes which all add up to make a nice improvement. The flexibility it allows in setting things up is a big bonus ... | |
| Music streamers Hi @fsmithjack, just curious if you have tried running fiber into the EtherREGEN instead of adding another box after the EtherREGEN to do a copper-fiber-copper conversion? That way the EtherREGEN fiber-copper conversion is the last thing being ... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 With my Pi (running Roon) based SPDIF streamer, I definitely preferred the Mystique over the M3 in my system. Adding the M5 to the Mystique using the same SPDIF cable (Shunyata Anaconda ZTRON) brought it to a whole another level; I'm now kickin... | |
| Uptone EtherRegen I just purchased one today so it will be interesting to try it out; hopefully I'll get it in a couple of days. My switch supports both fiber and copper so I'll start out with the copper cable and then jump to the fiber to see if I hear any diffe... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 @mitch2, congrats on the Mystique V3 balanced! That is exactly what I purchased a few months ago; it will be interesting to hear your thoughts on it. I'm using a Bricasti M5 with Roon to feed it's SPDIF input. I found its sound quality jumped... | |
| Music streamers After using a Raspberry Pi with a HIFIBERRY DIGI+ PRO SPDIF board and iFi power supply (running Roon) for years to feed decently expensive DACs (e.g. Berkeley, SimAudio, Bricasti, Mojo Audio) I finally tried a streamer upgrade after spending les... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 I found the M3 to sound very nice in my system (Sim740P+Pass250.8+SpendorD9) but if the preferred sound is ' like the more natural sound (to my ears) of NOS R2R DACs' I personally didn't find the M3 to offer that compared to the Mystique v3; assu... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 @grannyring I may have purchased his v3, as the seller was from MN :)We've discussed the DAC recently and he was telling me how it has been tough for him to find a replacement for it... I'm certainly very happy with it! | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 I'm also a big fan of the Mojo Mystique! I recently sold my Bricasti M3 and have replaced it with a Mojo Mystique v3 Balanced.grannyring's statement of "natural and right sounding" is right on the mark from my perspective; I find it extremely mu... | |
| Class A or AB Solid State Integrated Amp for Spendor D9's - Coming from Tubes I have D9s with a Pass 250.8 and I think the pair sounds excellent together. I find the Pass offers a bit of warmth that goes nice with the neutral-ish sound of the D9 and the soundstage depth the D9 throws with the Pass amp is very nice!The 250... | |
| Pass Labs XA30.8 I don't have the exact match but it is pretty close. For 5 years or so I ran a 740P + 380DSD into a X250.8. I think it sounded great; very musical with lots of front to back soundstage depth. I went from a 600i integrated and it was like mov... | |
| Anyone with experience with Spendor D9's? I've owned D9s for a few years and am very happy with them.My previous speakers were Magico S1s, and I decided to try a bunch of UK speakers and tried the typical list: Harbeth SHL5+, 40.2, B&W 804D3, KEF Reference.One of the dealers mentione... | |
| Choosing an Amplifier to go with Spendor D7 I'm running the 250.8 with my D9s in a (~13x17) room with great results :)The 250.8 is way more power than I need and I'm tempted to try swapping it out for the X30.8. I don't think you would need the 250.8 with D7s.Another interesting option i... |