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| Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers @inna Because those would be the amps that best matches the speakers capabilities and maximize their potential, chosen by the designer of the speaker themselves. ATC makes their own amps. | |
| Denafrips Terminator vs. Venus I saw that too. That's the page and videos I was referring to in the OP. I listened to them and couldn't pick out any difference that couldn't be attributed to selective focus and/or confirmation bias. Knowing compressed Youtube videos are not the... | |
| Denafrips Terminator vs. Venus Thanks for the reply guys. I've come across a post by Alvin that details the change from Venus to Terminator, which includes the PSU, FPGA code and chassis isolation. However, I was hoping for some first hand accounts of actual users on what the a... | |
| A DAC that can make digital sound analog? The one DAC I've come across that makes digital sound as effortless and relaxed as analog is the Lab12 DAC1 SE. It does it without sacrificing holographic imaging or detail, pretty darn incredible. | |
| Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic @douglas_schroeder Thanks for the reply. Do you know if the popular R2R DACs from Denafrips (Terminator, Venus) are compatible with this method? | |
| Preamp for a Line Magnetic i518? @ozzy62 That's a legit question. Both the 518 and 508 don't really pass the preamp section, so isn't adding another PREAMP just adding more stuff into the signal chain? | |
| Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic @douglas_schroeder Do you know if this method would work with ICs connecting a DAC to a tube integrated amp?Also clarification on how to implement it, it's simply soldering two sets of interconnects to the same terminal on the connectors correct?T... | |
| Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic Will this method work between a DAC and the Line Magnetic 508IA integrated tube amplifier?For those who have experienced improvements by doubling up, what was the gauge of the original single interconnect in your situation? | |
| Bookshelf Recommendations Another vote for Ascend Sierra S2, absolutely stunning ribbon speaker worth multiple of its price | |
| Help with speaker cable recommendations please @grm I understand that you have some improvements in sound you'd like for your system. How have you concluded that the speaker cable alone is responsible for the shortcomings and a different set is the solution? The purpose of a cable ideally woul... | |
| Double blind test- over a month- could this be a reliable test for any equipment? No testing is 100% reliable when it comes to sensory perception, but blind tests are a hell of a lot more reliable than sighted tests. The human mind, perception and memory are all extremely fallible and vulnerable to influence. This is the reason... | |
| Audioquest Firebird Zero Yeah, 14K is ludicrous, hell even the 4.5K for Thunderbird is ridiculous for a cable. I think the game changer comment was made relative to the previous Audioquest product offerings, rather than overall objective price/performance value, which wou... | |
| Audioquest Firebird Zero According to Audioquest customer support and dealers, these new speaker cables from Garth Powell are a game changer just like the Storm series and new Z series power cables, which share the same noise rejection grounding tech. The results you hear... | |
| Differences in Audioquest Storm series (Thunder, Tornado, Hurricane) Thanks for the reply guys.@nolacap, with the tornado feeding the Niagara 1000, what cords are you using to feed your components? I read that power cable upgrades are more effective going from the conditioner to the components rather than wall to t... | |
| Differences in Audioquest Storm series (Thunder, Tornado, Hurricane) I wonder if they are talking about the new Wind series ( Monsoon and Blizzard)cables, which is one series down from Storm. Those literally just got released. The storm series have been out for a year now. |