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| Xfinity cable box directly to amp produces notably superior SQ than cable box > DAC > amp Don, thx for info. I go from xfiity box to the tv by way of hdmi. So with that said you’re saying it’s preferable to go from TV to dac to amp? Doesn’t that just add an additional hop into the chain? Im starting to finally come around to xfinity as... | |
| Xfinity cable box directly to amp produces notably superior SQ than cable box > DAC > amp Good point. I tried my best to match the volume but did so by ear so not empirically. I suppose that could effect the result. I’ve read about toslink cables being kinked or damaged. Is this common? Will look into dynamic compression. Have never ... | |
| Xfinity cable box directly to amp produces notably superior SQ than cable box > DAC > amp Yep, that was my first thing I checked but sure enough the box configuration was set to 2-channel stereo which was also specified as being PCM. I'm thinking the box may by buggy. What does 5-channel or dolby in general sound like going through a... | |
| $10k DAC in a 3k system? Well, I settled on a Gingnur Multibit dac. Just hooked it up yesterday and while it sounds great, I'm not sure I can tell a discernible improvement over my MusicHall 25.3 dac. I haven't A/B'd them yet and perhaps that's what's needed to really tel... | |
| $10k DAC in a 3k system? Almarg, would you mind elaborating on the following comment? Pardon my ignorance. Seems like you can educate me a a bit on this topic. Thx in advance..."Aside from that consideration, it seems to me that in determining the weakest link in your sys... | |
| $10k DAC in a 3k system? Thanks guys, jond and Almarg's advice makes sense. I guess I always assumed that the source is the most important part of the chain, as that is where the signal comes from. Jond's perspective is that the speaker is where there is more variance. A... |