donquichotte
Responses from donquichotte
| Power cords: does length matter? Yes, the length does matter. I have directly compared a 1m and a 2m long Lessloss C-marc power cords, both previously burned in. The shorter cable had an audibly different tonal balance, more tilted towards treble. I also own 2 OCC copper power ca... | |
| Back to the DAC I must second the MSB recommendation. I have the Analog Dac with the upgraded power supply (Analog Power Base). Extremely smooth, great detail, separation, wide and deep soundstage, luxurious sound. You said you are OK with buying used and this da... | |
| MSB for (very) long term? Thank you. In the end I bought an Analog Dac. | |
| Solid State Low powered Amplifiers I'll add a less known contender. I've recently heard and was extremely impressed (for the money) by a Lavardin integrated amplifier. It is incredibly liquid sounding with very detailed mids and, iirc, very good highs. Bass is not the star of the s... | |
| Any one heard Audio Analogue ABsolute I haven’t heard the ABsolute, but I owned the Maestro Anniversary. It had it’s strengths, such as a wide, holographic soundstage, good detail and bass authority, but I was not excited by it’s treble (enough lower treble but not extended enough, sp... | |
| Thoughts and perceptions on the sound quality of Accuphase Digital Products @jafant : Sorry, I missed your question. It's a long (at least 2.5m I think) DIY OFC copper cable I have received as a gift. I installed the connectors myself: a Furutech FI-38 (G) schuko plug and a Furutech FI-11 (Cu) IEC plug. | |
| Experience with adding super tweeter? Soundstage became more expansive and enveloping, in particular with the dipole supertweeter, which was really nice. On the other hand, the precision of the imaging decreased iirc (not 100% sure on this one). There was a pervasive sense of diminish... | |
| Experience with adding super tweeter? I tried the dual firing Aperion and another front firing one, the PTS I think, both with my Spendors (SP2/3R2) and Martin Logans (11A). Conclusions: 1. The dual firing one is much better built and sounding. If you like what a the supertweeter doe... | |
| Accuphase E-5000 factory power cord good enough? @duketbrd88 : I'm using Copper Line power cords from a British brand called Clearer Audio on my amplifier (1 m long) and PC (a bit too long at 2.5 m thickening the sound a bit too much perhaps, I might shorten it to 2 m soon) - these are OCC coppe... | |
| Accuphase E-5000 factory power cord good enough? @duketbrd88 : I have an E470 Accuphase integrated and an Accuphase SACD player. Both of these machines benefit greatly from aftermarket power cords. Accuphase sound, if there is such a thing, is all about finesse, a refined sound with plenty of mi... | |
| DAC upgrade Every cable has its own sound signature, just like any other component of the audio chain. Therefore, you may like my recommendation or not, it's a try and see matter, but IMO the Supra USB (the cheapest one, not the Excalibur, I had both and sold... | |
| What say you binding posts or direct wire? A couple of months ago me and a friend of mine compared, just for fun, his Exposure 3010 integrated amplifier to my Accuphase E470. As expected, the Accuphase proved superior. We did the comparison in my system, where I use the bare wire at the sp... | |
| ???Modern Speakers???Life Expectancy??? Some foam surround types do seem to degrade with movement (i.e.: excursion) as well as from the exposure to UV-radiation and atmospheric conditions, but more modern polyether-based foams last decades, and when treated with foam guard are very res... | |
| Integrated amplifier for Fritz Speakers I don't know your amp, but a passive pre can make the sound more detailed and immediate but also a bit sterile sometimes IMO, try to replace the Axiom with the Don Sachs and see what happens. Also, any single piece of cable, connector etc., includ... | |
| Thoughts and perceptions on the sound quality of Accuphase Digital Products I own the Accuphase DP550 SACD player and use it mostly as a DAC for streaming purposes (fed through a little Aurender USB-SPDIF converter). I don't have exposure to a lot of comparatively priced DACs, but I did compare it several times, in my own... |