dougthebiker
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| T+A DAC 200 or WEISS 501 @thibaultgeoui You have to trial the T+A MP 200 with the DAC 200. They were designed as a pair and it makes a huge difference. Be prepared, though, they connect with an Ethernet cable and you won’t want the use the one they supply. Use at least... | |
| Power Cable Audioquest Dragon vs Isotek EVO3 Ascension It’s got very little to do with amperage. The only way to buy power cords is to borrow a bunch of them and try them out with favorite tracks and trust your ears. | |
| T+A DAC 200 or WEISS 501 I’ve had the T+A DAC 200 and the Weiss 501 in my system recently. I’m buying the T+A along with the matching MP 200 streamer. Together they are a totally different animal; incredible detail, more than I’ve heard from from $50k DAC’s. The sound... | |
| Surge Protectors You’re kidding, of course. | |
| Schiit Audio feedback I think Schiit is a great company. I’ve had lots of their gear and it’s hard to beat for the price. I’m upgrading from the Yggy right now and have found you need to spend 3x as much to make a dramatic improvement. Had the original Freya and als... | |
| speaker recommendations for Ayre V-5xe? I also would recommend talking with John Rutan at Audio Connection. Has been selling Vandy’s forever and is very honest. | |
| Top two most important sound qualities For me, if the soundstage is not wide and deep, I can’t enjoy the system no matter how good everything else is. Clarity and tone can be had in mono. I’m into stereo. | |
| Best way to A/B two different streamers Willy, You’re getting some non-optimal advice here. People are right that you should NOT use a cheap switch. Nor should you use an optical on one and USB on the other. Neither will provide a valid comparison. Pick 5 to 10 tracks that you feel... | |
| First Watt J2 & speaker pairing ? IMO you’ll find an open baffle speaker most satisfying. I’ve got GR Research NX-Oticas and drive them with a 9 watt 300B tube amp to ear-splitting levels when I’m in the mood for that. They are kit DIY speakers, but you can find them used or get... | |
| CLASS A POWER RATINGS The best class A amps have doubled their wattage into 4 ohms for at least 40 years. | |
| Connectors from cross-overs to drivers question The iron temperature is dictated by the type of solder you are using. The person who teaches you to solder can walk you through that. Only more expensive soldering irons have temperature displays. I’ve built a couple of big 3-way speaker kit... | |
| Connectors from cross-overs to drivers question Find someone who knows how to solder to teach you. If you don’t know what to look for, you’ll end up with “cold” solder joints which will cause you no end of aggravation in the future. And you definitely don’t want to use those cheap clips if yo... | |
| Please help with setting up a streaming system IMO, a new or used Innuos, Lumin or Auralic would put you far ahead of of the Blue Sound. I'd also strongly recommend the Uptone Audio EtherRegen switch (to get rid of jitter-causing noise) placed just before the streamer. since the rest of your ... | |
| STREAMER I’d rather not, since my point is you can’t take anyone else’s recommendation on a power cord. I will say that that same PC that is so wonderful on my DAC actually hurts the SQ when I use it on my Innuos streamer. | |
| STREAMER A friend with lots of power cables loaned me 6 different ones to try out on my DAC. I played the same set of well recorded tracks with all 6 and took detailed notes. I was looking for a cable that maintained the excellent dynamics, sound stage a... |