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| Handling Heavy Amps Hello @jfrmusic to me the Benchmark amps were on the dry and sterile side compared to the organic and lifelike qualities of Audionet. The Audionet are extremely resolving, but not fatiguing or overetched. Very full spectrum natural sound with wh... | |
| Roon Endpoint Streamers - Direct Comparisons between Current Offerings? My experiences for optimizing Roon Sound: -I am a lifetime Roon subscriber for some time and love the features. -avoid all DSP as much as possible as to me it adds noise. You don't hear noise per say, but it destroys the soundstage and ambi... | |
| Handling Heavy Amps ...and finally, I am in tune with your concerns. I am back two days now from having two (more) discs replaced and bone spurs on my spine removed. Music is my nervana, and I am appreciative to have had great help assembling my system! | |
| Handling Heavy Amps ...and there is NO comparison to the Benchmark amps (again and always to me). I have had them in for direct comparison. They are light I agree. What did interest me at the CAF was the WestminsterLab Class A's, which were lighter and cooler than... | |
| Handling Heavy Amps Hello @jfrmusic , amps are indeed heavy, but those seem to sound amazing to me! If you are in NJ, I strongly recommend my dealer Bill Parish at GTT. HIs Audionet amps to me are the best, and his services is par none. I have moved up the Audion... | |
| Roon Endpoint Streamers - Direct Comparisons between Current Offerings? Hello @ghasley , Yes, 100%. I use my Grimm MU1 as Core / streamer in my main system and my second system uses my onboard Tambaqui in my Makua as Roon endpoint. But the internal Bridge / Streamer in the Makua (Tambaqui) is not as good as the Gri... | |
| Zavfino and Neotech OCC Interconnect Hi @temmple, While I use K-S Realization in my home system, I have found the Zafvino Arcadia interconnects an amazing value in my weekend home. It is unfair to compare these two, just as it is unfair to compare the Zaffino's to many of these oth... | |
| Roon Endpoint Streamers - Direct Comparisons between Current Offerings? Hi @mitch2 : Isn’t the Grimm MU1 a server/streamer combination? Any sonic advantage to using it in the streamer, or Roon endpoint, capacity only? The Grimm MU1 is definitely a Server (Rooncore) and Streamer. You can now see them for just unde... | |
| Speaker cable length. Hi @n80 I have a family room system set up exactly as yours, with one speaker on each side of the fireplace and the components on the middle of the side wall. The long run is 10 feet longer than the short run. I dwelled on this same question, a... | |
| PSI Audio AVAA C20 Active Bass Trap Acoustic Absorber??? So I was able to walk around my basement with a big bass song and stick my head in various corners. My basements has a central utility room, so I sit with my back to that but have space to the left and right that goes into the other side of the b... | |
| PSI Audio AVAA C20 Active Bass Trap Acoustic Absorber??? No I did not buy these. I did two things: 1) switched the subs to wireless so I could move them around. Made a big difference getting them outboard of my main speakers and angled towards the front not pointed straight to the rear. They were... | |
| I want to replace the router/modem Comcast with a high quality for streaming Hello @jmfinney , Regarding your Verizon Fios G-3100 router, I had difficulty matching the barrel size of the DC cable from LPS that I tried to power the router with. Seemed like DC plug was closest to 2.8mm but not exactly. Do you know what siz... | |
| I want to replace the router/modem Comcast with a high quality for streaming hello @erik_squires, makes sense now that I see you run ethernet out of your wifi router / switch. as I have Verizon fios fiber running into my garage, may I assume that it is relatively free of lightening surge risk? I also have whole hous... | |
| Is My McIntosh C52 Pre-amp The Weak Link? Is it the DA1 in the C52? If so I believe many have identified this as subpar. I found the C52 dull in my system, but many love the MC sound. I would think keep the N10 and try a separate DAC. With the warmth of your pre and amps, something li... | |
| I want to replace the router/modem Comcast with a high quality for streaming Hi @erik_squires following up on Fiber optic cables, lacking in any metal components, cannot transmit an electrical surge from point to point. For this reason I use a fiber converter between the cable modem and Wifi router. There are stil... |