ghdprentice
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| Table top DAC and Amp advice needed Yes, for low budget gear, Schiit is an excellent choice. I have a few around for misc duty. | |
| How best to arrange cables in this room... @carlsbad2 +1 …”Equal length cables are always recommended, I’ve played with un-equal length and never been able to hear the difference. ” I have to agree. While I did not do this when I was tremendously experienced with high end audio.... | |
| Is there miracles in audio experience ? 😊👌 | |
| Is there miracles in audio experience ? I think I know what you mean, but we would use very different language. I only use the word miracle in fun. If I do something well, that I typically do poorly, “It’s a miracle I did it correctly”! In reality, I was trained and worked as a scienti... | |
| Primer on SSD and internal hard drives An SSD drive is very likely to sound better than a hard drive. But a high quality streamer will gather the music off the hard drive and shut it down when playing. With a high quality streamer there should be no difference in sound quality betw... | |
| Is Aurender N10 still a good option @willywonka The new N30SA is newer… however the W20SE is still made and sounds better (not by a huge amount… I imagine some folks would prefer not having a battery, which I am sure is why they released it). The N30SA does not use a battery li... | |
| Benchmark or McIntosh.... 👍 outstanding! | |
| Speaker Cable Recommendation @riie 😊 | |
| Is Aurender N10 still a good option The N10 is a very good streamer. There have been sound quality improvements in the next generation. Some folks have said the N200 and N10 sound very similar. But the N10 is a fully fleshed out streamer. I would buy the N10. Then in ten years or so... | |
| Are cable “upgrades” just as likely to make your system sound worse? I think it most often happens with budget systems. This happened to me when I was just starting off. If you have high quality components, typically a better cable or interconnect will be more transparent and impart less of a tonal shift… so great ... | |
| DAC's from the past, are any of them really worth much today? I agree that DACs have made a lot of progress… but be careful. There is no question there are significant differences in budget DACs and high end DACs. Taking for example Schiit Yggdrasil as a budget DAC and >$5K (depending on exact brand) like... | |
| Why Streaming Service Sounds ‘Flat’ vs Tune In /Local FM /Radio Paradise I would recommend any Aurrender streamer. If you can’t afford a new one, get a used one. I have tried them at every level and own a N100 and their flagship W20SE now. I have also tried a number in between the $3K and $22K range… each significant j... | |
| Integrated tube amplifier: 4 ohm or 8 ohm connection? Definitely try both. Perfectly safe and reasonable to do. | |
| Luxman D07x I have auditioned a number of Luxman components recently and none of them have been soft or lacked detail. However the definitely lacked midrange bloom, musicality, and natural sound. If you are into flashy shiny sound… they fit the bill. | |
| Why Streaming Service Sounds ‘Flat’ vs Tune In /Local FM /Radio Paradise The primary issue is your streamer. Better streamers sound better up to the point your DAC or some other part of your system gets in the way. On my systems CDs sound the same as Qobuz streaming of the same resolution. Streaming can sound better s... |