hickamore
Responses from hickamore
| Tube DACs "you might try eliminating the relative complication and noise of a pre-amp in favour of a transformer volume control (TVC) or similar device:" In my case that's not an option because I use 3 analog inputs besides the 2 DACs. Well, maybe if I ran... | |
| Tube DACs @audioman58 The T+A DAC 200 is actually top of my list. With a tube preamp always. Whether a tube DAC would better sit my ears is TBD. | |
| Tube DACs "Tube DACs were not designed to eliminate the preamp any more than a tube phono pre is." The above succinctly states what all responses are telling me, and thanks for it. There are those who run streamer/dac/pre combo units straight to amp. But n... | |
| Tube DACs Thanks to all for the informative answers. Somehow I had forgotten those tube DACs having no volume control. So what about pairing tube DAC with SS preamp? (Not that I'm planning any experiments, and if I did, @ghdprentice is correct, they wouldn'... | |
| Burt Bacharach has passed away Ditto. | |
| 50 years of Hip Hop- How Come? Based on the above, one gleans that "music" is simply a term we use to designate "sonic performances and recordings of sonic performances," irrespective of content. (Not counting sheet music, arguably the most important kind of all) .And yet: all ... | |
| 50 years of Hip Hop- How Come? Some of us don't accept the notion of "genre." Useful for some purposes, yet so much of the best lies between or beyond. Experts say Purcell is pre-Baroque. OK, but he sounds Baroque enough for me. The War On Drugs. Rock? I would say yes. Purists ... | |
| Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel? Does "negatively impacting" the sound mean "degrading" the sound? Just wondering, here in our post-verb universe. | |
| Aurender N-200 Compatiblity with DACS. Is this a thing? @vonhelmholtz Yes, makes sense. I think Juan was concerned with my DAC clock as I am not yet prepared to upgrade it. In this situation SPDIF would be the temporary workaround until new DAC enters the chain and USB returns. Obviously N200 isn't com... | |
| Aurender N-200 Compatiblity with DACS. Is this a thing? @invalid it's an accident when audiotroy spells anything correctly. | |
| Aurender N-200 Compatiblity with DACS. Is this a thing? @vonhelmholtz Yes, I too hope Juan @Bliss will respond. If I understand correctly, he finds the N200 coax output beats USB (with some DACs) because coax fully uses the Aurender's own clock. More to be learned on this subject. | |
| Review of Rogue Audio RP-9 preamp The dealer should know. Or at least they can provide the Rogue link you need. | |
| Review of Rogue Audio RP-9 preamp @gakerty & others, thank you, very helpful, nothing to add thus far. | |
| Qobuz hell Among those complaining of Qobuz SQ, nobody reveals what streamers they are using. I am using Aurender N200 for only one week, all other variables constant, and only now am finding the "bass bloat" reported by others above. Hmmm. Could be need to ... | |
| Interesting situation! Do we need this.... Betting this is an anomaly, a one-off. My second system is Peachtree integrated (with DAC) running ancient Henry Kloss Model Six bookshelves on stands, plus cheap Wharfedale subs. That system, in a smaller 18' x 12' room, is used only for a huge o... |