ianb52
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| Keep investing in peripherals to make expensive an DAC work in my system, or get a new DAC Thanks for your suggestion. Going back to the stock Meze cable *almost* totally removes the fatigue, but as you said it is a bit warm and less detailed. I actually had a BHA-1 for a while, but it was way too edgy for me. I've heard good things abo... | |
| Consolidate/sell my headphone system for a DCS Bartok? Thanks. The Empyreans are what I use. Great headphones, although I hope to snag a pair of LCD-5s whenever those come out.The Bartok DAC is a lot better than the Mytek, but the Manhattan II headphone amp is really good. Even my expensive amps are o... | |
| Consolidate/sell my headphone system for a DCS Bartok? I got a chance to listen to a Bartok today, and while I was impressed, I wasn't that impressed. Unfortunately since it wasn't in my own system with my own power cables, source it wasn't an apples to apples comparison. I found the Bartok to be extr... | |
| Consolidate/sell my headphone system for a DCS Bartok? in_shore: So your vote on my original question is a definite "yes". What would be your recommendation for dealing with stored files with highest audio quality? (I am quite wary of garbage coming in from digital inputs.) It seems like the Zenith is... | |
| Consolidate/sell my headphone system for a DCS Bartok? If you add up the cost of a brand new Directstream DAC, Audeze The King, and 4tb Zenith MK3 and nice cables like I have, the Bartok is actually cheaper. If it actually does sound significantly better than my total setup and does NOT require a serv... | |
| Consolidate/sell my headphone system for a DCS Bartok? I’m not so much wishing that my current setup beats the Bartok, as I am hoping I wouldn’t be wasting money, mostly on account of the headphone amp quality. If you say the DAC and HP are both of better quality, then great.I’m way more into playing ... | |
| Consolidate/sell my headphone system for a DCS Bartok? What does that do? I've inverted the phase and back before, but I just left it at "In" which seemed ok. | |
| Consolidate/sell my headphone system for a DCS Bartok? erik: Actually I have not heard the Ayre. I had an AX-5 Twenty for a while which I really loved but had a really bad damping factor mismatch with my Focal speakers. I might give them another look as I like the sound of their analog gear and their ... | |
| 1st SACD Purchase Dark Side of The Moon, absolutely. | |
| Which USB Re Clocker It seems like you can’t go wrong with the Innuos. I think a bigger question is how much are you committed to the USB format long term as opposed to ethernet/network connections or something like a DCS Network Bridge. It does seem to take a lot of ... | |
| Shunyata Triton V3 a step up or good alternative to PS Audio P15? I’ve got it on the floor a couple feet from my components. When I got the P15 I called up PS Audio about the brightness issue and they seemed unsurprised, said there had been other inquiries like mine, and recommended to lower the output voltage. ... | |
| Shunyata Triton V3 a step up or good alternative to PS Audio P15? Well that's encouraging. A lot of people with the same setup as me love the PS Audio Powerplants, but mine is doing something harsh and fatiguing. The reply is usually, "If it doesn't sound right, it must be your power" but it's a freaking power r... | |
| Shunyata Triton V3 a step up or good alternative to PS Audio P15? Better acoustics will improve the sound and may be able to compensate somewhat for a bright sound, but this is not an acoustic problem. When I use the P15, and only the P15, my tinnitus acts up, and I even get a mild amount of vertigo and dizzines... |