jastralfu
Responses from jastralfu
| High End System Building. How important is the matching, cabling and room? Thoughts ? The "dealer" would rarely tell you that...he may be all about "matching" expensive crap with other expensive crap and constantly capitalizing on the poor dude’s constant disgruntlement. @deep_333 i have a hard time believing this. I’m sure th... | |
| High End System Building. How important is the matching, cabling and room? Thoughts ? I don’t think anyone here has stated that anything matters more than the room. What do you do when you can’t do anything about the room or very little or there are things you can do nothing about? Getting another room is likely not a solution fo... | |
| High End System Building. How important is the matching, cabling and room? Thoughts ? @mihorn I agree the room matters a great deal and I don't mean for this discussion to devolve into whether or not it does, just that some folks can't do a lot about fixing it. The OP is one of those who cannot. @calvinj My room is not optimal ... | |
| High End System Building. How important is the matching, cabling and room? Thoughts ? my listening room isn’t optimal so I have done a lot of work with everything else to get a great sound that I like. I can’t do much about my room. @calvinj i figured you were saying something like that. Fortunately, I’ve been able to get my ro... | |
| High End System Building. How important is the matching, cabling and room? Thoughts ? @deep_333 i don’t know what you read but that’s not how I interpreted his last post. Room matters a lot, if you can’t fix the room you have to work with what you have. Getting components that play well together would probably sound better in a s... | |
| Hifi Rose 150B vs. Auralic Altair G2.1 I’ve not owned either but I did have a HiFi Rose 250b. I really liked the way it sounded but the interface was a bit cumbersome, at least coming from a MacBook Pro streaming from Tidal and Qobuz. I returned it after about a week when it started ... | |
| Which Clock I beleive @oddiofyl is correct and only usb will use the DAC clock. You don’t “need” the ddc but it’s nice to have and will squeeze the last bit of detail out of your source, lower noise floor and make everything sound better. I run a Hermes in f... | |
| Streaming DAC recommendation Aurender A200, Auralic Altair 2.1, Lumin P1, HiFi Rose 150b. All within your price range. I’ve owned none of them. Had a HiFi Rose 250b that I liked though. Lots of folks around here like the Aurender and Lumin components. Not sure if Innuos ... | |
| Help choosing a DAC @shrapnel Nope having two boxes doesn’t bother me at all. They complement one another actually. I like having the better oven controlled clock in the Hermes and the I2S connection as well, it seems to help clean up the USB connection and any jitte... | |
| Connecting a subwoofer I think you need something like what @erik_squires recommended. I think you have only line level inputs and not speaker level inputs. | |
| How does the Mcintosh DAC1 compare to standalone DACS similar in price? I have the same DAC1 in my MA8900. It does sound good but nowhere as good as the Pontus II 12th and Hermes DDC I’m using now. The Ares is probably a step up but not a huge step. Don’t know about the Schiit. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Supertramp Crime of the Century | |
| DAC RECOMMENDATIONS PLEASE +1 @vthokie83. We have similar DAC setups and I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment. | |
| 2024 Audio System Wish List Enjoying all the things I bought in 2023! I’ll see how long that sentiment lasts 😀 | |
| Why "bookshelf" sspeakers? I have stand mount speakers mostly due to the constraints of my listening space. I have a smallish room and am not far off from near field listening. The stand mounts made more sense to me than a floor standing speaker. I thought the floor stan... |