jaytor
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| Output tube types - need some opinions @buellrider97 - I assume you are talking about my profile photo. That's actually Mt. Ventoux. I have yet to ride Alpe d-Huez. One of these days. I'm doing a tour later this year from Geneva to Innsbruck, but we're heading into the Swiss and Austri... | |
| Output tube types - need some opinions Thanks for the feedback and ideas. The 300B is one of the tubes that was on my list to consider. My only reservation was the limited power and, to some extent, the cost of the better tubes. On the other hand, it would give me an excuse to try a se... | |
| Thoughts on My Dedicated Listening Room Having a symmetric room definitely helps with soundstage and channel balance, but I don't think the dormer is going to be that big of a problem. With careful application of acoustic treatments, you can balance the reflections off the side walls an... | |
| Suggestions for a good I2s cable $300-$400 range? I have a Denafrips Gaia and Terminator Plus. I decided to order the Tubulus Argentus cable, but while I was waiting for it, I bought a $12 HDMI cable from Amazon to try out. Switching from AES3 or SPDIF to i2s connection was a pretty significant i... | |
| Burn in of new DAC Your preamp and amp do not need to be turned on to break in the DAC, but you should play music through the DAC. | |
| AN Niobium versus Tantalum resistors? @clustrocasual - Thanks for the updates. Have you tried the silver tantalums? Are you using the silver Niobiums? What wattage parts are you using? I've been using the silver Tantalums, but haven't tried the Niobiums. | |
| Roon @high-amp - yeah, but the Denafrips DACs definitely sound their best using an i2s connection, and using the Gaia allows me to use the clock sync from the DAC. The Sonore optical Rendu that I used before I got the Signature was the best bang-for-... | |
| Roon @high-amp - Yes, I'm using the Transporter i9 as my Roon server. For my main system, this is connected optically to a Sonore Signature Rendu SE, which is corned via USB to a Denafrips Gaia which connects i2s over HDMI to my Denafrips Terminaror Pl... | |
| Tubulus Argentus I2s I am currently using this cable between my Denafrips Gaia and Terminator Plus. It works very well, but the improvements are fairly modest compared to a relatively inexpensive hdmi cable that I used temporarily while waiting for this to arrive. I... | |
| Roon The nice thing about Roon is that you are not tied to a single vendor's server or DAC technology. I started out running Roon on my PC, then on a DIY NUC server running ROCK, then a SGC sonicTransporter i9 optical. I've used multiple connections t... | |
| GIK alternatives I have used GIK on a number of occasions including recently for an art panel. I ordered it on Jan 1 and it just arrived today. Frankly I was pretty disappointed in the slow service. A few weeks ago, I decided to try some QRD diffusor panels from... | |
| Roon Bought a lifetime subscription a few years ago after the first year. It's not perfect, but overall I'd say it's the best bang for the buck of anything I've bought audio related. | |
| Western Electric or Takatsuki 300Bs? I decided to go with the Western Electric tubes for now. I’d like to try the Takatsukis at some point, but the WE tubes are sounding very nice. @larryi - I don’t know why I would be concerned about one tube being weaker than the other. This wi... | |
| What software are you running on your music server Roon running on custom Linux from SGC. | |
| Any tubes currently manufactured in the US, Japan or Germany? The NuTube has been around for a while. It was developed to provide a way to add low order harmonic distortion for Korg’s synthesizers. It is somewhat popular in the DIY community and their are a number of designs available including one from Nels... |