jaytor
Responses from jaytor
| Power regenerators on pre / digital - any downsides? I'm using a power plant 3 for my streamer, DAC and preamp and noticed a nice improvemennt. I have a solar system on the roof and I don't think the inverter generates particularly clean power. The PP3 made everything sound a bit clearer. | |
| Maggie owners (past, present, future) what do (did) you love and or dislike about them? I've owned a few sets of Maggies over the years. In the late 70s I owned a pair of MG1s, then a second pair running side by side. Double Maggies were all the rage then. I was driving them with a diy class A amp that delivered about 80 wats per cha... | |
| Pls Recommend Streamer Under $500 for Tidal “HiFi” Good choice. I'm using one for one of my Roon endpoints and plan to get a couple more for other zones in my house. | |
| Magnepan durability I owned a pair of Tympany IVs when my kinds were 0 to 5 years old. These were the old-style 3 panel room divider speakers which I literally used as room dividers between my dining room and living room. They actually sounded great in this location ... | |
| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? I only have extended experience with the Nord NC500 Mk II monoblocks. I have found these to take a LONG time to burn in. They really started to sound there best after several months of use - maybe 1000 hours or so. Anyone that comes to the conclus... | |
| Building shielded IC's. Should both shield ends be terminated at the RCA, or only one? @millercarbon - I would also disagree with that assessment. There are a number of cable brands that provide bulk cable at a significant discount compared to their terminated cables, such as Furutech, Neotech, DH Labs, Kimber, Cardas, and others.... | |
| ... WHAT POWER CORD(S) ARE PLAYING IN YOU SYSTEM TODAY? DIY DH Labs cables on all my gear. Red Wave on the Parasound JC-5 and PS Audio Power Plant. Power Plus on everything else. But based on the SQ I'm getting from the amp, I will probably replace the Power Plus cables with Red Wave over the next few ... | |
| Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality? I made myself a pair of cables using DH Labs Q-10 bulk wire and DH Lab's locking banana plugs (nice quality). They aren't dirt cheap, but a pair of 8ft cables is under $400 with DH Lab's 10% coupon. These were a big improvement over the Audioquest... | |
| Network streamer recommendation without a dac/amp (pure streamer), under $4k @smodtactical - The only things I've compared it to are USB directly from my desktop (and a laptop), and Musical Fidelity VLink USB-S/PDIF converter. The BDP-2 is a definite improvement over any of these options (at least into the Schiit Yggradsil... | |
| Network streamer recommendation without a dac/amp (pure streamer), under $4k The previous owner updated the sound card after purchase. The original board used a white circuit board. You can ask the seller to open the top and tell you the color of the sound card. This sits on top of the motherboard and connects to S/PDIF, e... | |
| Network streamer recommendation without a dac/amp (pure streamer), under $4k I have the Bryston BDP-2 with upgraded board that I bought used on Agon about 18 months ago for $1400. It's been very reliable and sounds great. I'm using it as a Roon endpoint connected with a wired Ethernet. AES/EBU connection to my Schiit Yggdr... | |
| PS Audio Revises Marketing to a Direct Sales Only Model More and more consumers are recognizing the benefits of easy ordering on the internet and in-home evaluation. For high-end audio products in particular, it makes a lot of sense. I run a cycling e-commerce business and also a large brick&mortar... | |
| Parasound JC-1 - How old is too old? Well, I went down to the dealer this morning to check out the amps, and one of them had stopped working just before I got there. The amps were produced in 2007. This convinced me that I really didn't want to deal with an older amp again. I mention... | |
| Parasound JC-1 - How old is too old? Thanks for all the replies. Makes me feel a bit more comfortable buying an older unit. | |
| Dark Amplifier One of my favorite amps which I regret selling was a pair of Krell MDA-300s. There was something about them that was magical. They probably don't have the detail of a modern amp, but it was such a joy to listen to them. Too bad they were such grea... |