jazzman7
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| Thiel Owners Jafant,Concur that this thread is a great resource for the Thiel community. Happy Anniversary! | |
| Linear Power supplies for DACs...? The Small Green Computer 5V LPS goes for $160 + shipping.It does the job. Only potential negatives ... it does run hot (I keep mine on all the time), and the blue LED display is rather intense. If you check out my system in the Virtual Systems se... | |
| Linear Power supplies for DACs...? I too have a Chord Qutest.I replaced the stock power supply with a Small Green Computer 5V Linear Power Supply ... and yes agree that it makes for a worthwhile upgrade. | |
| Thiel Owners Saw Simon over at Audio Consultants yesterday where they are in process of cleaning up what little they have left. In case anyone is interested, among the leftovers was a pair of Thiel SCS3 speakers. | |
| DIY Computer Audio Server or Melco N1Z/2EX-H60 I will be succinct and to the point .... get the Melco.The odds of your being able to better the Melco going the DIY route are very low in my opinion. And there is much more to it than just getting the right parts and wiring them up, but very muc... | |
| Which type of cable sounds best for Streamer to DAC: AES/EBU or DIGITAL COAX or USB ?? My opinion is that there is no one right answer. It all varies with the components you are looking to cable together. So for one set of components AES/EBU may be the best way to go, for another set USB, and for yet another Digital Coax. And that d... | |
| DAC upgrade, new or used, $1000 In your shoes I'd be targeting the following:Used - Ayre Codex for around $950 Bryston BDA-1 for around $700New (or used for that matter) Mytek Liberty - list price is around $1000 One of the Schitt Audio midtier DACs s... | |
| What are the top 3 USB cables being used today in reference systems? I can vouch for and highly recommend the original Curious.Have used it with a Chord Qutest first with a Melco N1A and more recently with a Roon Nucleus.Been well reviewed from the likes of Darko, HIFI-Advice and Audio Bacon. | |
| Streamer Advice Lumin, Auralic, Innuos Others? When it comes to SQ it's all about the precision of the clock, the cleanliness of the signal, and lowering the noise floor. Quieter is better.Everything in your digital food chain counts. Router, switches, ethernet cabling, how your music is stor... | |
| Thiel Owners @cascadephil Thanks.Bryston 3BST / Bryston BP20 has been my amp / preamp combo since 2004. Been driving CS 2.4s since 2011. Before that CS .5s. When I purchased used pair, my dealer still had brand new CS 2.4s on the floor, and was my Bryst... | |
| Streamer Advice Lumin, Auralic, Innuos Others? I think that going the Bluesound route would be an excellent way to get your feet wet. That is the route I went 5 years ago. At the same time I also went about the business of ripping my entire CD collection as uncompressed flac files using dBpow... | |
| Thiel Owners @cascadephil I'd be curious to know if you ever tried using your Hegel H190 to drive your Thiels ... and if so what you thought of the pairing.Hegel specs say their integrated amps are stable down to 2 ohms.So if so, all that is left is if it's a ... | |
| OK, Streamers: "Head" units only...? I think the Bluesound Node occupies something of a sweet spot in terms of value for your audiophile dollar. The Blu OS interface is first rate and the Bluesound folks do a good job of keeping it up to date. Add a decent external DAC and you are o... | |
| OK, Streamers: "Head" units only...? How about Roon Nucleus connected directly to your Chord Qutest via USB. I know by your definition it may not qualify as strictly a "head unit", but it definitely meets all of your other criteria, including your budget and arguably the best app out... | |
| Thiel Owners In case anyone is interested,received the following email from Audio Consultants: Audio Consultants Retirement Sale ContinuesDear Friends,As you know, before we officially closed our doors on December 21st, we held a comprehensive sale and most o... |