jdm11
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| Add External DAC or Upgrade to a New Streamer / DAC? I'd like to thank everyone for their contributions to this discussion. I've learned a lot and have gotten some very useful information to work with moving forward - it's appreciated. | |
| Add External DAC or Upgrade to a New Streamer / DAC? dinov Which Esoteric did you choose? | |
| Add External DAC or Upgrade to a New Streamer / DAC? hilde45 Thanks for the question and observation. I have done a ton setting up the room. It's not perfect but it's definitely as good as I can get it. My modest vinyl front end is letting me hear the system is capable of a lot more with a bette... | |
| Add External DAC or Upgrade to a New Streamer / DAC? jjss49 Many keen observations there. The synergy of the Primaluna with the GoldenEars is very good for basically the exact reasons you mentioned. It plays out in reality the way you explained it in theory. I've gotten there through a lot of tr... | |
| Add External DAC or Upgrade to a New Streamer / DAC? Thank you for the feedback everyone it is incredibly helpful to have all this information in one place to help steer research and decision making. It sure beats the never-ending rabbit-hole of Googling endless articles that contradict one another ... | |
| Add External DAC or Upgrade to a New Streamer / DAC? soix thank you for your reply. I've been researching that Terminator it's in budget and seems like a promising option since I'm gathering that separates are the wisest way to go here and that piece would pair well with a future streamer upgrade... | |
| Add External DAC or Upgrade to a New Streamer / DAC? I'd say I'm looking for a fuller sound. I have a modest vinyl setup and if I play it with a quality record through the same system there's a substantial improvement (to my ears) in sound so I know what's possible with the rig. So the best way to d... | |
| Add External DAC or Upgrade to a New Streamer / DAC? Thank you Juan that's some good information I might PM with some questions thanks for taking the time. | |
| Speaker Hum Hi everyone thanks for all the input. Since my last post I: 1 – Unplugged HDMI cable - no difference 2 – Unplugged COAX - no difference 3 – Unplugged powered subs - no difference 4 – All RCA ins and outs unplugged - no difference 5 – The hum ... | |
| Speaker Hum Yes agreed thanks many much smarter than I hence the SOS! | |
| Speaker Hum Yes thanks - all RCA cables connecting the audio. The speakers have 3 prongs in the socket. They do still play with the subs unplugged. I'm going to run through these tests. I just can't unplug the cable coax at the moment because all of the house... | |
| Speaker Hum Thanks for all the input everyone I appreciate it there's a lot to look into here. In terms of the specifics they are: - All equipment is on one wall. - On the video side I have a single wall (not gang) outlet and am using a 6 outlet surge pro... | |
| Speaker Hum Thanks jetter appreciate the feedback I'm going to follow your steps and see how it goes. | |
| Speaker Hum I do have both a modem and tv nearby but all of those outlets are plugged into one dedicated strip. So I unplugged the strip while testing the hum. The only things I left plugged in were the amplifier and the speakers, which have powered subwoofer... | |
| Speaker Hum Yes same hum regardless of input. Also I thought of the tv so I unplugged everything except the amp. With just the amp plugged in the speakers hum starting at just over 50% volume and get the hum gets pretty loud as you get near max volume. |