jfrmusic
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| Power Cables <$500 for Digital Sources @mbarrett635 Actually I just ordered an Ice Age Frakencable power cable last night to try. Should have it by Monday. It shipped today. | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? For me recorded quality is paramount. I can't listen to poor recordings regardless of the performance especially now that I have a very resolving system. And yes Classical recordings are extremely variable in quality. Even with current methods and... | |
| Power Cables <$500 for Digital Sources @audphile1 Thanks. From other sources I’ve gotten the same information. The DAC is more important than the streamer concerning power issues. | |
| Power Cables <$500 for Digital Sources Power cords don’t sound the same as I’ve experienced differences with my Amps power cord. @audphile1 Curious did you find a bigger improvement when you placed the Nordost on the DAC vs the Streamer? Which had the most impact to an upgraded cor... | |
| Aurender A200 vs N200 Went with the A20 after hearing both but key reason was I got a MSB DAC and they recommend the A20 It has the better AES Digital Output Allows sync with a superior external Word Clock which the MSB Discrete has. The N Series are better than ... | |
| Watts! How many do we need? @bigtwin Thanks that was an interesting article. @macg19 Yes exactly how I feel The amp reproduces the peaks effortlessly. No sounds of straining or harshness. The entire frequency range just gets louder with no over emphasis of up... | |
| Watts! How many do we need? @macg19 I have the C7ES-XD Harbeths | |
| Watts! How many do we need? Let’s assume the meters are not very accurate. How much off are they? By a factor of 10 so 10 watts peak? Or by a factor of 20 so 20 watts peak? And then we make the sound twice as loud (+3db). Now 20 or 40 watts. Sill far below the amount of wat... | |
| Watts! How many do we need? Peaks are between 75 and 80db. I’m sitting and measuring about 8 feet from the speakers which are 7 feet apart. They are almost 3 feet from front wall and are 5 feet from side walls. Plenty of opportunities for sound absorption. The room is 17 x 1... | |
| Watts! How many do we need? It’s a new Accuphase amp and the meters are accurate. The amp is rated at 150 watts per channel into 8 ohms and 300 into 4 ohms. I think we are all using a lot fewer watts than we think even in peaks. | |
| Watts! How many do we need? @bpoletti That’s the issue I was addressing. The meters in my amp are set to freeze at the highest peak reached. So at the end of the night when I check them they never exceed 1 Watt. And that’s with me listening to full Classical orchestral ... | |
| What is your front end ? Sold all my Vinyl back in 1997. Was a late adopter to digital. All my CDs now ripped and stored on my MacBook. However my front end is Aurender N20 MSB Discrete DAC Store most of my ripped CDs on a 1TB drive I put in the Aurender. However mos... | |
| Watts! How many do we need? @ghdprentice I’m puzzled by your experience. I don’t doubt it but since current x volts equals watts. What you are describing is that lower current sounds better. So something else is going on when you switch to high watts. | |
| New Accuphase Amplifier Experience That’s why I bought the MSB DAC. If you trade up they will give you full list price of current unit in trade. Plus there are always firmware updates as the DAC doesn’t use a chip. | |
| New Accuphase Amplifier Experience @westcoastaudiophile I use the MSB DAC direct into the Accuphase amp plus I have digital only system so really no need fora preamp. I had a Benchmark HPA4 and it didn’t sound any better than going direct. If I did need a preamp I would likely... |