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| Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? @lalitk Good suggestion but do you really think anyone would pony up for this device?i have one, it is a very useful truth-teller... has been quite worth it to me, since i use it fairly often to confirm what i am hearing among changes in cables, d... | |
| Recommendations for speakers that sound great at lower volume levels. High efficiency is over 100db 1 watt 1-meter omega is not a high eff loudspeaker.no hard and fast rules or accepted definitions of what high efficiency is among speakers... omegas are certainly presented as high efficiency speakersif you are comi... | |
| What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”? Apologies if this was already mentioned, but it’s important to consider DAC type. Depending on implementation, there can be "night and day" differences between a tube-based DAC, a delta-sigma style DAC, an R2R NOS DAC, etc. dac architecture matter... | |
| Desktop DAC/Amp wyred 4 sound mInt - small footprint, excellent for desktophttps://wyred4sound.com/products/integrated-amps/mint | |
| RCA to RCA versus RCA to XLR no benefit | |
| Sopra 2 Bass my money is on getting a solid state amp that mates properly with the sopra low impedance, and addressing placement and less than ideal room effectsmaybe break in if the speakers are brand newthen you will have a better chance at the best bass tha... | |
| Best Sounding Speaker Cables? @audiophil88 good post... i totally concur with your findings, based on my own experience with the three cables you triedyour system is also an excellent example of an excellent system, at a very smart point of the value curve -- outstanding perfo... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? chas lloyd is a treasureso much great music, for so long, and still productive and inspired | |
| CDP or DAC? if not a modwright modded or vsei sony i originally suggested... https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649751607-luxman-d03x/?utm_source=featured_ad&utm_medium=web...https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649756954-esoteric-x-03se-sacd-player-speci... | |
| Need a DAC Recommendation. last two posts illustrate well the range of sonic presentations among good 1000-1500 dollar dacsying of chord qutest to the yang of the mhdt tube unitssystem synergy is the lifeblood of musical happiness in hifi systems | |
| CDP or DAC? @jond so yes if ARC has backup transports that’s good but if they don’t you're basically out of luckone quick email to greg c at arc will take care of this, he can confirm yay or nay | |
| Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? https://www.monoandstereo.com/2014/04/audio-by-van-alstine-abx-comparator.htmli find this unit indispensible in comparing many components and cables, esp. cablesvery useful to combat confirmation bias and also disparate volume settings when trying... | |
| Can you share your older Pass Labs experiences? @ghdprentice ....but if you like a bit warmer presentation, then a warmer preamp than the Pass may be what you want… maybe an Audio Research, Collier Jackson, or VAC.collier-jackson? don’t they make a great petit syrah? 🍷🍷 😄😄 | |
| CDP or DAC? this isn’t what the op is inquiring about, but to the discussion immediately below, one must remember that cd’s bear the music for the owner, like owning the music files, while streaming is hearing the music sent to you by the owner/providerwifi, ... | |
| Can you share your older Pass Labs experiences? to @erik_squires short list i would add hegel... sound quality is at the same level to the others mentionedmy first experience with pass was an aleph 3 back in 1997... honey of an amp, great tone, but not alot of power so at that time did not driv... |