jl1ny
Responses from jl1ny
| REL Carbon Special in the house! @kskishore Thanks for the reply- Is there a substantial break in period with the CS? I really didn’t notice much of a change over time with the S/510. I do most of my listening late night which makes it difficult to let the sub run at a decent vo... | |
| Do older power cables still hold up to newer ones? I have no problem with used/older cables that have a vetted reputation. Virtual Dynamics Master and David series are well worth hunting for. They are fantastic and well under $1000. If I ever decide to move up to something higher end I’d probably ... | |
| REL Carbon Special in the house! @samgupta101 @soix Thanks for the responses. I started with the same settings and had to dial everything back and flip the phase to zero. There’s a HUGE difference from the S/510. This thing really pressurizes the room! | |
| Did you notice.... CD player into my preamp does not sound better than my Streamer + DAC (Qobuz). CD player as a transport into my DAC, I really cannot tell a difference. Full disclosure I only had a dozen or so CD’s on hand, Boston on MoFi and a couple Telarc’s wer... | |
| NY audio show 2022 Looks like a decent enough line up…PASS, Lampizator, Denafrips, LTA, Playback Designs, Spatial. All interesting. | |
| SkyfiAudio I did a deal with Fernando and toured the shop, I’m super satisfied. Very niche and they are exemplary at what they do. | |
| Pair of Rel S510’s or Carbon Special’s? Thanks to this thread I just upgraded to the Carbon 🤷🏼♂️ | |
| Pair of Rel S510’s or Carbon Special’s? I’ll echo what others have recommended. If you can afford the Carbon Special then go for it. I went from a T-zero mkIII —> T9x —> S510 in a relatively small room and I’m looking to move up to a Carbon. It’s a significant performance jump fro... | |
| What Power Cords for Rel S510 Subs? @nyev I have the S510 as well. What are you using for a connection? Fwiw, If you haven’t upgraded the speakon, I highly recommend starting there 1st. I upgraded to a Signal Cable speakon cable and a Virtual Dynamics Power 3 pc. My reference bass... | |
| EgglestonWorks Andra in nearfield? @lordmelton Egglestonworks, Wilson and Soundlabs have been on my list of full rangers. I posted this thread because a local deal on the Andra’s was available. After all the great info and advice here I had to accept that they would most definite... | |
| Node2i to Aurender N100SC…WoW! @dhite71 All good! Prior to obtaining the Aurender, I had listened to a Lumin and didn’t find much of a difference over the Node2i. At the same time, I had a ARC Dac7 and prior to obtaining the Terminatior, I demoed a few different dacs that did... | |
| Node2i to Aurender N100SC…WoW! @dhite71 Thats a shame it didn’t work out for you. So you were using the N10 with a ARC DAC8 and there wasn’t a substantial improvement over the Node2i? I’m curious to know, what USB or Coax cable were you using? The DAC8 is a fantastic unit. | |
| Reference 3A upgrades! @theedge Wow! Didn’t know about the La Suprema II, are they RV’s on top of a Bass module? | |
| Reference 3A upgrades! @theedge I’ve been throughly enjoying the Royals. I currently have a Rel S510 with them and it’s a fantastic pairing. The imaging and soundstage is amazing and the beryllium tweeter is completely non-fatiguing. Thankfully I’ve not had any issues w... | |
| Node2i to Aurender N100SC…WoW! @dhite71 I don’t want to impose any expectation bias upon you. So I’ll hold my comments until you get some listening time with it. Enjoy! |