johnnybwood
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| My impressions of the much Hyped LAIV Harmony DAC (I ordered one and Listened to it.) Wow! I understand your frustration! Sorry you had to find out the hard way. Appreciate the heads up. | |
| Do you recall "instant improvement" from your first stand-alone DAC ? Can’t go wrong with an outboard dac! I had reservations about it too because I wasn’t spending much (Cambridge dac magic 200 m) but boy was I shocked at what I was missing! With what you’re getting, you shouldn’t have any regrets. ETM! cheers! | |
| op amp rolling Installed the V7 classics and tried them out. Wow! Huge improvement in performance. Wouldn't go so far as to call it a giant killer but they are far more musical than before. The V7 monos look like they are different than the za3's as far as the i... | |
| Why don’t more members post their systems in their profile? I find it difficult to door I would. I agree that help a lot. Especially when people are looking for recommendations on new gear. It tells a lot about the sound you're after and the amount you want (or need) to spend. | |
| op amp rolling I guess I’ll be reporting back on the V7 classics and sharing my thoughts on those since they will be here today. Haven’t heard of staccato or orange before so I obviously haven’t dug very deep into this but if these don’t work out I will be inves... | |
| op amp rolling Ordered the classics instead of the vivids on Bloom Audio's recommendation. Hopefully it won’t rob detail and dynamics for the sake hopefully getting rid of digital artifacts. | |
| op amp rolling if I’m to understand what I’ve been reading the op amp in the back is to convert the RCA input to a balanced signal so I believe it can be removed from the unit if using XLR. I've ordered two pairs of V7 classics to try on the Two amps running dua... | |
| op amp rolling so you're saying swapping didn't yield any benefit on the balanced input stage, only RCA? Just amplification stage? I was looking at the vivids so I take a shot at those. The za3's have enough height inside the case for those. I didn't the v3's wo... | |
| op amp rolling Thanks! I've been looking at the vivids. I'm running one dual mono for each speaker with XLR splitters and biwire to maximize the output. Tried them mono non-biwired not nearly as defined and lost there punch so I feel splitting is worth. That wil... | |
| op amp rolling Using the Node icon for all the frontend duties eArc for video stuff and a cheap Sony Blu Ray player just in case. Pretty bare bones but that was the point. 2500. Total investment! The result is still surprisingly good! Just thought swapping out t... | |
| op amp rolling Thanks! I'll do some research on the Muse. | |
| op amp rolling audiodwebe Removing RCA op amps makes a difference and the amps still function for XLR? | |
| op amp rolling bigeks357 Did the vivids reign in and take some of the edge off? Do you think it was significant enough to justify it? Looks like about 500.00 for the six. Won't bother with the sub outs. Doubt there would be any appreciable gains there. | |
| op amp rolling audiodwebe Are you running the mono's or the za3? | |
| op amp rolling I will say that the system is quite a departure from my main system which uses electric static speakers and Macintosh gear, but I don’t want to reinvent the wheel. I’m just having fun with this all digital system in a simplistic set up.That being ... |