jond
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| Transport for Exogal Comet Plus DAC Agreed that Woo Audio is badass looking and well built. Agreed with @lowrider57 top-loaders are less prone to problems than sliding drawers. Just don't lose the stabilizing puck! | |
| 6L6 vs EL34 Thanks mechans that jibes with what i was told previously. I guess it's amp dependent so we shall see. | |
| 6L6 vs EL34 Interesting guys food for thought. Waiting to hear what Vu thinks I may do it. | |
| 6L6 vs EL34 jadedavid thanks for your input it's very interesting I was told that 6L6's would sound sweeter by the person who suggested the conversion. I guess as you said YMMV. | |
| To Roon or not to Roon I have an Aries Mini and like the Auralic Lightning DS app very much. I've been curious about Roon but the combination of cost, Lightning is free, and need for extra computing power has kept me from trying it. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? 11/14/73 San Diego Sports Arena The Grateful Dead | |
| disc player upgrade bug: Esoteric vs EMM vs PS Audio Are you able to audition at all? You have a couple of great disc players already and newer can be better but not always. Beyond that no specific recommendations but good luck! | |
| Transport for Exogal Comet Plus DAC +1 on CEC very good liquid sounding transports, not sure your budget but there is a nice looking unit in the listings now no affiliation:https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis8f86i-cec-tl-1x-transports | |
| Whats playing on your system today? 11/9/73 Winterland SF The Grateful Dead | |
| The ups and downs of tube vs. SS... @passet02 With all due respect that sounds like an issue with your amp itself not tubes. In my opinion a well built, point to point wired tube amp is harder to break and easier to fix and more prone to long term reliability. Sure there is a certai... | |
| Classic Over-reaction! I had an old Monster digital cable in my box of stuff which was how I finally figured out the cable was the issue. | |
| Classic Over-reaction! @simao TBD I opened the barrel of the connector and inside there was epoxy or glue or something. I took it to my local hifi shop confirmed it wasn't passing a signal but their tech wasn't there so I left it with them. Also fired off an email to th... | |
| Classic Over-reaction! Hey I was rearranging things on one of the shelves of my rack today knocked my Aries Mini off the shelf where it dangled by the digital cable. Rescued the Mini it's fine but my digital cable wont pass a signal. Let me tell you how many hours and r... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? 11/11/73 Winterland The Grateful Dead | |
| What's your investment threshold? As far as cables go I pretty much always buy used and have learned there is probably less correlation to $$ and great sound then with other gear. Plenty of relatively speaking affordable cable can sound great in a suitable system. Also there are s... |