jriggy
Responses from jriggy
| Puritan PSM156 I have also heard that a rhodium to rhodium contact is a good idea and can make some sort of sonic betterment over not matching. | |
| Phil Lesh I had been focused on Phil’s sound and notes and playing all afternoon on Friday w/ some ‘71 and some ‘78 from the new boxset. I even conversed to the wife about his notes while listening and cleaning house. Then she gives me the news of his passi... | |
| Puritan PSM156 @bluethinker the Ultimate is a killer cable for the price. It’s cleaner and clearer than anything at its price that I’ve heard. But the ZenWave “adds.” It has noticeably better / more realistic tone. And everything a little bigger. Not sure what e... | |
| Puritan PSM156 @maxima95 oh sorry, it was indeed the thicker gauge. And it does have the 50 NCF connector. I was off because this one was a little short and a used trade-in from Dave at the time. | |
| Puritan PSM156 @mclinnguy ZenWaveDave is a great guy. I also use his PL-11 on amp and source. The bass performance with the PCR14 is something! | |
| Puritan PSM156 The quality of the Mains power cord, wall to filter, is very important and can transform a system. The full and rich tonal changes and realism from going from the Ultimate PC to a ZenWave PCR14 was amazing. Stage size grew bigger, too. But it’s at... | |
| Weiss 204 Dac or LTA Audio Aero Dac as an upgrade from Chord Qutest Dac I agree with bgross but from the other pole. The Weiss’ neutrality worked wonderfully with Harbeth 40.2 speakers. My system with Harbeth, tubed pre and neutral SS amp, allowed all the detail and neutrality to shine through, without highs being too... | |
| Upgrade Denafrips Terminator 2 @mikhailark you seem to of taken my comment personally. I am in no way saying anything about you or your experience. I am simply saying that there are many that have had fine experience and help from them, that would disagree with an overall state... | |
| Upgrade Denafrips Terminator 2 @mikhailark there are many that will disagree with you about the value Vinshine brought. | |
| Preamp or DAC If you decide on upgrading the preamp, look into Backert Labs. The Rhythm 1.4 is in your price range and it is fantastic. if you decide to upgrade DAC, I have a Lampizator. I just demoed 4 other DACs and have decided to stay with and upgrade to a... | |
| Warm relaxed digital coax Snake River Audio is supposed to be warm and well made. | |
| Beautiful Colored Tube Preamp ($10k budget) to Pair w/ Very Accurate Monitors (PSI A25M) For the beautiful color done exactly how beautiful color should be done, how bout a used Vinnie Rossi DHT preamp. Huge spacious stage, detailed yet flows with ease, then control the level of warmth wanted with tube choice. Also, IMO the LTA pream... | |
| Streamer and Dac ~$4.5k for Vinnie Rossi, Dynaudio system I have a VR L2 preamp with the big Harbeth speakers. In my system and room the more neutral DAC the better. I tried a Merason DAC1 MKII and found it to warm for me and there are other DACs with higher resolution/lower noisefloor. The Weiss 501 mkI... | |
| I suddenly have a weird buzz issue; can someone help me solve the problem? This may or may not be useful… I recently demoed a new preamp. I’ve had a silent system for years and years, with many component changes but the new preamp brought a hum with it like you describe. The culprit ended up being the Puritan 156 or so i... | |
| Good small/single outlet power conditioner for preamp. Update: The Furutech tp-609 passive power distribution unit AND the Equi=Core 1800 balanced power conditioner are BOTH hum free!! This confirms some sort of mismatch in power or grounding between the Puritan PSM156 and the Backert Labs Rhythm 1.4... |