kirkwallace
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| Harbeth 30.2 XD Vs Triangle Magellan Duetto 40th anniversary Thanks again @hedwigstheme . One of my favorite local dealers has the Revels on the floor so i can go see and listen to them. Going to do that tomorrow! I’m veering away from the Triangles as it seems from reviews and comments on here and elsewh... | |
| Harbeth 30.2 XD Vs Triangle Magellan Duetto 40th anniversary Thank you, @akg_ca . This is super helpful and more on point than i could have reasonably hoped for. (I’ve been thinking about the integrated DAC/Streamer Electrocompaniet, too….) And @hedwigstheme thank you as well; Fair questions. The Revel F2... | |
| Small compact 2-way speakers? Harbeth p3esr xd vs DALI Menuet SE ? I have the Meneut SEs on order; I have at least 30 days to try them out. (I could not find that option on the Karis.) I’ll report back. Now I’m looking for bigger stand mounts for a dining room/lounge area…. | |
| Small compact 2-way speakers? Harbeth p3esr xd vs DALI Menuet SE ? @soix, thank you. I had not heard of Diapason Karis before. They do look great and are definitely the right size. I will investigate if i can find a pair to audition. And thank you @mike4597. | |
| Small compact 2-way speakers? Harbeth p3esr xd vs DALI Menuet SE ? Thank you, @jastralfu . | |
| Small compact 2-way speakers? Harbeth p3esr xd vs DALI Menuet SE ? Thank you, @dwest1023 The DALI’s are a touch smaller and that is a plus in this setting. I have DALI Epicon 6s in my main system and love them; so that is one reason I thought of the Menuet SEs. But a friend has a big pair of Harbeth’s — not sure... | |
| Network Switches Actually, it’s the jl680a that I’m interested in. The 681 has PoE, which i don’t need…. | |
| Network Switches Another variation on the switch: Has anyone tried this HPE “Aruba” switch with both twisted pair RJ45 ports and 2 slots for optical fiber SFPs? (Speeds limited to 1g) https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1561166-REG/aruba_jl681a_instant_on_19... | |
| Network Switches An interesting thought. I realized that I run my network switch through my power conditioner ( a Digi Buss ). The maker of which commented that that should be "cleaning' the power. So perhaps an iFi X power supply would not add much to the mix... | |
| Room Nucleus One USB port out to fiber converter to Ethernet DAV? Thanks again. @erik_squires . What you’ve described (Ethernet/fiber/ethernet) is what I’m doing currently. Just wondering about getting the M33 off the switch. Probably not doable. Or not advisable. -K | |
| Room Nucleus One USB port out to fiber converter to Ethernet DAV? @erik_squires thanks my DAC is integrated into my NAD M33. It’s a pretty sophisticated DAC with the ESS 9028 Sabre DAC chip. I do not have the NAD module which would allow for a USB streaming connection. So the best hardwired connection is e... | |
| Room Nucleus One USB port out to fiber converter to Ethernet DAV? Oh, and is it possible to edit a Post’s title? I’d like to fix that “DAV”! | |
| Options to improve digital sound For networks, you want AS FEW HOPS as you can get. You also want AS FEW conversions along the way. Adding several switches, and swapping from coax, e-net, fiber, and so on is not a good thing. @mswale can you give us some more detail on the “ho... | |
| Network Switches Just to close the loop on this, the shielded Cat8 cable arrived and seems fine. No real change over the Blue Jeans Cat6a that I can discern. But some peace of mind knowing that that last foot from optical to the streamer/DAC/amp is now also shiel... | |
| Network Switches Good to hear. Thank you. I've got a test cord coming tomorrow. The system is sounding so good now -- the media converters with those finisar SFPs & the Corning OM4 fiber seem to be magic -- it's hard to imagine any improvement, but I'm eag... |