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| Experience with iFi SPDIF iPurifier2 @lowrider57 @jriggy, I spent a fair bit of time sorting out my digital cable situation with the Bluesound Node and my Chord dac, pretty much by accident. I ended up enlisting outside help, but I learned quite a bit, and I think my system will... | |
| Has Anyone Compared the DAC On a Bluesound NODE 3rd Gen to a Separate DAC? @tcotruvo I have a Bluesound Node (gen 3) and the internal dac is pretty good. It was not quite as good as my old Arcam irDAC, but reasonably close. It is nowhere near as good as my current Chord QuteHD dac, but that is not really surprising. Th... | |
| Warm, Lush Laid-Back Smaller Floor Standers? 32,400 cubic feet. Plus 1 for two subs. A small floor standing speaker, I don’t care how great it is, will not fill this space with satisfying music on their own, especially in terms of bass. I suggest you get whatever floats your boat for spea... | |
| Are you interested in the new generation of "old school" design loudspeakers? @nonoise that’s a certain kind of vintage. +1 | |
| Are you interested in the new generation of "old school" design loudspeakers? @nonoise those look like a home version of the Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound. Phil Lesh would approve - four 15” woofers in your living room. | |
| Experience with iFi SPDIF iPurifier2 @jriggy ha, yeah I had a whole review ready to post based on a first listen to each cable, and then thought “you know better than that”. Getting close to having it figured out. | |
| what are your top "audio bargins" in your system history? Thorens TD150 mkII turntable - a gift when my brother was cleaning out his garage. AR turntable - bought used for $50 in 1980 Wharfedale Diamond 12.0 bookshelf speakers - the overall capability of these speakers would have been unheard of at thi... | |
| Experience with iFi SPDIF iPurifier2 @lowrider57 yes, I am comparing three cables at various price points that were lent to me by a dealer. There are clear differences, but I am giving each cable some time to warm up in my system until I get consistent results. My initial impressio... | |
| Experience with iFi SPDIF iPurifier2 @lowrider57 I am experimenting with different coax cables between the Node and the Chord. +1 to that suggestion. | |
| Jethro Tull “Thick as a Brick” CD revisited @hodu nothing very fancy: Chord QuteHD with MCRU lps and an iFi iPurifier2 with iFi iPowerX power supply. The iPurifer2 makes a significant difference but only when using with the upgraded iFi power supply. The MCRU lps used with the QuteHD helps... | |
| "Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time? “"Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time?” No. | |
| Experience with iFi SPDIF iPurifier2 @lowrider57 roger that. The cables in the usedcable.com link look pretty impressive. | |
| Experience with iFi SPDIF iPurifier2 @lowrider57 I tried to run down your High Fidelity Cables coax on the web. I couldn’t find any info on that wire, but their cable designs in general look pretty exotic. Does your cable have magnetic components? | |
| Experience with iFi SPDIF iPurifier2 @lowrider57 there is a review from about a year ago, I think by Simon Price at 13th Note, where he tried a number of streamers and decided the Node was a better pure streamer than it was combined streamer/dac, and that the streamer function perfor... | |
| Experience with iFi SPDIF iPurifier2 @lowrider57 I am using a DHLabs 75ohm coax which I would describe as “pretty good”. A poor quality coax cable I tried at first could not reliably support 24/192 signals from Node to dac. Swagman makes good power supplies, I use an SE model on ... |