lewinskih01
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| Looking for a DAC for the Squeezebox Touch I don't know, guys. I have no vested interest in neither answer, but reducing jitter at the source makes sense to me. The way Cees answered the question seems he might be referring to no device needed to lower the jitter introduced by the Octave, ... | |
| Experience with Metrum Octave DAC Elberoth,That's great to read. Which source/s are you using? Playing what kind of material?I've seen comments saying it really shines with high resolution material and low jitter sources, like USB/SPDIF converters if coming from a computer. My int... | |
| Shielding components from EMI/RFI... Help please Bryon,Been following and learning from this thread. Thanks for keeping it going!I'm getting the itch to try some of these. The ferrites seem like the easiest place to start. I understand ferrites need to be carefully chosen by frequency. Which fer... | |
| Dedicated Line for my home theatre newbie I also installed 2 dedicated lines for my 2-channel. Go with the 10-gauge. Using a bigger section won't be hazzardous in any way. Your electrician might be thinking you are wasting money, or might be lazy, as you say.I suggest you go ahead and get... | |
| McIntosh C220 The C220 is certainly a good preamp. Whether it's a good value, depends on what YOU value. I have an MC275 and when I was after a pre the C220 and C2200 where the natural options, I thought. But you should ask yourself what is REALLY important to ... | |
| Looking for a DAC for the Squeezebox Touch Ronrags,I am also after a DAC to pair with my Touch, but funds don't allow to make a move yet. However, I am very interested in the Metrum Octave. It's just under $1k. Has only a coax and an optical input (dealbreaker for some). It's a non-oversam... | |
| Bi-amp question I looked into this a while back, and for my situation it wasn't worth it. My thought was a tube amp for mids/trebble and a 200 Wpc SS amp for bass, which I had. I tried feeding both amps from the pre, so both reproducing the full bandwidth, and fo... | |
| Modding a Rotel RCD 855 No, cannot be modified to read SACDs. Yes, it is outdated, but if you love the sound, why change it?I have a Rotel RCD-1080...I think that was the model...anyway, very well regarded CD player, for the money, and asked a modder about it and he said... | |
| B&W N802 as an upgrade to 804S? I also own 804S, but driven by McIntosh MC275 and Lamm LL2 pre and I don't get a sense of harshness, and no fatigue at all. Very nice sound, actually! The 804S driven by a 200Wpc Rotel amp and pre did sound harsh...maybe you should look at your am... | |
| 1K dac Customcoco,Did you get to try your Squeezebox (was it a Touch?) with the Octave? I have a Touch and I'm looking at getting an Octave to go with it, so would be very interested in your experience.Thanks! | |
| POWER CORD FOR LAMM L2 REFERENCE PRE AMP ? Sorry I can't provide feedback drawn from my own experience, but here are my two cents collected from pieces I've seen as an LL2 owner:- I know an LL2 owner who is VERY satisfied with Shunyata Anaconda and Hydra. Says it's the best improvement in ... | |
| DAC suggestion to pair with MC275 & Usher Spk Certainly 2 MC275 are a good solution. However, think about the heat and the expense of buying/rolling/replacing that many tubes. Might not be an issue for you.With 2 identical amps you could:1. Operate each as monoblock and have them reproduce th... | |
| DAC suggestion to pair with MC275 & Usher Spk I also have an MC275 and a sub. Rel Storm III in my case. Speakers are B&W 804S. Sounds great to me.Lately I've been focusing on improving my digital front end, but one aspect I have toyed for a while is relieving the MC275 from reproducing lo... | |
| Is the Squeezebox Touch complicated? I purchased a Touch about a year ago and I'm very happy with it. Setting it up through my wireless network was straight forward. I'm not a computer techie and I use a Windows system (Macs are reportedly easier to use), and yet it was very straight... | |
| Experience with Metrum Octave DAC Vic,Thanks for the input. I've been in touch with Steve and think very highly of him. Wasn't aware of the Syncro - great news!Have you been able to test for differences in sound between using the internal SBT DAC vs. SBT>SPDIF cable>Octave? |