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| Ayre Codex or Bryston The DAC is less important in my opinion than the source. It sounds like you want the Codex for functionality.If you want a cheaper option, get the SOtM sMS-200. It's about $450 new. | |
| Ayre Codex or Bryston The Ayre Codex is great. Get it; then add a USB NIC to your computer, bridge the LAN ports, add a SOtM sMS-200 Ultra and tX-USB Ultra and prepare to be amazed. Take it to another level by adding a modded switch and master reference clock. | |
| Aurender N100h vs. SOtM sms-200 Ultra The Ultra does sound a lot better, especially if you add in the switch mod, tX-USB Ultra, and a master reference clock such as the Mutec Ref10/CyberShaft/SOtM. | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions @gdhal That's what every DAC designer says, but I haven't found that to be true. Of course YMMV, but I highly suggest that you try improving your upstream components. | |
| Gumby vs Yggy Sonore ultraRendu, microRendu, or sMS-200, sMS-200 Ultra will almost certainly sound better than a good computer. | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions I agree with Steve and have tested $100 DACs such as the ODAC all the way up to the Chord Dave and Ayre QX-5 Twenty. None of the DACs made as big of an improvement as adding a Sonore microrendu or SOtM sMS-200 Ultra. | |
| Gumby vs Yggy I could barely tell a difference between my Bimby and Yggy. Your money is probably better spent on a good source. | |
| Audio cables ,and power cords the most forgotton- part of an Audio system. Surprisingly, I've heard bigger differences with digital cables than analog cables in my system.Magnepan 3.7i's Sanders Magtech Audio Research REF6 Schiit Yggdrasil | |
| Tube preamp recommendations $3K-$7K range I use single-ended to my Sanders Magtech, and it sounds great. I used balanced from my DAC to the pre though. | |
| Tube preamp recommendations $3K-$7K range I had the Aesthetix Calypso Signature and replaced it with an ARC Ref5SE. The Ref5SE was significantly better. | |
| Magneplanar Listening Comparison 1.7 vs. 3.7 Speakers The i versions sound a lot better than the non i versions. When I had my 3.7's, I'm pretty sure that I preferred my 1.7i's to them. | |
| Aurender N100h vs. SOtM sms-200 Ultra Look at this thread:https://www.head-fi.org/threads/review-comparison-of-5-high-end-digital-music-servers-aurender-n10-c...Romaz has already compared the SOtM gear to the top end Aurender and found it to be better. | |
| HELP ADVICE FEEDBACK PS Audio BHK 300 - Hegel H30 - Pass Labs X250.8 or Pass X350.5 amp You would get a ton of bang-for-the-buck improvement if you upgraded your microRendu to a SOtM SMS-200 Ultra with tX-USB Ultra and master reference clock like the Mutec Ref10. | |
| Dedicated Music server vs Mac mini on a Devialet via Ethernet (AIR) connection @shadorne That's what Rob Watts (designer of the Chord Dave) and Chris Hansen (Ayre) say as well: their DACs are immune to upstream signal issues. That was not true when I tested the Chord DAVE and the Ayre QX-5 Twenty. Both still sounded better... | |
| Dedicated Music server vs Mac mini on a Devialet via Ethernet (AIR) connection @shadorne and @roestanoThat hasn't been the findings of my own testing and many others on computeraudiophile.comSee this massive thread:https://www.computeraudiophile.com/forums/topic/30376-a-novel-way-to-massively-improve-the-sq-of-com... |