loftarasa
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| Speakers more fussy about cables than amp? Hey guys, I think I wrote my question rather ambiguously.In my system, I've tried a couple different amps that seemed pretty fine. And found that speaker cables could make a big difference in presentation.My conclusion/supposition is that when peo... | |
| Best neutral aes/ebu cable for transport - DAC I'm going to go for DH Labs D-110. Very happy with my D-75, and I've tried lots of coax cables. | |
| Best $3,000 speaker/amp combo? Hmm, I don't think there's any substitute for auditoning.I'll just say that for that space, you'll want full-range speakers - you'll be sad if you get some bookshelves that don't go below 50hz! | |
| Speaker Cables for NAD M3 and PSB Speakers I'm currently demoing 4 different cables and am most impressed by the Kimber 8TC out of all of them; they bring the best out of my speakers in terms of soundstage and top-end detail - you might want to add them to your shortlist. I think they woul... | |
| Speaker Cables for NAD M3 and PSB Speakers Hey Kiza, what kind of attributes is your system doing well already, and what kind of characteristics are you looking for in the new cable? | |
| Best non-USB Dac for $3k, computer as source? Um, I'll try to clarify - it's my assertion that a PC is a bad base on which to have a high-end transport based on S/PDIF.If keeping the PC, I'd contend that an async USB DAC capable of 24/192, which the latest revision Ayre is, will outperform an... | |
| Best non-USB Dac for $3k, computer as source? Eh, some of the suggestions you got so far are strange cause you said you want 24/192 out your PC, which would only do it if using S/PDIF out your Juli@.The PC/transport side of things is quite problematic for good sound cause of noise from all ki... | |
| good pre amp w/digital inputs You could just get the Audiolab 8200CDQ which is a CDP, DAC and preamp all in-one, or perhaps the Bel Canto 1.5 DAC. | |
| 1K dac Hi Customoco, I just received my Squeezebox Touch this very afternoon and am looking forward to trying it out later with my HK990 integrated amp, which has an inbuilt DAC section.Before getting this amp, I'd drawn up a shortlist of SPDIF DACs to d... | |
| Does a Powered Sub need a Preamp? Ah, I just noticed I replied to completely the wrong thread! I think Almbarg had you covered :) | |
| Does a Powered Sub need a Preamp? Have you made much effort on your room? Money should go on acoustic treatments before equipment upgrades, I feel. | |
| D’Appolito designs in smaller rooms? Not at all. | |
| Power Cord for $50 or less? I'm happy with my Element Red Storm, and would feel good about trying also their "Blue" and "Element" cords, to fit your budget. | |
| Any impressions? Morrow SP-3, Straley Reality I just picked up some Clear Day double shotgun from the classifieds. I like them, but I think it's really clear to me now I need to work on my source. Can you tell me the rest of your system, and what interconnects you're using, Tvad? | |
| Gain levels after ripping... What are you finally storing as? I just replaygain all my flacs in foobar for playback. |