loftarasa
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| Best DAC/preamp for under $2K? A few more for your list:NAD M51Cambridge 851DM2Tech Young DSD | |
| Thoughts on Clear Day vs Grover Huffman SC's? I've had both these so can comment:Clear Day - very neutral, detailed, smoothed at frequency extremes, Grover - lively, detailed, rythmic, dynamic, natural.Both very easy to use. If you want refined and neutral, go with the Clear Day, if you want ... | |
| Speaker cable recommendations I totally get your description. You want a balanced sound. My best recommendation is Audience AU24(E/SE).Another is the Stereomatic LectraLine (which appears to have been upgraded / increased in price recently as a shotgun offering).You can get bo... | |
| Will I hear differences between 8TC and 12TC? The difference between 8TC and 12TC is extremely small, if even detectable. | |
| USB/SPDIF converter and DAC combinations I'm very happy with the iLink, which I got cause I also use their iUSB. Other ones to consider are the Halide Bridge and Bel Canto Reflink range. | |
| Power cord for DAC Unfortunately, it's impossible to say; you have to try cables in your system/room to say what's best.At near $200ish, I've had good luck on my DAC and digital transport with the Douglas Connection Bravo 15 (Furutech cable with Wattgate AG connecto... | |
| Anyone try Mogami Neglex for balanced interconnect It's fine and good value as a starter cable but in my system, I found it ultimately a bit forward and not as refined or rich as Grover Huffman's cables, nor Audience AU24E. | |
| Wireworld oasis 6 interconnect oppinionins It's the Equinox but they're close enoughhttp://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/vt.mpl?f=cables&m=160194 | |
| Kimber kable 8tc or 12tc warm? "a warm speaker cable with rich mid and heavy weight in bass and mid bass" -- 8TC is not that, and neither is 12TC. They're both very clean and neutral, though.I think you would like Acoustic Zen Satori or Audience AU24. | |
| Isolating bookshelf speakers without stands? There are also the Primacoustic Recoil Stabilizers, but honestly, stands are best. | |
| Most accurate speaker At this level of absolute naturalism, isn't one's room acoustic more a limiting factor than the speakers?At the YG level, hmm, I might recommend TAD and the active ATC SCM100s/SCM150s | |
| Wireworld oasis 6 interconnect oppinionins I used to have the Oasis 6 speaker cable and it was a good cable. Nothing much to criticize for the price. However, the series 7 has superseded it and is meant to offer improvements (a recent review posted at the other place). | |
| Speaker cable and brightness control Disclaimers: in my system, in my room, with my ears, yada yada, all cables (power, interconnects, speaker, digital) can change the presentation. I don't have any scientific arguments except to share that all the following that I've tried are NOT b... | |
| Grover Huffman GH RCA ZX+ cables vs... I'm going to muddy the waters here by actually agreeing with both posters and give you my experience. Had the Grover XLRs for about 2.5 weeks burning in non-stop (my system in my sig). 1. Burn-in is possibly the most brutal I've ever found in any ... | |
| Speakers that do pianos really well Sony SS-AR1s do piano amazingly well (well, it helps they're always demoed with hi-rez multichannel, I suppose). Another affecting piano rendition I heard once was an all active Meridian setup. That surprised me a great deal, but they excelled at ... |