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| AudioQuest vs Cardas XLR Thanks for following up, @decooney . I haven't observed much change in character with burn-in - and it's had a lot. Female voices, in particular, seem to suffer a hardness, and sibilance is very noticeable. I've actually found a set of Golden C... | |
| AudioQuest vs Cardas XLR @decooney The Cygnus's arrived today, and already after only an hour of listening the detail and transparency they're offering is remarkable. Though, to be honest, they're a touch harder and brighter than I was hoping for. I noticed in an earl... | |
| AudioQuest vs Cardas XLR @decooney Available in the UK here https://www.analogueseduction.net/analogue-interconnects/cardas-clear-sky-audio-interconnects.html Anyhow, this is now moot as I've ordered the Cygnus | |
| AudioQuest vs Cardas XLR I'm also looking at Cardas XLR, though the Clear is outside my budget. Has anyone tried the more affordable Clear Sky model? | |
| Denafrips Pontus II FPGA firmware upgrade 2023 Hi @audiofilo123 Can I ask how your experience with the Firmware (v1.3?) is progressing? I have a brand new Pontus 12th, which is only 5 days old. So far, I'm moderately unhappy with its glassy digital tone, sibilant female voices and light ba... | |
| Denafrips Pontus II 12th VS Gustard R 26 I’m in a similar position - trying to decide between the two. Such is the nature of buying Chinese-sourced DACs that comparisons are very tricky. My current DAC is embedded in my Hegel H390. By all accounts it’s a pretty decent unit - I’ve read i... | |
| would innuos mk3 streamer benefit from network filter I had a similar problem The quality improved by adding a very decent USB cable (FTA sinope), Innuos Phoenix USB and power filtering, but was still too digital. Too hard. What fixed it was the ethernet stage, namely adding an Uptone EtherRegen, ... | |
| Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older? It might be unwise to extrapolate too much from this very interesting study: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2800197 But it would seem to me that making an effort to broaden your horizons and seek out challenging music as ... | |
| Fee for home audition That's disgraceful. My dealer in the UK drove an hour and a half to drop off demo speakers (ATC SCM40), despite me being a new customer to him. Not only that. Once I'd placed my order for them, he loaned me a pair of SCM19s to tide me over for ... | |
| Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older? I'm 51 and I've never been so attuned to new releases as I am now. Streaming has opened up a huge world to me. Weekly, I scan album reviews on Pitchfork, NME and The Guardian - it's amazing how often a cracking album gets overlooked by at least ... | |
| SOtM dCBL-CAT8M - Is this the new reference in LAN cables? @in1voice , regarding the ER's A and B side, the Uptone guys state that the full benefit is only derived from an input on the A side and the main component receiving the B side's output. The internal "moat" isolates any noise between the two side... | |
| SOtM dCBL-CAT8M - Is this the new reference in LAN cables? @in1voice , by the way, is this the full length CAT7u, or the short filterless version which comes with the red ISOCAT7? Yes, the clock made an enormous improvement, and continues to do so as it’s only 2 weeks old. It can take up to a month, appa... | |
| SOtM dCBL-CAT8M - Is this the new reference in LAN cables? Hi @in1voice I had a very similar setup to yours. It was: Netgear Orbi Satellite => ISOCAT7 => Cat7u => Innuos Zenith 3 I was in communication with May Park at SOtM at the time and this was the configuration she advised. I did also ... | |
| Ultimate test of bass - Lana del Rey's A&W Must be electronic. Nothing natural could generate such a force. | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers @sns I just noticed a comment you made on 28th Jan about the addition of the Finisar 1475 being the final upgrade of your ethernet stage. Can I ask your impressions of it? I'm at the same stage. I have the FTLX1471D3BTL and am very happy with ... |