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| Entreq and Innuos? @nyev I have my Zenith and PhoenixUSB fed from my Isotek Sirius. The Sirius improves the sound for sure, but perhaps now a little too bright. Am I right in understanding that your system is better with the PhoenixUSB fed direct from the mains, whi... | |
| Mains sockets and star earth - can anyone explain? @riley804 Asking advice on earthing and powering an amplifier is surely the whole point of a forum. If such a request upsets you so much, best not to scan forums. | |
| Mains sockets and star earth - can anyone explain? Hi @dpop - many thanks for your explanation, and the time you put into it. It certain beats the following DM I received from @riley804 do you have google ? if you google your title, you will find your info that you are looking for. | |
| Innuos Pulsar - Some Interesting Info for Innuos Owners Wish I'd waited. I never listen to the ripped CDs on my Zenith | |
| Why Is Hi Fi Gear So Darn Expensive? @fsonicsmith The trouble with the expensive watch analogy is that they require regular expensive servicing. When I sold my 20 year old Omega recently I had spent more on servicing than on the original purchase. Hi-fi can require maintenance,... | |
| Why Is Hi Fi Gear So Darn Expensive? Can't comment on the high-end prices, but I'm staggered by the inflation in prices over the past 2 or 3 years. Admittedly, COVID, supply-chain issues and Brexit (here in the UK) have been disrupters, but looking at reviews only 3 years old indica... | |
| Hegel H390 power cable I originally had my new H390 plugged into my 20 year old Isotek Multiway. Until, that was, I started experiencing minor cut-outs. The display went black, and knobs and remote were unresponsive. The music was still playing though. Hegel told me... | |
| New DAC or New Streamer? @charles1dad . Roon is more fully featured, but Sense is simpler and more than enough for me. At least Sense is free, and enabling the Roon trial is also easy. Give it a few months for it all to settle before trying it though. | |
| New DAC or New Streamer? Hi @charles1dad Good questions. I bought the Zenith Mk3 a few months ago, but effectively don't use the internal hard drive. 99% of my listening is new stuff, so I stream Qobuz. It's also the case that many of my CDs have since been remastere... | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? @zufan - it's a good point regarding the other luxuries. I partly funded my system by selling my Omega after I realised I'd spend more servicing it than I had on buying it 15 years ago. Think of those who might spend 50k on a Porsche, then on... | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? I've told no-one, despite being repeatedly asked by: my wife, my brother, friends etc Some prices can easily be researched. Any fool can google the current price of a 3-way ATC speaker (SCM40). But no way am I telling anyone I spent £1500 on a... | |
| New DAC or New Streamer? This year I upgraded my entire system. The source used to be the same Cambridge as yours, and is now Innuos. As I've also bought new speakers, amp and DAC, plus cabling, it's impossible for me to accurately state where the improvements begin and... | |
| Cables to settle brightness Over the past few months, as I improved all aspects of the sound, I noticed it getting brighter and too analytical. I posed the question somewhere on this forum and was pointed at Duelund wiring. It’s very affordable, and won’t need plugs or jumpe... | |
| Innuos Network Isolation Switch and Reclocker (Phoenix) @nyev On the basis of the points you made regarding the powering of the Phoenix's I decided to overhaul the setup of the powering of my digital sources. Cable-wise, I previously had a couple of old Ecosse Big Reds, an unshielded Russ Andrews Yell... | |
| Do Streamer only devices really impact sound quality? I would definitely agree that the ethernet stage can be the most complex, and certainly seems to allow the most possible upgrades, warranted or not. And I would certainly agree with @sns , that a decent switch can make things worse. I tried the N... |