lowrider57
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| Tekton Design Lore - Cronus Magnum II I don't know why you would hear hum unless you had a ground fault or a bad component. You might hear noise or possibly low-level hum if you have dirty AC feeding your system. This noise would only be audible when close to the speakers with no mus... | |
| Buy 12ax7 tube Oh, OK. SED made the "Winged C." | |
| Buy 12ax7 tube That's interesting about the Svetlana 12AX7. They are famous for making the highly rated Winged C EL34. | |
| Buy 12ax7 tube First of all, I must say that it's preferable to buy tubes from a reputable dealer who's stock will be high quality and guaranteed. Tubes from a Chinese website may not be genuine or may not test as new or NOS. There are plenty of good, inexpensiv... | |
| Using a lap top cd drive instead of highend cd player Let us know how it works out. Is the Coax In on the DAC RCA or is it BNC? | |
| First DAC: Metrum-MHDT-Rega-or? Not sure if this helps, but if the Metrum Amethyst is anything like their higher line of Dacs, it could be something special. They make some terrific Dacs.Metrum and MHDT are NOS Dacs, which IMO, reproduce very organic sonics. | |
| Budget Music Streamer Great that you're moving forward. Now try an audiophile cable, you only need a 12 or 14 gauge.I'm a real believer in the difference cables can make. | |
| Budget Music Streamer A reclocker will always help. And good idea trying the OPPO. Also, I strongly believe in using a high quality digital coax to the DAC, either from your source or from the reclocker.Also, it's possible an aftermarket fuse may relieve some of the d... | |
| Budget Music Streamer The Kanexpro may very well be part of the problem. Using HDMI is not the best quality for 2 channel audio. As for the Benchmark, it is revealing and does have a forward presentation, but has a very good clock to correct jitter.I'm using a Bluesoun... | |
| Using a lap top cd drive instead of highend cd player The Pioneer would simply connect to the AN RCA input. I'm guessing that your dac has RCA and BNC inputs.What coax cable are you using? The quality and length of the cable significantly influences sound quality. | |
| Using a lap top cd drive instead of highend cd player The outputs of a transport are typically S/PDIF coax, USB, and optical.But since the Audio Note is unique and may not have a USB or optical input (it’s offered as an option) RCA or BNC coax is used.A CDP will have the same digital outputs as a ded... | |
| Using a lap top cd drive instead of highend cd player I agree you're not getting the best jitter correction in your setup. There are several versions of the Audio Note DAC3.1, they are either NOS or 1xoversampling Dacs and do not upsample. To achieve the highest SQ, it's important to have jitter corr... | |
| Try before you buy? Good point by nonoise. What would be your protection? Maybe require a credit card on file? | |
| Try before you buy? Good idea by Elizabeth to inquire at CC ’incognito’. Also read all the threads in the Archives and on Google.The Cable Co. is not cheap, but they run a first class operation. The have a database of components and cables and the synergy between the... | |
| How long should Pre amp (12au7) tubes last in Rogue Preamp? IME, my Rogue preamp was easy on tubes (12au7’s). The tubes in my Perseous Magnum lasted for years. There is a difference in the quality and longevity of tubes based on the dealer you buy from. Only two tubes died and they were not purchased from ... |