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| DAC’s @lalitk Brinkmann Nyquist MKII doesn’t sound like digital at all. Brinkmann voiced it to his turntable. It was a paradigm shift for me in that it didn’t sound like any other DAC. You can hear Brinkmann’s uncompromising vision for digital in thi... | |
| Lumin U2 vs Aurender N200 The new Lumin models with the new processing engine is a big step forward from the older models. I have a U2 mini running off linear power supply and it’s so good I’ve never even thought of upgrading. | |
| New DAC! Meitner MA3, Denafrips Terminator Plus, Holo May KTE, Mola Mola Tambaqui If you are streaming, I find streaming so much easier to listen to with a tube DAC. Alan Sircom described the Dave as “listening to a direct feed from the mixing desk”. Whereas the Brinkmann Nyquist will “summon up the musicians and conductors i... | |
| Hi Fi Tuning Supreme fuse-Burn In? I have a supreme cu on order, based upon @lalitk recommendation. I’ve tried many different fuses, and many of them cause listener fatigue over time because they are too bright. They push the upper mids and highs. Spectacular at first, but quickl... | |
| Does a Tube Dac make sense? I would say not only does a tube DAC make sense, it’s probably necessary for digital streaming. Streaming music can be quite unforgiving in a resolving setup. That’s why audiophiles add switches, network isolators, etc. I find my modwright CXN (... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers @fastfreight Let us know what you find out. @lalitk I've tried so many different DC cables (including KS realization), and they all sound different. Even different xfinity cable modem/router models sound different. The Motorola xfinity docsis 3.1... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers @fastfreight I always wanted to try Verizon Fios for streaming music, but not being able to replace the DC cable on the modem is a deal breaker. Maybe somebody will reverse engineer the connector one day. | |
| Isotek Sigmas or PS Audio P15 I have the Isotek Sigmas. Wasn’t prepared for how good it is. Alan Sircom’s review on the Nova is spot on. Your system takes less effort to make music. It also doesn’t change the tonality or dampen the sound. It just lets your component sound... | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio @tksteingraber Thanks for the tube rolling tips. I will check out the Dario miniwatt tubes. | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio @oddiofyl @auroravengeance I had a chance to demo the Lab12 dac ref. The colorful tonality and midrange was gorgeous, but it was too bright in my system. I wonder if changing the tubes would help? | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? There is a difference between AES cables that is easy to hear when you go back and forth. But the difference is not as significant as other interconnect cables. I found that a high quality aes/ebu cable was a worthwhile investment but it isn’... | |
| Curious to know your streaming and dac set up and the best recommended streamer under $15k @dinov As markmuse pointed out, the U2 mini will rock your world. It is a huge upgrade over the previous Lumin models because of the new processing engine. I run my U2 mini with a LPS and I would wager it's an end game for streamer for most peopl... | |
| Lumin U2 Mini @ryder If you modify it to run off LPS, there’s probably nothing that can touch it at its price point. It’s that good. | |
| Lumin U2 Mini @thyname U2 mini is a huge leap over U1 mini. Granted, I’ve only run them with linear power supplies. I modified the units and disconnected the internal SMPS. | |
| What speaker cable made a major difference in the sound quality of your speakers?? @ehtoo You were way ahead in 2017. I have Actinote Sinfonia speaker cables and they are indeed "my done" cables. |