marco1
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| Are Expensive Balanced Interconnects Necessary? On a more serious note, using a Cardas Clear XLR vs. Mogomi XLR from my Atma-sphere pre to my Atma amp both of which meet the AES48 standard, I hear NO difference. When using the same cables from my Denafrips DAC (don't know if Denafripts meets... | |
| Are Expensive Balanced Interconnects Necessary? I have two pairs of balanced cables. One pair was pretty expensive. Actually now that I think about it was real expensive. It definitely sounds better than the other cheaper one. That is until I switch positions of the cables. Then it doesn't... | |
| B.S. Node 2i brick (yet another one) Hate to see anyone have problems but never read such a long thread for 600 bucks. Hopefully you get it sorted out. | |
| Node2i to Aurender N100SC…WoW! @dhite71 - i know what you mean about digital not being pleasing sometimes. I've been a tube and vinyl guy for more than 50yrs. But with the improvements in digital in just the last few years I guess my ears are becoming more foregiving. Or ev... | |
| Node2i to Aurender N100SC…WoW! @dhite71 - so at first you were impressed but then not. This is very discouraging as I was ready to upgrade my Node with the N100SC. Lost the bid so now I guess I'm happy. I too use vinyl as my primary source. Pretty good setup too. But I am... | |
| Has Anyone Compared the DAC On a Bluesound NODE 3rd Gen to a Separate DAC? @ram85 Been there done that. ARES II will provide a significant upgrade to the Node's built-in DAC. Only problem, it's just the starting point to the next DAC upgrade and the one after that :-) At least is was for me. | |
| Has Anyone Compared the DAC On a Bluesound NODE 3rd Gen to a Separate DAC? "But I would guess that the limitations on my room and other equipment would make a high end DAC a waste of money, like putting a Ferrari engine in a Subaru. Nice, but they don’t match." Poor analogy in this case. Based on your existing room an... | |
| Denafrips Pontus II vs Venus II @stevebohnil, please let us know how the pc's work out. I typically use Clear pc's in my systems but did not have an extra one for my new Pontus. | |
| Supra Cat 8 Ethernet cable The Supra cable (which I also use between my router and Node) is more than likely providing more detail ( brightness) than your other components can handle. More detail with a midfi system is not always a good thing. | |
| 2-3k budget - adding DAC/Server to Bluesound Node? Ditto to above. Node to Denafrips Ares II now and very happy. Pontus II on the way. Plan to be happier. | |
| This is good Schiit... Considering the improvement I hear going to a Gumby from the inboard Node DAC, if you don't hear a significant difference going to the Yiggy I'd say you're in the wrong hobby :-) All kidding aside though if you don't hear a difference I think you... | |
| Any problems streaming 24/192 files to external DAC from Bluesound Node? I found that using a "good" spdif cable from the Node to three different outboard DAC's made a significant improvement. | |
| Optimal lengths for USB and Ethernet cabling for digital audio With usb I found 1 1/2 M better than shorter. With ethernet I did not find there was a difference. | |
| This is good Schiit... My experience was a little different than above. First, I did get a significant improvement when upgrading the coax cable. You don't need to go crazy but will have to spend a few hundred bucks. Secondly, I prefered the inboard Bluesound DAC t... | |
| This is good Schiit... Did EXACTLY what you are asking. Started with a Node directly to an amp. Then added a Freya. Then added a Gumby. Each addition was a significant upgrade in SQ including upgrading the cables. |