mceljo
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| Do Costly XLR Cables Make A Difference? I'm on Day 1 with my first audiophile approved balanced interconnects. Here's what I can say: Denafrips Ares II DAC to Pathos Classic One Mkiii Original Interconnect was 1m Audioquest Sydney RCA ($200). Trial Interconnect was 6ft Monoprice Pre... | |
| Why would the digital optical output from my CD player be louder than that of my streamer? @jond - Do you mean the output voltage on the optical input on the DAC? How would an optical signal pass voltage? | |
| Okay to use RCA adapter on a fully balanced amp? A similar discussion came up on a Denafrips DAC forum. Because the Denafrips are R2R ladder DACs and fully balanced there’s four ladders to support the left (signal A and signal -A) and right (signal A and signal -A) channels. By using a single en... | |
| Digital gain vs analog gain I think of digital volume control as the digital signal being altered which is something audiophiles seem to go to great lengths to avoid. I think of analog volume control as signal attenuation which narrows the gap between the signal and noise (... | |
| How Did Your First Audiophile Experience Impact Your Audio Journey? @jasonbourne52 - My dad actually has a pair of Large Advents and is just giving/selling his pair of Small Advents to a friend. Both pairs on in mint condition (other than drivers needing to be re-foamed) and he still had the original boxes for the... | |
| Basic Questions I think I'd look for an integrated stereo amplifier with a home theater bypass that would allow it to function as the power amplifier for your home theater setup while operating independently for stereo listening. I tried to go that route with a ... | |
| Do Costly XLR Cables Make A Difference? @reimarc - What's most interesting is that even if we could measure every aspect of cables and audio equipment in general, listener preference would still trump. My ideal would be to meaningfully correlate measurements to sound signatures so that... | |
| Do Costly XLR Cables Make A Difference? If I was looking to spend $2,000 on balanced cables, I’d start with Iconoclast 4x4 cable in the material of your choice. I like that the designed by someone that not only demonstrates that he understands the science behind cables, but also recogni... | |
| Review: Denafrips Ares II @pmm - I like the way you think. I tend to be a satisfied customer once I make a purchase, it's a rare trait. I know that it's very possible that another similarly priced DAC could sound better and most certainly would sound different. I've not... | |
| Power conditions for Integrated Amps I use power conditioner, but it's really more about surge protection since we have more than our fair share of power outages. At this point I've chosen security over sound quality though it still sounds pretty great to my ears. I didn't use the ... | |
| Balanced vs. Single Ended Interconnects @ohlala - If you're connecting to an unbalanced component then balanced cable provides no benefit. If it's a cable designed for an unbalanced connection that just has an XLR connector then I'd anticipate that it would perform nearly identically t... | |
| Balanced vs. Single Ended Interconnects I was able to borrow a pair of monoprice premium XLR cables from a friend and hooked them up yesterday. My initial response was positive, but after a little longer listening I felt like some of the smoothness was missing. I currently have the Au... | |
| How crucial is the quality of a digital cable? I had excellent results from a Waudio power cable that was available for under $50 on Amazon. It really improved things when connected to my Pathos Classic One Mkiii, but I didn't hear any difference on my other components. I'll be surprised if ... | |
| How crucial is the quality of a digital cable? My experience with digital cables is very limited, so I'll give you my specific situation: Bluesound Node ($600) connected to Maverick Audio Tube Magic D2 DAC with Sparkos Labs op amps ($400) with a digital cable. First cable was a Blue Jeans Ca... | |
| Subwoofer Hum The cable fixed the issue. Case closed. |