mceljo
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| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? I certainly don't go out of my way to let people know what my system is worth, but I have talked numbers with several of my friends. In those cases, we are all generally on an equal playing field financially and we all just choose to make differe... | |
| Balanced vs. Single Ended Interconnects To clarify, my ultimate goal is to utilize the fully balanced design of the DAC and Pathos (fully balanced preamplifier section). I don't have any XLR cables at the moment and will have to wait a while before purchasing anything else that smells ... | |
| Rolling Mullard 6DJ8 into GE 5670 Application After putting the 396A tube back in and having mixed emotions about the results, I talked myself into taking a different approach all together and scratching another audiophile itch. I've purchased a used Denafrips Ares II DAC that I hope will be... | |
| Rolling Mullard 6DJ8 into GE 5670 Application If anyone is interested in the results so far, there certainly seems to be some added clarity, instrument separation, and air around the highs, but the bass also seems to have taken a backseat with some harshness in the upper bass and upper mid ra... | |
| Looking for Advice on Focal Speakers @suboost - I think you should get the Arias and try to just enjoy them with the rest of your setup. I would expect them to benefit from better amplification, but I'm a huge fan of maximizing your enjoyment by listening to them with your current s... | |
| Looking for Advice on Focal Speakers @suboost - My setup uses a home theater receiver in parallel with my pathos integrated. Both amplifiers are connected to my speakers through a custom switch to make it as convenient as possible. A better setup would be to have an integrated ampl... | |
| Looking for Advice on Focal Speakers @suboost - I think @mtbiker29 and I are thinking along similar lines. My thought process was that if you think the Focal 936 is a significant upgrade over your current speakers and you're setup for both stereo and home theater that the Kanta's wo... | |
| Cost effective power cables recommendations, low and high power My first power cord upgrade was a Waudio cable that I picked up on Amazon for under $50. It made a nice improvement on my Pathos Classic One Mkiii. It didn't seem to do anything for my Maverick Audio TubeMagic D2 DAC, and actually seemed to do b... | |
| Looking for Advice on Focal Speakers As an owner of Focal 836v speakers, I think you'll be more than satisfied with the newer Focal 936 and will find that you'll have a lot of untapped potential with the rest of your setup. I used mine for a long time with an Integra 50.1 receiver a... | |
| Starting from scratch in a large room @kota1 - I didn't read through all of the suggestions and it sounds like yours is likely a very reasonable option. I also wasn't trying to imply that "elite" automatically means "elitist" or "snobby", but I think it's important for people lookin... | |
| Rolling Mullard 6DJ8 into GE 5670 Application @lewm - Thanks for the information. I don't know if it matters, but the adapter is allowing me to use an E88CC tube in a 6SN7 application which is the opposite scenario. For what it's worth, it's been running since yesterday morning and so far n... | |
| Starting from scratch in a large room I have not read every response to your question, but wanted to pass along a more general perspective for you. First, you have to recognize that Audiogon includes a lot of the audiophile "elites" that simply think about stereo sound in ways that m... | |
| Rolling Mullard 6DJ8 into GE 5670 Application The adapter was delivered last night and I was able to do the tube swap this morning. It definitely sounds different and my initial response was positive, but I'm becoming less impressed as time goes on. I'll give it a few weeks and then switch ... | |
| Rolling Mullard 6DJ8 into GE 5670 Application Prior to posting I did reach out directly to Maverick Audio and also Andrew at Sparkos Labs since I put his op amps in it. When I purchased the DAC it has the GE JAN 5670 tube (upgrade from Maverick), then I rolled in the Western Electric 396A th... | |
| Upgrade path question. Upgrade analog or turn to digital? I am an all digital audiophile for the following reasons: - As a general rule I don't appreciate a lot of the classic "audiophile" music, so other than classical there isn't a lot of vinyl that is compelling to me. - I never had a vinyl setup, s... |