mceljo
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| Soundstage drastically worsened when I replaced a solid state AV amp with tubes. Switch back to the previous setup, but keep the extension cord. The effect won't necessarily be the same for the two amps, but it might give you an idea of how much it could be impacting things. | |
| Morrow Audio 1m MA4 Balanced Interconnect (12/16/2022) I'm probably closing in on +200 hours at this point. I can say that last night when I was listening it was anything but satisfying. I don't know if it's related to the cable, cable break-in, or just not being in a listening mood. ... | |
| What's the oddest thing in your music collection? No odd, but I think lesser known. Christmas Classics with Harp & Oboe Christmas Classics 2 with Harp & Oboe 2 Both are very clean recordings to my ear and an excellent listen, particularly for the season. It appears that neither ... | |
| Morrow Audio 1m MA4 Balanced Interconnect (12/12/2022) My system was once again attention grabbing last night. I was listening to the album Looking for You by Allan Taylor and decided to go ahead and continue listening to the last 4 or 5 songs. I was surprised when the next song was fr... | |
| Morrow Audio 1m MA4 Balanced Interconnect @chayro - I could see speaker cables being annoying to break in since you have to actually have music playing constantly. My cable is between my DAC and integrated, so I just have to leave the DAC on and playing which is easy and not disruptive i... | |
| Has anyone ever tried cables made with OCC (Ohno Continuous Cast) Copper? How many cable manufactures are out there that maintain the same exact design other than the conductor material where a true "all other things being equal" comparison can be made? I know that this is true for Iconoclast by Belden designed by Gale... | |
| Morrow Audio 1m MA4 Balanced Interconnect (12/10/2022) I have not been able to spend much time listening, but I thought that I'd provide an update. When I first hooked up the Morrow Audio MA4 cables I was immediacy impressed. My friend received multiple texts with the descriptions of w... | |
| Do Costly XLR Cables Make A Difference? @tweak1 - That's interesting to hear. The local shop that I purchased it from (used) will repair Pathos I'm fairly certain. Also, I'm a member of a Pathos group on FB and one of the members works at Pathos and is routinely asking questions and s... | |
| Morrow Audio 1m MA4 Balanced Interconnect @jjss49 - I used the word objectively on purpose. I'd be shocked if anyone didn't prefer the sound of my system with the Morrow Audio cables compared to it with the Audioquest cables, but you're right in that everything is subjective in the end. | |
| 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 ... |