mgrif104
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| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” Perhaps there’s a different way to approach this. You might want to connect with Ralph at Atmosphere regarding his Class D amps which are supposed to be wonderful (please note - I haven’t heard them). Ralph is a long time tube amp manufacturer wh... | |
| Signalyst HQPlayer - Is it worth the upgrade? @milpai Noted and good to know. I absolutely will try HQplayer and DSD 512 and 1024 and report back my results. Best, | |
| Audience FrontRow USB - I’m puzzled Curious. Is it a longer demo cable or roughly the same length as the others you tried? Like you, I struggle to understand how a cable can work intermittently though I could see how a long cable “might” introduce communication issues. I think you... | |
| Signalyst HQPlayer - Is it worth the upgrade? Thanks @milpai I hope it’s the upgrade you suggest. I wasn’t able to audition the new DAC in my system against the DAC 200. But, it also comes with a particularly nice preamp. So, I’m reasonably confident I’ll be pleased. (It does mean I’m now s... | |
| Signalyst HQPlayer - Is it worth the upgrade? @milpai Good points. I did post something similar over on audiophilestyle forums - and on what’s best - but haven’t gotten much guidance. However, there are a lot of DAC 200 owners so I’ll try a parallel path to what they’re suggesting. I only ... | |
| Signalyst HQPlayer - Is it worth the upgrade? @milpai thanks for reviving this thread - it’s now highly relevant for me. My DAC sounds better decoding DSD than PCM. My current path is Auralic Aries G2 streamer>Auralic Sirius G2.1 processor>T+A SDV3100 dac. I use the Sirius to conver... | |
| Matthew Bond Audio speaker cables - observations As the speaker cables have broken in fully, they’re better than ever. So, I pulled the trigger and purchased a pair of Matthew’s Analog Reference interconnects. I’ll share my observations on those after they’ve settled into the system. They’re rep... | |
| No bass on B&W 800D2 @seb_audio any progress or resolution on your speakers? Did you try a new amp, or move them around the room to see if it was a node issue? Hoping you’ve got it resolved and would like to hear an update if you have one. Best, | |
| dCS Mosaic Vs Roon Nucleus Plus - Titan Like @audphile1 , I found the native app (Lightning DS) to sound significantly better on my Auralic gear than Roon. I wasn’t initially expecting that result, but it was clear. While i greatly preferred the UI of Roon, I also preferred the sound of... | |
| Retirement System Finally Completed: Impression of the Mola Mola Tambaqui Earlier in this thread, @ghdprentice mentioned “The Great Courses” as a retirement activity. It was a great suggestion and I heartily concur. There are a few lectures in the catalog specific to listening to and understanding music by Dr. Greenberg... | |
| No bass on B&W 800D2 I think @testpilot makes a great suggestion to check to ensure the speakers are internally wired correctly. It’s most likely a room interaction issue, but I also think you should explore your amplifier choice as those speakers are hard to drive. ... | |
| No bass on B&W 800D2 Curious. I remember auditioning these very speakers in an audio store and was astonished at the challenges in bass they had in the audition. The speakers were interacting with the room to cause serious phase cancellations in the bass region. The ... | |
| Music server recommendations needed. @russbutton yes, most of us realize that these streamers are Linux machines. But there is so much more to it than that. I started with an optimized PC, auditioned an Aurender N100H years ago which trounced it sonically. I’ve since moved up from ... | |
| Matthew Bond Audio speaker cables - observations @mclinnguy I put a couple of pictures up. You can see the challenge in my setup. Itl sounds quite nice but it would be helpful to get the speakers out another foot or so. I’m still impressed with the Matthew Bond speaker cables. They really ar... | |
| Matthew Bond Audio speaker cables - observations @audioquest4life - the retail price of these is between Valhalla 2s and Odin 2s, but I was able to able to purchase them new for better than that after chatting with Matthew and I’m guessing you could do the same easily enough if you were interest... |