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| any isolation platform sleuths out there? Pretty sure I have one under my DAC - Black Diamond Racing - The Shelf, although could be The Source. Here is one that was previously for sale. | |
| Eliminated my preamp with amazing results My preamp set-up is a unity gain buffer, so I get the benefit of controlling the cables without adding gain. On the DAC side of things, some manufacturers are addressing the gain issue by including optional lower gain output settings, like with ... | |
| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ Point/Counterpoint on these forums has become so tiresome. So many of these threads turn into pissing matches when two sides each take absolute but opposite positions. Many times, when I look into the stuff myself, the reality seems to fall some... | |
| Server/Streamer - sonicTransporter i9 and Signature Rendu SE Since starting this thread, I have been fortunate to recently try some stuff that has made significant improvements to my digital front end. Sonore Signature Rendu SE I recently added the Sonore Signature Rendu SE Optical as a Roon endpoint/stre... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Shelby Lynne - Suit Yourself Track 12, aka A Rainy Night in Georgia (an outstanding rendition and well worth a listen, IMO) | |
| Music Disappearing (Roon/Tidal/Qobuz) It seems this is not uncommon, since what you all have described below is pretty much exactly what happened to me. Thanks all. | |
| Music Disappearing (Roon/Tidal/Qobuz) Yes, it is there now but is called an "Expanded Edition" and I am not sure that was there before. The prior link to my playlist version never became available but I found it by going through the artist. The other thing I get sometimes is that ... | |
| Eliminated my preamp with amazing results I have owned multiple discrete resistor passive preamps/volume controls, two autoformer preamps/volume controls (Acoustic Energy Jay-Sho and Smart icOn 4Pro), and two DAC-based volume controls that adjusted volume by changing the reference voltage... | |
| Add a pre-amp to Mola Mola Tambaqui? I owned a Tambaqui for a short while until a few weeks ago. I liked the sound better when using an outboard preamp. I also played with the output voltage, which you can do through the app but I cannot remember which setting I liked best, maybe t... | |
| Good measuring DACs vs. A lot of people like the sound of the Tambaqui and to clarify, I found it to be a more enjoyable sounding DAC than the Benchmark but neither provided the level of enjoyment for me in my system that my Mystique EVO Pro provides. Even the SMc DAC-2 ... | |
| Eliminated my preamp with amazing results @erik_squires nailed the purposes of a preamp and, while preamps may be vestigial, the impedance advantages they offer, not gain, are likely the reason for the improvements that some report hearing compared to driving their power amplifiers direct... | |
| Eliminated my preamp with amazing results Adding a DeHavilland Ultraverve 3 preamp took my system to a new level, adding body and fullness @pdreher Did you ever try adding the DeHavilland Ultraverve 3 or some similar preamp when you were running the Weiss 202 DAC direct to a Music Re... | |
| Eliminated my preamp with amazing results As others have said, report back in a few weeks and let us know if you still like the direct set-up better. Also, I am curious, are you running the direct (unbuffered, i.e., purely passive, volume control only) outputs from the TLC-1 or going th... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Live in London | |
| Cable length question If one set is no more than 50% longer or shorter than the other, it would be a miracle if you could reliably and repeatedly perceive a difference. If you want to try it out, cut some cheap 12 awg lamp cord to your desired lengths and try it for yo... |