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| Auralic Aries G1 Streamer / MHDT Pagoda Balanced DAC - is a Lumin T3 an upgrade? Hi Sunshdw, Thanks for the response. I am trying toweigh if shifting back to an all in one solution would be an overall upgrade in SQ vs the separate units I have today. With the thought I could, if I wanted to, sell the G1 and the MHDT to help... | |
| Help - Mystery Hum that starts at my Streamer Thanks for your comments Erik! I have the Ever Star in the chain and I have unplugged the Ethernet cable, hum is still present. Had forgotten I had tried that during my process of elimination. Maybe it is the upgraded power supply, unit has an ... | |
| Help - Mystery Hum that starts at my Streamer Cleeds - thanks for the quick response. I noticed the hum once I swapped out the Krell Pre for the Leto. That’s when I tried my Anthem HT receiver as a pre and going direct from my DAC. Only combo that elevates the him is with the Krell Pre in ... | |
| Help - Mystery Hum that starts at my Streamer Oddiofyl - thanks for the suggestion, I will give that a shot. That’s the one area I handle swamped anything out on except removing a noise filter. I have a home run Ethernet run from where my modem and the switch sits to the streamer, if that... | |
| DACs that do well without a preamp The Lumin D2 offers LEEDH and is a little over 2 grand. You can find a used one with an S-Booster for under that #. With the upgraded power supply it’s an absolute steel at that price relative to performance and features. Lumin offers one of th... | |
| Advice on Integrated Receiver @bound4h I’d be in the camp that if you aren’t currently happy with your speakers changing the amplification isn’t likely to cause you to fall in love with them. Amps will amplify no pun intended strengths or weaknesses of a speaker but it won’t ... | |
| Help and Advice Needed: Cary Audio SLP-05 Preamp RMA Disaster Hi Decooney, My gear sounds better with XLR’s. That’s really driven by the design of the DAC I have and my amp. I have tried RCA’s with both, it’s really due to the design of the gear, not if RCA or XLR’s in theory provide better sound quality... | |
| Mid-fi tube vs high-end SS The Coda 16 is on another level. If you are looking at the Coda 8 - put Krell in the mix, I found the 300xd outperformed the Coda, was a step up. To be fair, haven’t heard the 16 but from what I have read, it’s an End Game, magical amp. There h... | |
| Help and Advice Needed: Cary Audio SLP-05 Preamp RMA Disaster I have a similar situation at the moment. On the DAC - some DAC’s, mine is one, are designed to be used fully balanced to maximize their performance. Mine uses two DAC chips providing the best performance. I’ve tried mine with RCA / unbalanced ... | |
| Help and Advice Needed: Cary Audio SLP-05 Preamp RMA Disaster Hi Josh, I don’t have any experience with Cary but I just got a Zesto Leto Preamp to pair with my SS Krell 300 XD Duo. I’ve got a MHDT Balanced Pagoda DAC. I have a similar issue, there is a hum when I use the DAC and even with volume set as lo... | |
| Mid-fi tube vs high-end SS Wow - great thread where the OP has gotten a lot of advice, guidance and opinions. I’ve been down the road of trying to figure out if I prefer Tube or SS for amps and Pre’s. I don’t proclaim to be an expert but have been lucky enough to have p... | |
| Digital gain vs analog gain This is a really interesting thread. I recently decided to try a tube pre (Zesto Leto) in my set up. It pairs with my balanced DAC (MHDT Pagoda), SS Amp (Krell XD Duo), Alta Audio Alec’s and the streaming is handled by a Auralic Aries G1 streame... | |
| Streamer/DAC - Where is the value? 77Jovian - quieter, blacker background, less grain, more detail retrieval and more open. I have an upgraded power supply in the G1 as well. Tough to really do an a/b comparison as with either the Lumin or G1 you have to open the unit up, take th... | |
| Streamer/DAC - Where is the value? This question gets debated quite often on this forum and others. Seems to be 2 camps on streaming / DAC and which is more important. Most fall into the dac having a bigger impact. I don’t sit in either camp, I think it all matters, can make a d... | |
| My last Integrated Amp: $5-10,000? You’ve got a great list and choices that have been presented. So much will depend on your personal preference and set / speakers. Based on the list and comments that you like tubes but don’t want to fuss with them, the class A options are li... |