mooglie
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| Power Cable for Yggdrasil DAC I found the PC to the Yggdrasil to have a large effect on my overall system sound. I've tried four different PCs . I started with a Kaplan HE that I had. It’s unshielded with red copper connectors. Very open sound, great dynamics, but gray bac... | |
| What is the best BNC Digital Cable under $4,000? Second on the Jorma. I rolled about 10 cables through before deciding on it. Natural tone and transparent. Smooth, not grainy. Just a pinch of warmth. You might be able to set up a trial. | |
| Confused About Relative Sonic Impact of DAC VS. Transport Well, you have a lot of silver and silver plated cabling in the system which can tend to highlight the upper end. The Belden is supposed to be "musical" and "tonally rich". I have not tried it, but many have. I think you may need some more copp... | |
| Confused About Relative Sonic Impact of DAC VS. Transport You might try a Belden 8402 interconnect. They can be picked up pretty cheaply on e-bay. | |
| New CDP or standalone DAC...? I can't say as I have not used them. However, a better clock probably will improve things. For Redbook-CD I believe a transport/player with a dedicated 44.1 kHz clock is the way to go. | |
| Confused About Relative Sonic Impact of DAC VS. Transport Once you reach a certain level of transparency in the system, all of the cables become very important. It seems to me there is always a bit of trade off between getting a high level of detail, yet retaining warmth and liquidity so many of us enjo... | |
| Furutech FP-3TS762 or FP-TCS31 I tried out the FP-S022N cable after burn-in. It’s very,very good. A bit more warmth than the Black Mamba, but that might also be attributable to the FI-28(G) IEC and FI-50 (G) AC connectors. Really excellent cable. Good details, smooth, nice ... | |
| Replaced CDP w/ Transport; Now, Soundstage Changes Dramatically w/each CD. Why? For your price range a DH Labs D-750, 1.5 m, BNC to BNC is a nice cable. A bit grainy, but throws a big soundstage, good details, and a nice bottom end. I'd stick to a 1.5 m length to avoid reflections. | |
| Yggdrasil or iFi pro dac In my setup I hear a wide and deep soundstage, very lively with excellent dynamics. Detailed, but still a pinch warm. Perhaps something in the setup is affecting the sound? Components not matching well? | |
| Yggdrasil or iFi pro dac I wouldn't recommend purchasing an audio component based on measurements alone. I’d highly suggest listening, preferably in your system. I have a Yggdrasil Analog 2, and it’s a very fine DAC. Some guys on Head-Fi have heard both and commented. Y... | |
| New CDP or standalone DAC...? For your budget I’d suggest a Tascam 200 as a CD transport with a Schiit Audio Gungnir Multibit DAC. Alternatively, you could go with a Cambridge CXC transport or Audiolab 6000 CDT transport. I like the Tascam as it uses a Teac 5020 cd transport,... | |
| Furutech AC torque For the poles, the instructions state 150 cN*m or 150 centi Newton meters. This is about 1.1 foot-pounds. Wattgate advises about 12 in-lbs torque which is 1 foot-pounds. So, about the same. From what I can tell, hard hand tight might exceed 3 ... | |
| Furutech FP-3TS762 or FP-TCS31 Interesting observations. I’m burning in a FP-S022N cable right now. I picked FI-28(G) IEC and FI-50 (G) connectors. I had read the cable might be a bit bass shy, and thought I’d go for gold connectors instead of rhodium. I’m going to try this ... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home Which is why I went for a Teac 5020 based unit. CDPRO2 drives are out of production. | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home No, it was Audio Union. But, after talking with Pascal it seemed like the TL5 would be difficult to source. I wasn't interested in the higher up models. |