nyev
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| Dedicated power circuits Many will tell you anything beyond 12 AWG is overkill. Including electricians and people on these boards. But for the small amount of extra $ over 12 AWG, why not. Electricians may not like working with 10 AWG because it’s a bit stiffer, but it’s ... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @ghasley you will roll your eyes I’m sure but I am going ahead with Shunyata Omega for the AES and Sigma V2 for the balanced analog interconnects. Made possible by my recent sale of the N20. Fought the FOMO, and lost…. I do recall how much I like... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? So I’ve been enjoying Bob Dylan’s Time Out of Mind Bootleg Series. MQA version. Not my typical music but the seller of my Merason DAC1 mentioned how much he was liking it and I have to say I’m really enjoying it too. I was playing the MQA version... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @richh84 , if the MU1 is better than my Innuos Zenith Mk3 and PhoenixUSB, with or without the outboard Merason DAC, I won’t likely bother with the Statement. The logic being that most who have experienced my Innuos gear and the Statement say that ... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? A couple of updates. I sold my N20! I know. Too early as I hadn’t yet tried it with the Merason DAC1. Blind squirrel, three legged horse and all that…. But: The N20 already taught me a lot as I said above. And the sound ultimately is not for m... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @ghasley , I believe you are referring to the new MK2 version of the Merason DAC 1, which is 50% higher than before? Supposedly it’s been totally redesigned, and there are no reviews or firsthand accounts of the MK2, so I guess we can’t say quite ... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @lalitk , 100%, I am very interested in all of the avenues we could choose to take with the products that I am choosing to spend some time to experience, even if I’m not planning to charge ahead and follow these paths. You and others on this threa... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? Back to the masterclock topic for a moment, I did notice that the original seller of my N20 just very recently listed a After Dark masterclock that is a two box option, for what seems to be a reasonable price. What a weird model naming convention ... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @ghasley , thanks and yes I am sticking to my guns. I am not going to go the masterclock route, even though I don’t doubt the benefits that @lordmelton and @lalitk report. I am merely curious about the approach and relative value. Also, I dec... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? Just doing rough math, it feels like you could spend about $10k on a master clock setup, if you consider adding a decent clock cable and a premium power cable. Given there are so many paths to reach our audiophile objectives, I’ve often mused (th... | |
| Power cord length @audphile1 , thanks for sharing about your experience with older vs newer Audioquest Hurricane cords. At least it confirms for me that the difference is due to the product change and not due to the length difference of my two cords. The differen... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @lordmelton thanks for the tips! :) | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @arafiq , interesting. Still planning to try the purple fuse - will order this week. Yes I’ve heard that for some the PhoenixUSB doesn’t add much. The fact that the PhoenixUSB does actually help I suppose implies that the Diablo DAC module is les... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? I should mention I agree that the Innuos gear, with or without the PhoenixUSB, is not a sound I would consider to be organic leaning. But, it’s certainly not analytical or dry either. Again, the DAC used can obviously change all of this; my com... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? Thanks @arafiq, very interesting. I don’t know about the Zeno filter but have you every tried the Zenith with the PhoenixUSB? It’s really an entirely different experience than the Zenith on its own. Depending on the DAC used of course. |