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| Home Demo Faceoff: Nordost / Audioquest / Transparent After enjoying my system with a more reasonably priced Clarus Crimson bi-wire setup, I’m finally upgrading to the Nordost Valhalla 2’s and also possibly to a Transparent XL power cord to my Diablo 300 amp (I will test the power cord first). the C... | |
| Importance of impedance matching cartridge with phono stage? Hi Kevin,My dealer gave me a piece of paper with the instructions on it when I bought the Diablo. Unfortunately I can't seem to find it, otherwise I'd take a picture and post it.Suggest you ask a dealer. Even if you didn't buy it from a store I'... | |
| Gryphon Diablo 300 Has Arrived: First Impressions. Whatever gives the Diablo its signature sound, I really like it, even more than when I first got it. I listen to it almost daily so I start to take it for granted, but probably few times a week it totally takes me by surprise and reminds me how g... | |
| Audirvana VS Roon, and Mac Mini VS Innuos Zenith MkII Okay, makes sense now, thanks. I just tried Orange Squeeze on my Innuos earlier today and you are absolutely right - it sounds better. It has the qualities I like from the Audirvana / Mac Mini combo, and missing are any of the disadvantages. Ope... | |
| Audirvana VS Roon, and Mac Mini VS Innuos Zenith MkII So I was about to try the Orange Squeeze thing, but realized this is an Android remote control app (and I have an iPhone)....I guess the equivalent for iOS is iPeng. But I did try that, and to me it sounded similar, if not the same, as the pure R... | |
| Audirvana VS Roon, and Mac Mini VS Innuos Zenith MkII Thanks mcroth for the tip! I’ll try out Orange Squeeze. But in this configuration wouldn’t Orange Squeeze just be a controller of sorts while Roon is still used as the actual player? In which case there shouldn’t be a difference in sound? Mayb... | |
| Audirvana VS Roon, and Mac Mini VS Innuos Zenith MkII I know Roon tries to sell itself on the merits of being a more "curated" platform for your music. To be honest, I've not found any value whatsoever from that perspective, with the exception of the selection of music that continues to play after R... | |
| Gryphon Diablo 300 Has Arrived: First Impressions. Thanks for the descriptions of the Antileon and Mephisto. Wonder which I'd prefer; they both probably sound amazing in different ways. Never going to happen and I'm more than happy with my Diablo however!One thing about using the internal DAC, i... | |
| Gryphon Diablo 300 Has Arrived: First Impressions. The Diablo internal DAC module may or may not be the right solution depending on your budget for the DAC and also your sonic preferences. You can easily spend 3X the cost of the internal DAC and potentially get better sound. I find the internal D... | |
| Bryston 4B3 vs Mac MC462 vs Pass Labs X250.8, OR... GRYPHON Diablo 300? Yes, the "house sound" is as you stated George, and I appreciate all the elements you noted with the Gryphon sound. For those very, very finite few who dislike this sound, based on what these people have said I suspect it may be the "controlled" ... | |
| Bryston 4B3 vs Mac MC462 vs Pass Labs X250.8, OR... GRYPHON Diablo 300? Great plan regarding tying in with a New York trip. I also had almost considered visiting the New York Gryphon/McIntosh store when I was auditioning.A lot of sales-y comments from the Vancouver shop regarding the Diablo, but that said I tend to a... | |
| Bryston 4B3 vs Mac MC462 vs Pass Labs X250.8, OR... GRYPHON Diablo 300? Yes I found the McIntosh separates really un-engaging in comparison with the Diablo. I went into the at-home testing with quite a lot of respect and expectations of the McIntosh brand. But after the test I can't view McIntosh in the same light. ... | |
| Bryston 4B3 vs Mac MC462 vs Pass Labs X250.8, OR... GRYPHON Diablo 300? Hi Kevin,It was a while back now so I cannot recall if the 19K included the GST. Yes the dealer is the one in Vancouver. If it's a different unit than the one that was there at the time, the dealer will need to price it in accordance with how mu... | |
| Home Demo Faceoff: Nordost / Audioquest / Transparent I've been waiting until my Clarus Crimson cables and power cord have completed 200 hours of burn-in to share my thoughts. I'm at 185 hours currently.... The last 15 hours are proving difficult as I have guests staying (including my infant nephew... | |
| Home Demo Faceoff: Nordost / Audioquest / Transparent Regarding the AudioQuest cables, my dealer told me burnin was not required as Gabe Powell has introduced a new burnin procedure and, according to my shop, eliminates the need for burnin. They said this was just introduced recently. Maybe they we... |