painter24
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| Atoll IN200SE Integrated Amplifier @malibu457 Hi, I have the Atoll IN200 Signature; I've had it since July this year. I haven't compared directly, but I did have the Rega Elex-r on home trial in Summer '21 when I was putting together my new system. The Rega wasn't for me, a... | |
| Cen. Grand DSDAC 1.0 (vs Pontus II) Yep, I think I'll swerve Cen. Grand for now; just not enough to go on. The distributor says he's sold a few of the higher tier versions after taking them to a clients home, and the units have stayed with the client. There is a Chinese site, look... | |
| How To Connect a DAC? @tcotruvo if you intend sticking with the Node 3/N130, regardless of whether you decide to add an external DAC, I would recommend modding the power supply as someone else suggested. Even if you eventually bypass the Node's DAC, the power supply st... | |
| Enough noise reduction? @bgpoppab check out NRG Custom Cables in Canada. Hand made to order, but won't break the bank. I have the. 1CS feeding my distribution block. It gave a nice little boost to clarity/noise floor (reduction) in my set up. | |
| STREAMING - QOBUZ VS TIDAL AND ROON'S PREFERENCES Until around 2 months ago I was using a modded Node N130 as a Roon endpoint, streaming Qobuz and Tidal. I moved to an Innuos Zen Mini Mkiii, tried that as a Roon Core - it seemed hellbent on downsampling almost everything I played (my DAC is capab... | |
| Comments on NODE 3 Power Supply Upgrade I upgraded the Node N130 with the PD Creative internal PCB, but also bought the PD Creative PSU. I've now sold this all, and changed streamers. I can't say I observed a rise in the treble, but did notice a significant drop in the noise floor. I ... | |
| Innuos Zenith MK3/ Roon I bought a zen mini mkiii recently and tried it as a Roon Core, but Roon auto-down sampled without a way that I could find to stop it doing this. In the end I reverted to the Innuos OS and Sense, which is great, sounds very nice. | |
| Sad songs- We love them- We need them In memory of Mimi Parker of one of my favourite bands, Low, who sadly passed away this week. God Bless ❤️ | |
| DAC's and the Two Ground Loop Types @erik_squires Hi Eric, I bought these from Amazon a while back; they are not manufactured for audio, more an installation product to protect against surges/lightning strikes. Made a very subtle difference in clarity for me. There is a review out t... | |
| Silver Speaker Cables @akg_ca the Alan Shaw extract is interesting, and brings to mind the speaker cables I bought from NRG Custom Cables in Canada. Nawaz who owns the company seems to follow a similar philosophy; the more metal/conductor, the better. I've had his 6:6... | |
| Silver Speaker Cables @charles1dad thanks for that; what I'm hearing is very encouraging. Best analogy I can make, is looking at a child's normal picture book, then looking at the same picture book, but now it's the 3D pop-up version 😊 if that makes sense. | |
| Silver Speaker Cables I've had the Lavri Grand RCA ICs in my system for nearly 2 weeks. (probably around 100hrs on them so far. They've changed in the last couple of days, they're staring to open up a bit, more back to front depth; the HFs seem a little enthusiastic at... | |
| To bolt Standmounts to stands, or not? Just an update on this; I decided to try IsoAcoustics Gaia III’s under my speakers/stands. I was able to get a discount on 2x 4 Gaia III sets. Haven’t received them yet, but will update once I’ve received and fitted them. I had to email Triang... | |
| To bolt Standmounts to stands, or not? Thanks for all the replies and suggestions; from reading more on Triangle Web pages and downloads, the design choice to bolt the speakers to the dedicated stands is a deliberate one, so I will stick with this set up. I will deliberate on what to... | |
| To bolt Standmounts to stands, or not? Wow, thanks for all the advice and suggestions guys, really appreciate it!!! 🙏 The Herbie's products look great; I will be trying these out. @mitch2 thanks for the detailed advice on these 👍 @erik_squires thanks for the advice 👍 @yeti42 not s... |