painter24
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| Jazz like this? Suggestions @moto_man after a strenuous working week in the UK's National Health Service, Mr Ringblom & Co's is the first album that's lined up while me and Mrs Painter settled down to chill with a few beers and glasses of wine; just the tonic 🙂 | |
| Lyngdorf TDAI-1120 Curious @soix thanks for this, yep it does seem unnecessary to re-digitise the analogue signal out from my DAC (it's a Cen.Grande dsdac 1.0 Standard, it converts PCM to DSD, like one of the PS Audio DACs). I think if I go for the Lyngdorf, I go all in an... | |
| Audio Alchemy Nostalgia Trip @roxy54 I am a sentimental fool to be sure. The Audio Alchemy was/is a trip down memory lane; for me it's something to pop in my system now and again just for the fun of it. I do have 2 other DACs, no NOS DACs unfortunately though that is on my li... | |
| DH Labs I recently bought the DH Labs Mirage USB to replace by AQ Carbon between streamer and DAC. To my taste, an improvement over the AQ: more body with the Mirage. I live in the UK, and after trying to order direct from DH Labs website, it became app... | |
| Jazz like this? Suggestions Hi guys, apologies for not responding sooner; been strung out with work. Thanks for all the suggestions, great response 👍 Some I'm already familiar with: Coltrane, Davies etc, some I'm definitely not familiar with. You've given me loads to pour ... | |
| Jazz like this? Suggestions @dougsat thanks for that. I had the "On Vacation" album already listed a couple of weeks ago, which I really like, I've added "The Good Life" too and will explore Mr Bronner more. I've listed Carl Winther for tomorrow's listening session as well ... | |
| Jazz like this? Suggestions @gosta @ps thanks for the suggestions both. I'll check these out. I did have Roon a while back but preferred the Innuos app sound-wise, but that's a different conversation 🤔🥴, maybe I'll give it another go; my system has evolved since then. | |
| Left RCA out on DAC not working @jea48 that's the thing; the first ICs I used were the Lavri/AECO, it was only some time later I wanted to try copper ICs instead of the silver Lavri, and I discovered the problem. I feel it maybe as you say; the AECO's longer center pin may hav... | |
| Left RCA out on DAC not working @jea48 you're correct of course re: the ground pin on the AECO plugs, and yes the centre pins are longer than normal, which may account for why the AECO plugs work......would this mean the left RCA out plug onbthe DAC is in someway faulty? | |
| Left RCA out on DAC not working @jea48 thanks again; I've tried different inputs on my integrated, no problems there, and also what you described lastly. I'm kind of resigned myself with it as I am getting a replacement, but it's just the wait. | |
| Left RCA out on DAC not working @jea48 thanks for taking the time with this; I'll take another closer look. If I'm wrong about the AECO, any idea why the left channel would only work with these plugs, but no others? Seems a bit odd, even to my ignorant brain (in these matters)... | |
| Left RCA out on DAC not working @jea48 HI, thanks for your reply. The AECO plugs have no metal on the plug shrouds inside, apart from the pin, whatsoever. The Lavri/AECO work perfectly. With other ICs, that have metallic shrouds, the left channel just doesn't work. The right ch... | |
| Cen. Grand DSDAC 1.0 (vs Pontus II) @soix thanks for your kind words; extremely generous 😊👍 | |
| Lack of Female Representation @toro3 i had a similar experience at my local HiFi dealer in Summer'21 when I went to audition equipment for my return to Hifi after 20 odd years out of the hobby. I couldn't drive at the time, so my partner (soon to be wife😊) had to drive me; I ... | |
| Cen. Grand DSDAC 1.0 (vs Pontus II) Thanks @soix 👍 Christmas was busier than I envisaged, so didn't get to spend as much time with the new DAC as I would have liked, but I did squeeze some listening in. Apart from the observations I've already highlighted, I'm starting to hear a w... |