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| What is the best USB cable under $500 for a natural presentation and good detail ? I had very good results with the Oyaida usb: https://www.thecableco.com/continental5s-usb.html | |
| Esoteric K03XD I bought one about 6 months ago to replace a K05X. I found it was indeed more musical and organic, yet has great detail. It also creates an excellent sound stage. I can easily hear where the different drums are in a drum set. It is quite large ... | |
| Upgrade Bryston 4BSST2 to 4BSST3 or two 7BSST3s Thanks, you've been very helpful. I'll have a look at the audiocircle | |
| Upgrade Bryston 4BSST2 to 4BSST3 or two 7BSST3s That would be a possibility though some say that the Cubed sounds a bit warmer that the Squared. This could go quite well with the Esoteric sound, which does not err on the side of warmth.My speakers have rather low sensitivity, at 84dB, and migh... | |
| Upgrade Bryston 4BSST2 to 4BSST3 or two 7BSST3s Thanks, that's very useful indeed. I might e-mail Bryston and ask them about long XLR runs and AES48. I had not heard of that before.Bryston and PMC are also saying that, provided one uses good quality copper speaker cable, there is not much to ... | |
| Setting up a streamer for a frien I had the Esoteric K05X and now have the K03XD. Both models have three digital inputs at the back: RCA, USB and optical. My streamer (Esoteric N03T) is connected by USB cable to the K03XD and sounds great.It may be possible to find a $1,000 DAC ... | |
| Upgrade Niagara 1200 to 3000? Thank you, that's really interesting. The Niagara 1200 has two outlets for amplifiers. My power amp (Bryston 4 BSST 2)is plugged into one of those. I do not know how these sockets differ from the other sockets in the unit. Maybe it is just a t... | |
| Dedicated Streamer/Transport Recommendations? Hi, I am not familiar with your gear, but I received my Esoteric N 03-T a few days ago, and I think it sounds absolutely amazing. | |
| Esoteric: new cd players When the drawer opens or closes, there is at the start of that process a sound that could be described as a very quiet, expensive-sounding "clonk". While it is opening or closing, there is a very quiet "whirr".Clunking sounds while it is opening ... | |
| Esoteric N-03T streamer with Roon or ? Hi, I ordered an N 03T at the beginning of May. It hasn't arrived yet, so my thinking about this is theoretical, not based on experience. As far as I can see, I will connect the N 03T, with a USB cable, to my Esoteric K 03XD, and use it as a DA... | |
| Tube buffer in tape loop@ Thanks, that explains it very clearly. My Bryston pre-amp does not have a "tape in", so provided I route the cables correctly I should be safe. | |
| Tube buffer in tape loop@ Thanks, that's very interesting.I e-mailed Shiit UK, who told me that after all, they have these units in stock. I think I'll start off by ordering one of those, and keep the tube buffer in mind for the future.At present, Amazon UK shows the Yaqi... | |
| Tube buffer in tape loop@ I agree; good to have the option, especially at such a low price. Unfortunately out of stock in the UK, and a 6-8 week lead time if I were to order from the US | |
| Tube buffer in tape loop@ I had a look at this. Wow, tone controls! I remember those.Looks like a very good idea, thanks. Instead of adding one item, which would add one kind of colouration to the sound, I would get something much more versatile, and much cheaper.I could... | |
| Tube buffer in tape loop@ Thanks for that; I will peruse this site. I did not know it existed.I agree that colouring or softening everything because of a few bad recordings would not be a good idea. However, that is not my plan. If things work out as I hope, I would lis... |