paulcreed
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| Question about Teddy Pardo PSU for my DAC I have a r2r dac and also a RME adi2 v2 dac that I am using a Teddy Pardo power supply with the RME with Auralic streamer. The Pardo supply made a very nice improvement. First thing I noticed was sound stage was taller wider and deeper, noise flo... | |
| How to do room acoustics correction the easy way. Everyone is right acoustic panels may be needed. I went cheap route to test waters then went to thick Dow Corning type board. Cheap way to test is go to A/C supply store and pick up a 10x4, 1 inch thick insulation duct board for $50 to see what re... | |
| Ever Hear a Tube CD player? I ran across a used Exemplar audio Denon 2900 tube CD player for $400 or $500 10 or so years ago it was so cheap I snatched it up knowing it retailed for over $4000. When it arrived I was shocked how enjoyable it was to listen to. It came with Mul... | |
| Speaker cabels for dark sounding speakers? If your open to changing out caps in the crossover and can solder that could be another alternative and cheaper than buying cables. Clarity cap CMR or on the cheap Sonicaps will pull the sound out from being dark. Silver cables will make it bright... | |
| Is a Chord Qutest Dac my best option I agree with siox statement which type of sound reproduction your looking for. I tried the Qutest and liked it very much but the RME adi-2 version 2 worked better in my system. I found the Qutest had a slightly better soundstage but the RME had be... | |
| Does the Chord TT2 Dac need a linear supply device? I experienced a nice step up adding a 12v 2a Teddy Pardo power supply to a RME adi-2 dac. RME says it will not help adding aftermarket psu, I find that not to be true. I found it to be worth the investment. | |
| Next Best Upgrade for Tidal MQA? Here are preamp, streamer and dac to check out or read up on. Someone mentioned the Schmitt Freya which runs 6sn7 tubes is a great suggestion. Also mentioned was PS Audio. I owned a PS audio PCA-2 preamp with outboard power supply and thought it s... | |
| USB vs Coax Is one better than the other? Thanks for advise, I did check with a SPL meter and had to back down 3 notches on a 100 step preamp with the coax wire to match USB before I posted. I like that USB sample rate is higher but I do find some high-rez is not always the best in my sys... | |
| Help with DAC and Streamer suggestions I'm just putting together my first streaming front end and have no idea what I'm doing, but first thing I noticed was you said "all Pangea power cables on all components." I would change out some of the Pangea for others out there, I think everyth... | |
| Please suggest streamer $500 to $1000 used Jond, Aries was on top of my list. Is there a big difference between mini with power supply and regular Aries. I talked to a shop that said music drops out with Aries is this true. What is a far price to pay for mini with power supply and regulati... | |
| Any RME ADI-2 DAC FS owners here? I've only owned the RME adi-2 v2 for 2 days using mac book pro stock USB cable with Acoustic Zen silver ref 2 going into pre. This is my first ever dac. I'm exausted I've stayed up past 3am listening to this little box last 2 nights. I was going t... | |
| Need an inexpensive phono stage Find a Pass Labs Pearl for about $150-$200, then later if you need more gain due to Pearl only having 40db of gain add a Hagerman Picollo head amp for $250, that will give you up to 66db. I think Pass Labs Pearl can compete with $1000 plus pre's. ... | |
| AT-ART9 cartridge on Marantz TT-15s1 - I don't think I'm getting the performance I should I didn't read every word but could your tracking force gauge be bad. You could try to float the arm and set counterweight to zero then set counterweight to 1.5 - 1.8 and see if you gauge is close. Sounds like it could be a bad cartridge. Could ant... | |
| Newbie help - Building a system from scratch That's risky not able to demo gear. I'm sure you can find shops open and some by appointment only. Take a road trip. I would not buy speakers without hearing them. I owned a rogue 99 magnum long ago. It was a nice Preamp but not the most tubey sou... | |
| MHDT Orchid or Audio Mirror/ pick one for me please Yea, sorry about that it is $1210, the one I looked at is another model, they just look the same and I assumed it was the Orchid. |