pawel8
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| Exogal Comet DAC Today ,I have listened to exogal along with Ayre dsD dac.Input was Mac ,preamp audio research ,amplifier arc ref 250.Cabling ,AUDIOQUEST and vandersteen speakers.Music via usb ,kind of blue.I used optional power supply with exogal.Ayre was better(... | |
| Spdif source switching? I have a great DAC -DCS Debussy which does not have toslink inputI use a cheap toslink to spdif converter and I am looking for an upgrade with a better sound.Audio authority,monarchy audio ,synchro mesh or something else? | |
| Spdif source switching? I have a great DAC -DCS Debussy which does not have toslink inputI use a cheap toslink to spdif converter and I am looking for an upgrade with a better sound.Audio authority,monarchy audio ,synchro mesh or something else? | |
| Ayre AX-5 Integrated Amplifier Here is the update:It turned out that the unit I was buying was defective:it would not switch power between 4 and 8 ohm.It came back fixed with the crossover installed and sounds much better at dealer place.It runs very hot.This particular unit ne... | |
| Ayre AX-5 Integrated Amplifier Thank you for your comments.Possibly I did not give the AX5 enough break in time.I bought many Ayre products and for most part I was very satisfied:Ayre QB9,V5XE(still have it) DX5 and finally Ax5(about 24k$total).DX5 was very good with 2 channel ... | |
| Ayre AX-5 Integrated Amplifier Here is the story about AX-5.I had it and I liked it(please see my comment)above.My wife came back from vacation and she asked me "what is wrong with the sound".To her it sounded to harsh when comparing to my previous combo I.e.Ayre V5-XE with DCS... | |
| Ayre AX-5 Integrated Amplifier It sounds great straight out of the box with few hours of play.Ayre recommends 100-500 hours of break-in time.I use it with DCS Debussy connected via Audioquest Sky XLR.My sources are Mac-mini,satellite and bluray player from Pioneer. | |
| Unusual TAS bomb Just to clarify:Dac7 is NOT a tube DAC! | |
| Berkeley Audio Alpha DAC Series II and Alpha USB I still have Alpha DAC series 2.I do not want any USB interface with external power supply therefore my selection is above mentioned Soulution 590,Stello U3,V-link 192 and possibly Audiophileo.Wireworld cables are very good choice.The person I sol... | |
| Berkeley Audio Alpha DAC Series II and Alpha USB I have Berkeley Alpha Dac series 2 and have had Alpha USB for several months.It is great combination and the only reason for selling USB was to buy Soulution USB 590(2wks waiting).Alpha DAC II sounds very good even with m2tech Hiface 2.Please use ... | |
| ARC LS-27 or ARC ref-3 I have listened to REF 3,REF 5 ,LS 26 And LS 27.In my opinion REF 5 is much better than REF 3(I owned and sold 3 = 1 new and 2 used as recently as 3 wks ago.I tried to like REF 3 but after extensive listening I decided that both REF 5 and LS 27 ar... |