pdreher
Responses from pdreher
| Aurender My problems with Aurender mimic'ed @cleeds and I had to cut my losses. I replaced an N10 with a Roon Nucleus with an IFi Zen Stream endpoint at a lower price point and am experiencing better sound quality, excellent stability/reliability and a b... | |
| KT88 for McIntosh MC275 mk.IV? Gold Lions. I used them when I owned an MC275 MKV. | |
| Need recommendation similar to my Black Cat Cables https://www.partsconnexion.com/DUELUND-87080.html Low cost, high value solution. No need to add terminations as the strands are tinned to minimize oxidation. I use this cable in both of my systems and it replaced significantly higher cost opti... | |
| Duelund shielding I use the DCA12 Gauge as-is in both of my systems with no addl. shielding. Great cable and a tremendous value... no need to spend more or add shielding IMO. | |
| Which ones should I choose? Tannoy Kensington Gr or B&W 804 D4 ditto @jond... no question!!! | |
| New Jupiter Comet and VitaminQ Silver PIO Capacitors bumping as I'm curious too. | |
| WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? In my experience, the best way to tackle listener fatigue is to treat your listening room with a combination of absorption and diffusion panels. If done properly, you should never have to worry about brightness and/or listener fatigue again. I use... | |
| Breaking in new speakers, what is your favorite music for this? @stereo5 @blisshifi those are good suggestions if you have a CD player... but what if you only stream? Classical music, rock, or does it not really matter? I'm having the crossovers and drivers on vintage refurbished on vintage Altec Lansin... | |
| Do older power cables still hold up to newer ones? Nice amp BTW! The best amp I ever owned was the 70/70 Signature. Regarding power cables... while newer varieties my provide a different flavor, they are not necessarily better IME. Marketing is the driving force behind cables, most of which is ... | |
| purchasing used Ayre V-5xe? good purchase? I tried this amp about 6 or 7 years ago. It was just ok, but wasn't a game changer. Ultimately, I continue to prefer tube amps to SS. | |
| Streamer Upgrade @glennewdick Did you use the Nucleus as your streamer straight into your external DAC, or did you have a ROON endpoint in-between? Am asking because my experience streaming QOBUZ with ROON using the Nucleus with an IFi Zen Stream as the ROON end... | |
| Amp for Verity Parsifal encore Reviving this old thread in case anyone has a pair of Parsifal Ovations they want to sell. | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... Melody Gardot Madeleine Peyroux Erin Bode - Over and Over | |
| Streamer creates a Wow experience I know many here like Aurender, but found it to be very buggy and had connectivity issues that I was unable to resolve, despite numerous exchanges with Aurender customer support and sending the unit to Aurender to replace the SS drive. I give Aur... | |
| Streamer creates a Wow experience @soix like you, I was pleasantly surprised with the sound quality, especially with such an affordable device as the Zen Stream. Much better sound quality than the Bluesound products IME. In my case, I replaced a buggy Aurender N10 with a Roon Nucl... |