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| How many of you are digital only systems? 100% digital. Recently found out that Apple lossless sounds as good as Tidal on my system and for half the price. Now, I can listen to 70 million songs. Problem is, I don't like 69.9 million of them. :-) But who is counting? | |
| T+A PA 3100HV vs Pass Labs X350.8 I have the x250.8 and love it. I heard a difference between it and the 350.8. If you can, compare the two before choosing. | |
| Help selecting a power cord. As for which cable to replace first, buy one cable and move it around. See which component improves most. Buy a second cable and repeat. | |
| How much reality do you really need? Upgraditis. It’s fun. Expensive but fun. | |
| Best lower end cables for B&W speakers...? I use canare 4s11 but combine all of the wires in one length together, meaning, I bought four lengths of 4s11 (2 for each speaker) for my B&W 803 D3s. The wires take a while to "mature" but the sound is rich. | |
| Amplifier knobs...where to "set" on the clock? As with many things, try the options and see. Noon? 5 o'clock? I bet your system works better at one of them. | |
| Most rooms don’t need acoustical treatment. @dekay LMAOI don't have acoustical treatments because my setup is not in a dedicated room, unfortunately. I recognized the need when I did one of those sound tests that went from 1000hz to 0. On the way down, I could hear at the low end where my c... | |
| DAC/w Volume control + Power amp or DAC + Integrated? FWIW: I bought the Nobsound passive amp because of the discussion in this thread about bit-stripping. The Nobsound was only $60 and it was for sale on Amazon. So, for once, I could try something without consideration of restocking fees, etc. I was... | |
| Check in: How quickly are streamers and servers evolving? I think this is relevant to the OP's question: I have a DAC that I like. I run Tidal on my iPad into it. Is there some sonic improvement using a streamer instead of an iPad as the music source? | |
| XLR or RCA for my new DAC Looking at the specs for my amp and in some general reading, I see that the input/output impedance, voltage, and sensitivity are all about double for the XLR connections. I am not sure if those stats equate to a sonic difference. Here it is for my... | |
| SQ vs. Music If I didn’t really care about the SQ and only cared about the music, I’d be content with my crappy computer speakers. I surely wouldn’t spend as much money on gear as I do. I do look to be dazzled by the SQ. At the same time, I turn off a song if ... | |
| DAC as a preamp? +3 RME DAC. It goes directly into a Pass Labs power amp with balanced interconnects. Sounds great. Upgrading the power supply is intriguing but probably way above my pay grade. The RME has a remote so no need to leave your chair that's in the swee... | |
| Pass INT-250 for B&W 800's I have the Pass 250.8 power amp and B&W 803 D3s and the amp has way more power to push the speakers than you'll ever use unless you need to broadcast in an airline hanger. BTW, check the sound of the INT vs. the power amp to see which sound y... | |
| Living room system: class A or AB amps? FWIW, the Pass Labs x250.8 gets no hotter than a warm (not hot) cup of tea after running for hours. (You could keep your hand on the amp for a long time...not that you'd want to.) | |
| B&W vs. Sonus Faber As others have said, let your ears guide you. I know it's hard because you're listening to SF and BW in different systems. I own 803 D3s but am not intimately familiar with SF so I won't try to compare them. I used to run my 803s on a McIntosh but... |