rick_n
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| Hlep chosing a streamer/server for my DAC I would take a hard look at Innuos (which will be very very detailed) and Aurender (which will be smoother and more forgiving) In my experience Aurender has the edge in UI. Both Aurender and Innuos will transport Tidal and Qobuz for you in f... | |
| Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ? I too am not really sure what this thread is about. If someone offers just an opinion I stop listening, this is of no value to me. If someone has an opinion and takes the time to make a case for that opinion then that can be value added. | |
| Genesis Gabriel: Selling England by the Pound Collins: Trick of the Tail | |
| ??? What Is Your Favorite Speaker Finish ??? Any SF in the Wenge finish. Stunning. | |
| Critical listening and altered states Legacy media | |
| How much do I need to spend to make vinyl sound better than digital? I think that @tablejockey is giving some good council. Let's say you decide to pull the trigger and upgrade your table & cartridge. Surely you would want an external phono preamp. Why not add the phono pre now and see if it gets your system... | |
| Exceding recommended power rating You're good to go! Hope you love the pairing. It's worth noting that you likely won't damage speakers by overpowering them but you can damage them by underpowering them. This seems counterintuitive but it's the reality. As you raise the output... | |
| Then I Got a Pulse, Now I'm a Believer Qubuz is still allegedly finishing up the beta of their connect feature. If this ever gets implemented it might be a better way to interface with your Pulse. Congrats on your upgrade and enjoy the music. | |
| Alice Cooper vs. Al Di Meola? I don't think they're even the same species. | |
| DDC or Better Streamer? r.e. Innuos They make some excellent streamers and I just demoed their Pulsar model. My DAC has pretty much all of the available inputs and since I wanted to have the best possible results from the demo I queried Innuos directly about which is t... | |
| DDC or Better Streamer? @mbolek You said that I don't know what I'm talking about but I do. The point I made was that the high end DAC companies optimize their units for digital connection other than I2S. So please tell me, since I don't know what I'm talking about, w... | |
| DDC or Better Streamer? Not for nothing but...I don't know of any high end DACs that rely on or optimized for I2S. The top brands have some new connection technologies in development and none of them are I2S. | |
| Throwing 2 High End brands together will not automatically equal success. Thoughts? Sonus Faber + Mac: The brands use the same distribution company so that is a reason that you see them paired up so often. Same for Naim + Focal. System matching is almost an art. Listen to everything you can, understand what each sound signatu... | |
| Hegel H390 Roon Endpoint I would send Hegel an email. They're usually respond very quickly. | |
| Digital and Analogue XLR Cables - Is There a Difference? XLR cables are balanced they have a pos, neg & ground. The actual conductors vary according to brand and price point. Analogue XLR cables are 75ohms while Digital are 110ohms. The difference between analogue and digital is the resistance. |