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| Is it my amp or my speakers? I had an old Mark Levinson amp that I bought new and re capped after 20 years and thought it sounded OK until I replaced it and realized it didn't sound OK. It was dull and muffled and slow, I went to a class D amp which was energetic and a bit ... | |
| To Roon or not I have Roon core on an Antipodes Core Server. I much prefer using Roon to convert to DSD512. I find it less bright and less harsh. If anything DSD is smoother and softer. I have gone thru all the upsampling and converstion settings and prefer ... | |
| How do you know if you are upgrading your DAC? Generally as you move up the food chain you get more DAC for the money. Sort of like buying wine. I started with a Schiit Yggdrasil- nice DAC, then a Wyred4Sound DSDv2.2SE- better DAC, then Denafrips Terminator- really really good DAC and now De... | |
| Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state? May not be just the tubes that are noisy. I have had some noisy pre amps (Schiit, Decware) and changing tubes makes a difference but could never get a black background until I changed to Allnic. Allnic doesn't have any sense of tube bloom, it is... | |
| Warm romantic & detailed I have Maggie 3.7i's. They come shipped with a resistor to tame the high's. There are many that feel they have a glare or grain and I will agree that they can sound fatiguing, and were initially ( I had 1.7i's and the 3.7i's are definitely smoot... | |
| Upgrades that met/exceeded your expectations and those that felt short Exceeded; Freya to Allnic L- 3000- different universe Adding English Electric 8Switch Denafrips Terminator DAC then Terminator Plus DAC Adding the Denafrips Iris DDC between Innous Statement and Terminator Plus Cl... | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... I just replaced my Terminator (with the new DSP board) with the Terminator Plus. In spite of how good the Terminator is, the Plus just brings more in terms of quietness and detail. Particularly the bass notes are better delineated.I also added t... | |
| Streamer Software I am using Tidal and Qobuz with Roon, it seems to be integrated to me. I can see all 6 Sonos speakers in my house but I haven't tried to play to them- I let my wife generally choose music for the house. But, I think there is a way to control the... | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC I had a Denafrips Terminator (r2r) and recently upgraded to the Terminator Plus. I have had a Yggdrasil (r2r) and W4S DSDSE v2.2 (ds) dacs and the Terminator is in another league. FWIW I felt the W4S was the better dac.I added the Denafrips Iris... | |
| Adding a sub woofer? I have 2 REL S5 SHO's on Pass Mono Amps. I am using the REL LongBow wireless system. It allows me to only worry about providing power to the subs not running wires across the room. I have one near a far corner from the speakers and one behind m... | |
| Next Best Upgrade for Tidal MQA? Innuos zen mini mk3 w LPS as Roon EndpointNetwork Acoustics ENO filterEtherRegenIsoRegen with USB adaptorSmall Green Computer Sonic Transporter i5 for Roon coreRoonThrow in some good USB and Ethernet cables and LPS for Isoregen & Sonic Transpo... | |
| Monoblock setup inquiry I had a Freya and it was definitely quieter Balanced vs SE. I also felt it was more dynamic. Get some good XLR cables. Keep it simple, forget the bi-wiring at this time and just enjoy. | |
| What are the top 3 USB cables being used today in reference systems? I have used the Curious cables for a few years. I wanted a new USB for an Innuos Statement and couldn't make a decision with so many choices. I ordered a Network Acoustics Ethernet Filter and saw they had USB cables so I ordered one, I felt it w... | |
| Streaming for beginner You have very high end gear to play from CD. It will be difficult but not necessarily impossible to get close.The devil is in the details. Very clean power for everything. Lots of good LPS, lots of choices. My current favorite for the price is... | |
| My server and Roon Core not getting along ... Sorry to hear, I am sure you will love the Statement once you get it figured out. I have a Statement and have the Roon Core on an Antipodes Core and feel is sounds better than using the Statement as Core and Endpoint. I preferred even using Expe... |