robert1976
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| Video: noise floor and tweeter hiss, what do you think? @ramon74 turns out there’s nothing to fix. I can’t hear it at the listening position so it’s not an issue. It’s normal, even in ultra high-end equipment. | |
| Video: noise floor and tweeter hiss, what do you think? Thanks for the link to the article @russ69 My speakers are 94dB sensitivity. Combined with 49dB gain may very well be responsible for the hiss. I do us a Puritan mains filter and good cabling, so I do not suspect the problem lies there. | |
| Video: noise floor and tweeter hiss, what do you think? "... by putting an attenuator on the cable going into the amp" Thanks for chiming in @russ69. Are you referring to the XLR (or RCA) cable? What does such an attenuator look like? Any links or pics you could share? Would something like this wor... | |
| Mola Mola Tambaqui or Denafrips Terminator Plus? I’m not in the US. Prices vary around the world for this Dutch piece of gear. $13.5k is a serious jump from $9.5k, I’ll admit that. I went ahead and bought the Tambaqui. It’s wonderful, competes with DACs double its price. | |
| Mola Mola Tambaqui or Denafrips Terminator Plus? @sutts Are we talking Aries Cerat Helene or Kassandra level? ;) | |
| Mola Mola Tambaqui or Denafrips Terminator Plus? @yyzsantabarbara Yes, that's true of course, their DAC technology existed way before the stand-alone Tambaqui was introduced. Thanks. | |
| Mola Mola Tambaqui or Denafrips Terminator Plus? @jaytor Cold out of the box, it wasn't quite as good as the Terminator, but after warming up for 24 hours, I think it probably reached parity and had continues to improve. You mean the cold-out-of-the-box Terminator Plus is not a clear improvement... | |
| Mola Mola Tambaqui or Denafrips Terminator Plus? @jaytor Thanks, that helps a lot. For fun, you could play the Terminator Plus without the Gaia, just to hear the difference.So the Gaia is purely a reclocker to remove noise? Would you expect me to hear a difference when streaming from my Roon Nuc... | |
| Mola Mola Tambaqui or Denafrips Terminator Plus? @yyzsantabarbara Thanks for the input. I suspect the Tambaqui is way newer; the earliest mentions online are from 2019. So it’s a modern design. Bruno having left the team is a downside, I agree. @g9taylor My gear hasn’t arrived yet. Ask me again ... | |
| Cullen or Triode Wire Labs power cord? I think so, yes. Need to check if it’s valid for custom sizes too, or whether they want to send me trail samples first. | |
| Living room system: class A or AB amps? @georgehifiNo, not stand-by because that means the amp is not onI understood that, hence "stand by" in quotation marks ;)Thanks again. | |
| Living room system: class A or AB amps? @georgehifiI read your suggestion, thank you. The low bias button is like a "stand by" button. Before a listening session you simply press the high bias button. The Mephisto has that too. | |
| Living room system: class A or AB amps? @patrickdownsFor watching TV? Okay....Not just for watching TV. That's just a by-product because it's in the living room. I regularly enjoy long listening sessions, and that's why I'm spending this kind of money.P.S. I got the newer Stella Evo's. ... | |
| Living room system: class A or AB amps? @twoleftearsLuxman monos will give you superlative performance. Don't second guess it.That's encouraging! Did you hear them personally? If so, with what speakers? | |
| Living room system: class A or AB amps? @tvad How high is the ceiling?It's 10ft to the plaster ceiling, then another 1/2ft to the concrete slab.I'm about 12 feet away from the speakers.Regarding doubling down when impedances halves: I think both Pass Labs and Luxman M-900u do a good eno... |