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| Innuos Zenith Mk3 or something else? I strongly agree with the recommendation to demo a server/streamer in your home system before making a purchase, but that can often be difficult to do. For the month of November, Innuos has a promo through authorized dealers to encourage potential... | |
| Zavfino Thanks to both @lalitk and @thyname for the helpful info. So I guess that both PCOCC and OCC are Ohno Continuous Cast copper, but the PCOCC copper is at a higher level of purity. I'm assuming that any OCC copper is continuous "single crystal" copp... | |
| Zavfino @lalitk,Thanks for the very helpful comments! I seem to be very sensitive to "brightness" and prefer a slightly warmer presentation in my system, but I don't want the high end to sound rolled off or excessively softened. From your comments, it loo... | |
| Zavfino @lalitk,Earlier in the thread, you mentioned that you preferred the Fusion interconnects to the Arcadia interconnects. I know there are some differences in the metals used (e.g., type of copper, pure silver core in the Fusion), but I'm wondering i... | |
| < $400 USB Cable Contenders Late 2021 @sbank,I have been able to directly compare only two of the USB cables on your list. I use mostly Shunyata power cables and Cardas analog signal cables. I am now using two USB cables: Shunyata Alpha (going from Innuos Zen server to Innuos Phoenix ... | |
| Zavfino @thyname, thanks for the advice. I understand how hard it is to compare cables across different components and differing time periods. | |
| Zavfino @thyname,I read on another thread that you used to use Cardas Clear Reflection cables. Now that you're building a full loom of Zavfino cables, what specific differences are you noticing when you compare the Zavfino speaker cables and interconnects... | |
| Thiel Owners prof,Thanks for your additional comments, even if if you're not completely sure about the spike vs. spikeless comparison. It's helpful when you say that you don't remember the spikes changing the sound much.For my Thiel 2.2 speakers, I may just le... | |
| Thiel Owners prof,Thanks for the detailed information about your speaker isolation "experiments." This is exactly the type of info I was looking for. In your system and room, what specific sonic differences have you noticed between the use of the standard Thie... | |
| Thiel Owners For Thiel speakers placed on pad- and carpet-covered plywood floors (on 16" centers), is there any consensus that it is better to couple the speakers to the floor using spikes or better to decouple the speakers from the floor using springs or simi... | |
| Innuos Zenith Mk3 or something else? @longinc I've been very happy with my Innuos Zen Mk3. I decided to get the Zen rather than the Zenith because I saw the Zen as an excellent value and I could put the cost savings toward the cost of the Phoenix USB, which I later did. (By the way,... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant,"Interesting" is a good way to describe the evolution of my cable selection. At this point, I am unlikely to use a full loom of any one cable brand in my system. I guess I've kind of standardized on Shunyata for power cables and Cardas for ... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant,I've had the Vovox in and out of my system over the past few weeks. I haven't decided if I want to live long-term with the smoothness of the Cardas Clear Reflection or the sparkle of the Vovox Sonorus interconnects. When I have time to list... | |
| Thiel Owners dsper,You asked about the basic system components I used to demo the Vovox Sonorus XLR cables described in my 9-7-21 post. I use a DirectStream DAC, BHK Preamp, and M700 Mono amps (all from PS Audio). Speakers are Thiel CS 2.2. I do most of my lis... | |
| Cables that measure the same but (seem?) to sound different It's important to clarify that the use of a "placebo" in drug trials is different than controlling for the expectations of participants when comparing differences between two audio cables. In both cases, the use of a double-blind design can be use... |