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| DAC upgrade @jworth Thanks for your thoughts. I just didn’t want my DAC to be better than the rest of my components, starting a whole new round of upgrades. I think my new Qutest will be very good and one of my better components. Now replace my Node, and wi... | |
| Preamp vs DAC vs Streamer @goodlistening64 My NOS Brimar’s arrived yesterday. They sound spectacular! Lows are crisp, no longer muddy, mids, highs are clear. They sound silky. Overall outstanding results. Thank you for recommending the RP-1 and the tube replacement. Very... | |
| DAC upgrade Bought the Chord, one month old on US Audio Mart for $1,200. If I don’t like it, can resell. Thanks for those who recommended the Audio Mart. Never used them before. Thanks again for all your outstanding recommendations! | |
| DAC upgrade @gkelly Question, you recommend replacing my streamer first before my DAC. Why is that your recommendation? I do believe my node is my next weakest link to my DAC, but you believe the opposite? Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks | |
| DAC upgrade Thank you for all the great recommendations. I am going to talk about ASR results. Please don’t let this get into a well documented ASR rant. I know they don’t listen to the equipment, just test. But it is a potential tiebreaker & a potential ... | |
| DAC upgrade BTW, attached is a picture of my system. As you can see, I have very little room. My current DAC is on end next to my AVR. I have space between my pre and amp, but can’t be more than 4” tall. Thanks https://www.icloud.com/photos/#039nftvgRA... | |
| DAC upgrade @marco1 i am adding the Pontus II to the short list. Its sound signature sounds perfect, relaxed, warm, no harshness or cymbalism. Wish it wasn’t Chinese, as all else equal prefer US or European. Listening to my MM2 right now, definitely a littl... | |
| DAC upgrade It can at my local store (Audio Advice). Claim they have never had one returned and it is their go to recommendation for under $2,500. That is my plan unless I hear otherwise on this forum. | |
| Preamp vs DAC vs Streamer @goodlistening64 The 16db spike was while running Audyssey from my Marantz using HT pass trough on the Rogue. I was using Audyssey to help adjust my subwoofer crossover points. Turned out to be a great idea revealing my problem. Again luckily, p... | |
| Preamp vs DAC vs Streamer To be clear on why I really needed room correction or at least low & high pass was I was getting +16db spikes at 32hz from my R11’s! That cannot be adjusted out. Never was a problem before as my crossover point was much higher than that. But n... | |
| Preamp vs DAC vs Streamer @goodlistening64 Thanks for your thoughts. The miniDSP came up on another thread I created on tuning my Rhythmic sub with line in. I had never done that in the past and only used LFE from my AVR’s using room correction. The recommendation came f... | |
| Preamp vs DAC vs Streamer What do you guys think of the miniDSP SHD for room correction, subwoofer management and DAC. ASR liked it and it seems to have great reviews. I would still use my Rogue for phono, running through the SHD for bass management and room correction, th... | |
| Rhythmic F12SE setup using line in OK, on the bass management, I thought I would provide status. I adjusted the subwoofer, the best I could with my ears. Did not sound great, so I decided to run Audyssey MultEQ-x from my Marantz AVR running home theater pass thru my Rogue preamp, b... | |
| Rhythmic F12SE setup using line in Ok, so I better understand, I would run my sub line out from my preamp to the miniDSP, let it do its thing, and run that to the sub. My R11’s would still run full range analog directly from the preamp. The sound processing for the sub only would b... | |
| Rhythmic F12SE setup using line in I would prefer to dial in my sub without the use of the minidsp. They appear to work via ADC then back to DAC to do the sound processing, something I avoided (NAD, Anthem, Lyngdorf etc) when purchasing my preamp. Help me if I am wrong. If I was t... |