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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... 
Rhythmic F12SE setup using line in
@audiorusty  Interesting recommendation. The KEF’s do come with plugs for the rear ports. I will give that a try, while reducing the crossover. Had a similar recommendation from @soix Thanks!  
Rhythmic F12SE setup using line in
High dampening. There is not a PEQ unique knob. The nonLFE switch setting is 50Hz/24. My only other option is 80Hz/24. I believe the crossover max and rolloff.   
Preamp vs DAC vs Streamer
The RP-1 has arrived. In my limited vinyl listening (family are in town, limiting my listening), it sounds exceptional, clear, crisp concise, beautiful. Digital also significantly improved. Life is good! Thank you all & merry Christmas/ happy ... 
Preamp vs DAC vs Streamer
Yes, I agree my DAC is now my weakest link. Thanks   
Preamp vs DAC vs Streamer
@goodlistening64  it doesn’t seem they have NOS mullards any longer. Just current production Russians. 😒  
Preamp vs DAC vs Streamer
Thank you. My RT-1 arrives on Tuesday. I am excited! Interesting, Rogue recommends NOS RCA cleartops and waiting until the current tubes are burned in.    Thank you for your Rogue purchase.  The RP-1 uses a pair of 12AU7s also known as ECC82 or E...