sls883
Responses from sls883
| Linear Tube Audio - Micro ZOTL - version -3 Update on upgrades @sfpeloton It's only been a couple of weeks, but I was curious to see if your preamp had been updated? I'm still on the fence about sending mine in. | |
| COAX Cable Recommendations.... need some glitter @soix Yeah, it was a bit of a weird chat with Robert. He ended the conversation by saying "compare it to other cables". I haven't tried any real expensive coaxial cables. The dac in my Denon is pretty darn good and I mostly stream, anyway. I... | |
| COAX Cable Recommendations.... need some glitter @lanx0003 @soix A while back, I messaged AZ about my MC2. Responses are below. The rca connectors on my cable look exactly like the 75 ohm cables that he mentioned. Does that make it 75 ohm? Idk. He's not real clear. What I do know is it's t... | |
| My SACD Transport feeds so much better signal to my DAC compared with streaming end... @joyceulysses I had a Node before my Innuos. My son has it now. I've run Qobuz on a tablet. My son runs Qobuz on his phone. I've also used Audivarna on a laptop and used the streamer in my dac. In my system, Audivarna sounded better than Roon... | |
| Worthy upgrade? @mike4597 +1 on Fidelium cables. Much bigger improvement than I expected. | |
| My SACD Transport feeds so much better signal to my DAC compared with streaming end... Have you tried streaming without Roon? If you use Qobuz, for example, stream from their service directly without Roon. I tried Roon and I didn't like the sound with my gear. My system is not optimized for Roon. | |
| Pass Labs xa-25 or Coda Continum #8 Sounds like a good plan. | |
| Pass Labs xa-25 or Coda Continum #8 Are your current speakers your end game speaker? My speakers are 89dB efficiency and Doug Dale with Coda recommended the No 8 for me. I have a large room which is also a factor. Something to think about. Honesty, I would guess that the 5.5 wou... | |
| Gustard X30 disappointment I'm not following. If you swapped cables and the problem moved, wouldn't that be the cable? | |
| Gustard X30 disappointment I haven't heard of Gustard having bad reliability. I had an R-26 and now an X-30. No issues with either of them. As mlsstl mentioned, every manufacturer will have some issues in some units. The problems could be a result of rough handling in s... | |
| ??? Which Would You Buy ??? In my opinion, a component that only has 85% of the performance of the rest of the system leaves a lot to be desired. If you save $5,000 for another upgrade, what do you upgrade? The $2500 component is still the bottleneck. I'd be more inclined... | |
| CODA 8 V1 @erik_squires I share your opinion of tube preamp paired with a solid state amp. I haven’t used a solid state preamp since my NAD1300 which was a very long time ago. My Linear Tube Audio MicroZotl tube preamp isn’t overly warm, but enough so tha... | |
| The difference between tubes and solid state that I am finding I've always used a solid state amp. My current preamp and the two before it were tube. The previous preamps had great warmth and that tube glow. Some music sounded fabulous and some not so much. My current Linear Tube Audio MicroZOTL preamp is n... | |
| CODA 8 V1 @gochurchgo I don't know what is meant by dry. As opposed to wet? I find no faults with my Coda. If someone's system is dry, I would suspect that the issue is not the Coda. I'm talking amplifiers. I haven't heard their preamp. | |
| CODA 8 V1 @robshaw I like them. They're probably my last pair of speakers unless they crap out before I do, or I win the lottery (not likely since I don't buy lottery tickets). |