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| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @sirnui I don't doubt you're getting fine quality sound, but I still believe the usb input on 005 is optimal setup, only input galvanically isolated with dedicated power supply. Much depends on usb feeding it however, streamer needs to treat it wi... | |
| Is an autoformer (AVC) always superior to pots and resistors ? I can only say I love my Coincident Statement MkII pre with dual transformer volume control, superior to any pot or resistor based volume pre I've owned. Absolutely most stable imaging imaginable, no tracking issues whatsoever. | |
| Kim Simmonds Has Passed @ 75. Have many great memories with Savoy Brown music playing! I'll have to play them during one of these holiday listening sessions, and with Christine gone, some Fleetwood Mac, both pre Christine with late great Peter Green and later stuff. | |
| Why are so many people spending so much money to build “perfect” streaming system? @mikelavigne first post says it all. And one can make setup simple or complex, spend a lot or not so much. You can get damn nice sound quality with lower expenditures, spending more gives marginal increases, and then one may get past this cer... | |
| Four Hour Tube Amp Warm-Up Pretty much in agreement with the above, this with many tube, both push pull and SET over many years. I notice as the amps age magic time can lessen to around two hour mark, also depends how hard I run them, running them hard further lessens time.... | |
| New DAC or New Streamer? Latik so correct on network optimization! I'd trust the knowledgeable steamers in their recommendation of Acoustic Network Muon for top grade filter. My own situation is different as my streamer uses Windows based motherboard, so JCAT Net XE serv... | |
| New DAC or New Streamer? Neglected to mention three dedicated streamers I've used, therefore, streamers without server capability. These commonly called two computer setups. Which leads me to emphasize rendering or port optimization and integration with dacs. Best ports o... | |
| New DAC or New Streamer? Many of us state streamers most important because we hear great differences with streamer changes. Of course this assumes one already has highly resolving dac and system. The thing about dacs today is not all that difficult or expensive to achieve... | |
| New DAC or New Streamer? Thanks guys, many paths to great sound! @charles1dad With the way I'm presently setup starting at streamer. Ethernet input to JCAT NET XE board in streamer (streamer powered by the JCAT Optimo, 2 cables bundles used to power processor and moth... | |
| New DAC or New Streamer? @lalitk Missed my point. I agree with you exactly, Roon sound quality IS all over the place with different servers/renderers. This is exactly the reason why sound quality of Roon in one setup CANNOT be extrapolated to ALL setups. Sure, there are p... | |
| New DAC or New Streamer? I don't doubt the proprietary players best with the streamers they're optimized to work with. Whether Roon is optimized for the wide variety of streamers its used on is the question. No doubt the Roon interface requires more processing than the st... | |
| life span/failure rate of filter capacitors? If it were my amp I'd do it, minimally it will allay your doubts in regard to their possible failure, and if you're keeping amp for the long term they'll have to be replaced at some point. | |
| Streamer upgrade? follow up. The OP is on well worn path, streamer, network and dac upgrades, and then you upgrade the upgrades, welcome to streaming! | |
| life span/failure rate of filter capacitors? When I had my Cary amps, I was able to successfully undertake all repairs/upgrades with direct help from Dennis Had, great guy. I know he's no longer affiliated with company so perhaps not so great on servicing his designs? I'd go for the diy ... | |
| Power cable break in? Refrigerator is good for inrush current, not so much for the continuous thing. A space heater is excellent place for burn in, these things draw a lot of current and voltage. |