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| what kind of power conditioner for front end? I have large isolation transformer pc, no humming although did hum some years ago when I had over voltage issue and likely DC offset issue. I'd suspect dc offset on ac lines if transformer hum that loud. Some years ago, did auditions with a nu... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC If one dislikes sound quality with AQ Diamond its due to some coloration elsewhere in system. AQ Diamond is probably the most forgiving of top echelon usb cables, this based on many comparative reviews I've observed over the years, and my personal... | |
| Preamp suggestion for Coincedent M300B Frankenstein mk2 In many other tube pre's changing out tubes may not have as great effect as 101 in Statement. Statement tube is analogous to power tube in amp, being only tube in circuit it has large effect on sound quality, especially the more transparent, resol... | |
| Amp straight into the wall @vonhelmholtz Amongst the PC I tried were Shunyata, Audience and others that promised no reduction in dynamics, didn't prove to be true. And this allied to very high end power cables into dedicated circuit. Auditioned all this through Cable Compan... | |
| Preamp suggestion for Coincedent M300B Frankenstein mk2 Statement pre not near it's potential with stock 101D tubes, no color, low level of transparency, resolution, I'd not think much of it in that configuration. An analog to it would be like comparing run of the mill Shuguang 300B vs any of the top f... | |
| Personality Type? Mostly INTP, my system for my alone time, both in researching and listening. | |
| Amp straight into the wall Totally agree, I auditioned perhaps 10 different PC some years ago, every single one constricted transients to some extent. This with 845 SET amp. I use 10awg on 20 amp on my dedicated only for amps line. | |
| Why do so many members seem afraid of making an audio decision? Very much associated with inability to hear vast majority of components one may be contemplating purchasing. And then, even if you can, really need an audition to hear in your system, and then that audition may need to be longer term to fully disc... | |
| Ethernet - Analog/Digital Signal Clean Up @mitch2 Not surprised by your findings. So now I've really upped my game, have custom build ATX board based music server on way, built to exacting standards, this along with JCAT SE Net card, JCAT Optimo S ATX Lps. Will initially use as stream... | |
| You want a DAC that sounds *different.* What factor helps you find it? Choice of optimal rendering in both streamer and dac critical, really should be thought of as package deal. Using non optimized connection or port on either of these two components won't allow for full potential of dac to be heard. I'll soon b... | |
| Preamp suggestion for Coincedent M300B Frankenstein mk2 @charles1dad I was prepared to go route of NOS WE at point I was having issues with 101D reliability. I had experienced failures of recently purchased Psvane WE and Linlai Elite, one WE and one Elite failed at about 75 hours in Statement, and two ... | |
| Preamp suggestion for Coincedent M300B Frankenstein mk2 Very interesting, didn't know there was a MkIII version! Israel also changed heater resistor values from .22uf to .33uf in latest versions of Statement. This change made to insure greater reliability, life from the few quality 101D tubes available... | |
| Balance control? Yep, don't count on recordings always having perfectly balanced center image. I especially hear this with 60's recordings when stereo first became ubiquitous, engineers really liked to play with panning, separation, often hear vocalists slightly o... | |
| Preamp suggestion for Coincedent M300B Frankenstein mk2 You won't be disappointed! Going from MkI to MkII with extra upgrade of Amtrans rotary selectors was so worthwhile! DHT pre's really special, natural synergy with SET amps, all the wonderful aspects of these circuits and tubes are holistic wit... | |
| What’s your latest high-end audio purchase? Just purchased custom build ATX based server/streamer with Euphony Stylus music player installed. Build will be basis for experimentation with various JCAT, Pink Faun expansion cards (network, I2S, AES/EBU, USB) and various LPS solutions. |