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| Fritz carbon 7SE MK 2, Upgrade Congrats! I’m sure it’ll sound great and look forward to your thoughts especially on how it compares to your Pass. | |
| EverSolo DMP-A8 with Denafrips Pontus 15th, both have i2S @pkthesublime I suppose it’s possible the Pontus is just revealing the limitations of those older recordings rather than glossing over their flaws. If the Pontus sounds better on higher quality recordings it seems you have a decision to make if ... | |
| Amazon Selling Used CDs Advertised As New That’s dirty pool, and I hope those of you who fell prey to this have ripped the sellers a new one in their ratings as they’ll care about that and it will also alert others as to what they’re doing. Very underhanded and sad. | |
| Need advice on digital inputs @baylinor More experienced people would know that, but obviously as with here it can needlessly confuse people who are newer to the hobby. Just call it a digital input like virtually everyone else does because that’s what it is and makes it perf... | |
| Need advice on digital inputs It was stupid of NAD to label the RCA/SPDIF digital inputs as coaxial in as that’s a general term that could mean anything, and for exactly this reason pretty much the whole world calls it a digital input but yes that’s the input you’d use. | |
| EverSolo DMP-A8 with Denafrips Pontus 15th, both have i2S @pkthesublime I know it is not helping but I'm not sure how much it is hurting because if it was really bad the A8 would sound like ass also, and it sounds really good. My bad, you’re absolutely right so probably not worth trying my HDMI ca... | |
| Need advice on digital inputs The way you have it now you’re using the DAC in the Cambridge — the giveaway is you’re using the analog outs from the Cambridge so the digital to analog conversion has already been done. If you use the digital out from the Cambridge to the NAD yo... | |
| EverSolo DMP-A8 with Denafrips Pontus 15th, both have i2S @pkthesublime Yeah, the Yammy does not belong between your otherwise nice DAC and amp — it’s a big bottleneck to better performance and is certainly not helping here. Preamps matter big time, and the pre in your AVR (and almost all AVRs) is garb... | |
| Mid Fi streaming question. Nothing about your system indicates glare to me although things like power cords or power conditioning can also be part of the picture, and I’d upgrade to CAT 6 if you’re using 5. That said, several people here have had a positive experience with... | |
| EverSolo DMP-A8 with Denafrips Pontus 15th, both have i2S @pkthesublime What Yamaha receiver are you using? That’s a red flag. Also, how long is the HDMI cable? | |
| Fritz carbon 7SE MK 2, Upgrade I’ve not been a fan of Mac gear in the past as it sounded like mush to me, but they may have evolved their sound in more recent models I haven’t yet heard. Thought you might find this review interesting if you haven’t seen it because he found the... | |
| Integration of Two Subs with miniDSP Flex I’d try placing the front sub between the front speakers at the midpoint of the front wall and move the rear sub to the center of the back wall (basically as Welti recommends) and see if you get some improvements. Hey, it’s free and reversible so... | |
| Amazon Selling Used CDs Advertised As New Have you considered switching to streaming? For far less than you’re likely spending on CDs you could have a Qobuz subscription and access to worlds music and much of it in hi res. I get it if you’re averse to going down that rabbit hole — I was... | |
| EverSolo DMP-A8 with Denafrips Pontus 15th, both have i2S I just plugged everything in a few days ago, and i have to say that I find the Pontus too bright for my ears. @pkthesublime Give the Pontus at least 200 hours to burn in if it’s new before making any conclusions. Also, while individual tastes... | |
| Integration of Two Subs with miniDSP Flex You don’t mention sub placement. Where are your subs located and how did you determine those were the best spots for them? The crawl method is effective, and Todd Welti, a foremost subwoofer expert, recommends (for two subs) placing the subs at ... |