soix
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| I need some advice For a streamer I’d recommend Innuos or Aurender for ease of use, reliability, sound quality, and customer support. The Innuos Pulse is $3800 and the Aurender N200 is $6300. For a DAC the Denafrips Pontus 15th is $2000 but I’d also get their Herm... | |
| Considering a New Tube Pre-amp What improvements and sound characteristics are you looking for, what’s your budget, where do you live and are you looking for new or used? | |
| I need some advice At the price of the Mooon 891 I’d be looking at separates unless you’re extremely space constrained or really want the convenience of one box. Being beholden to one manufacturer’s streamer, DAC, and preamp is a big commitment for three critical c... | |
| Trade thoughts What sound characteristics are most important to you and what specific improvements are you looking for? | |
| Considering a New Tube Pre-amp Those are different sounding preamps. This depends on what specific sound characteristics and improvements you’re looking for. | |
| New buy, no return policy The TMR pair is a no brainer to me. Much cheaper and you can return them and TMR is local? Done. And if your dealer isn’t offering you to borrow his demo pair at home for speakers at that price then they don’t deserve your business IMHO. | |
| What might pair well with a combined Laiv Harmony uDDC and Laiv DAC? You should know iFi streamers can be very glitchy and their customer support is basically non existent. I had a very frustrating connection issue with my Zen Stream that I couldn’t get resolved through their extremely lame online support “system,... | |
| Replacement/upgrade for Bluesound and Chord Mojo 2 streamer/external DAC combo To stay near your budget I’d recommend this Musician Pegasus R2R DAC (I own it) and LHY linear power supply for the Node. The Pegasus will give you natural tone and great detail and bass along with excellent imaging and a spacious 3D soundstage, ... | |
| Replacement/upgrade for Bluesound and Chord Mojo 2 streamer/external DAC combo What’s your budget and are you looking for new or used? | |
| Considering switching to XLR cables, What specific improvements are you looking for? Without that critical info this is just a total crapshoot. | |
| Narrowing line stage search Conrad Johnson ET-6 SE VS. Backart Labs 1.4 Rhuma Extreme Have you compared those two line stage preamps that the OP is asking about? @yogiboy No, have you compared those two specific preamps? Very few if any have and sounds like you’ve only heard the base Rhumba, which by your reasoning wouldn’t ... | |
| Narrowing line stage search Conrad Johnson ET-6 SE VS. Backart Labs 1.4 Rhuma Extreme " Has anybody had the opportunity to compare these two line stages? "Read the question that the OP asked! @yogiboy I absolutely did read the question. The CJ doesn’t offer balanced connections nor a balance control both of which he said he wa... | |
| Bryston or Yamaha? @travelinjack If the DAC is in the preamp it’s receiving power, and if it’s receiving power it’s emitting noise and low-level analog preamp signals are very susceptible to noise. No thanks. | |
| Bryston or Yamaha? I doubt the 30+ year old Yamaha is digitizing any analog inputs. @travelinjack I didn’t say it was digitizing inputs, I said it has a DAC in it doing digital processing that creates noise I don’t want in a stereo preamp. | |
| A Review of the Denafrips Pontus Gen 15 DAC @calvinandhobbes You might consider adding an Iris or Hermes DDC — several have reported significant improvements with their Pontus II. I added an Iris to my Musician Pegasus (shares many parts with the Pontus) and the improvement was considerab... |