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| Noise coming from subwoofers and centre channel Nice detective work, and at least at this point there’s a loop that involves the AVR and/or amp. If it’s me I’d try the simplest thing first that’d be a cheater plug on the AVR, then on the amp, and then on both (if necessary) and see what happens... | |
| Shunyata Venom RCA vs Bluesound Node 2i stock rca I kind of kick myself that I spent so many years listening to wires that were negatively impacting the sound of my system. @markusthenaimnut Nah. Pat yourself on the back and Goodonya for keeping an open mind and having the confidence and cou... | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers Nice anecdotal story — thanks for sharing. I’ve shared a somewhat related story where I inadvertently installed my fully broken-in digital cable backwards and that just killed my system to the point it sounded broken. I fairly quickly found my m... | |
| Can a DAC do double duty? Only 1 XLR cable? Sorry, my bad. You are correct and I meant one pair of XLR interconnects. Both your CD player and streamer should be able to flow through just the XLR interconnects from the Pontus (no RCA interconnects needed), and if the K... | |
| Transport Recommendations I know you prefer new, but at your budget I’d definitely go for this used Jay’s Audio CDT2 Mk3 as it’s at a higher level than the others. Seems to be in excellent condition and from a reputable seller who allows for returns if for some reason it d... | |
| Can a DAC do double duty? I’d think all you need is the one XLR connection from the Pontus to the processor and just switch inputs on the Pontus to toggle between the streamer and CD player. I’m guessing you’re looking at adding another RCA connection because you’d rather... | |
| Alternative to Ayre k-5XeMP preamp. You’re likely better off getting a separate phono pre anyway unless the one in the K1 is an anomaly. | |
| Some Cables Thoughts Congrats! Let us know how they work out if you could. I’d give them a couple days to settle into your system before making serious assessments. | |
| Shunyata Venom RCA vs Bluesound Node 2i stock rca I wouldn’t worry too much about the RCA interconnects at this point. I think you’d get more out getting a new DAC, a linear power supply for the Node, and using a Wi-Fi extender or Mesh system so you can run an Ethernet cable from that to the Node... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources What I tend to scratch my head over is how some folks pay manufacturers (who avoid said due diligence) so much for devices that aren’t verifiably (audibly) different. @benanders Speak for yourself. Plenty of us have heard big improvements mov... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources The iPhone 5 was known to have a very good dac built in. Just as the play station 1 was known to be a very good cd player. @audioguy85 Good for what they are maybe, but not good compared to anything designed specifically for audio. C’mon man. | |
| Streaming upgrade from Cambridge Audio cxn v2 I’d hop on this Innuos Pulse that is excellent and has a small footprint… https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650067299-innuos-pulse-streamer-silver/ This Musician Aquarius is a great DAC and a great relative value and also small footprint… h... | |
| Noise coming from subwoofers and centre channel This might be overly simplistic, but what about just trying some cheater plugs? | |
| Still Looking for a DAC - Audio Mirror Tubadour v and ANK Audio 5.1 When you mentioned AZ MC2 cables, did you mean RCA or XLR connections? Interestingly enough they’re both 110 Ohm design, should I ask for 75? I didn’t buy it from the link you provided, because I can get a better deal. That’s a very good and i... | |
| Still Looking for a DAC - Audio Mirror Tubadour v and ANK Audio 5.1 I’ll go back to I don’t think your digital cable is doing you favors and would give the AZ MC2 I mentioned above a try as it’s a low-risk proposition with potentially high rewards as digital cables matter a lot. If that doesn’t do it you might wa... |