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| Accuphase Bookshelf Speaker Pairing recommend Given what you’re looking for and your budget I’d give these a good look… https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650042763-harbeth-p3esr-xd-cherry-free-shipping/ https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650027986-nola-boxer-s3/ Best of luck. | |
| XLR recomendation What specific improvements are you looking for over the Element Copper ICs? | |
| Subwoofer suggestion And to be more accurate, the PC12 was $1350 new in 2013. The ASW855 retailed $2200 new. @hawkrider00 Here are two reviews from the same time period that quote the retail prices as $3000 and $949 for the 855 and PC12, respectively. Either way, t... | |
| Subwoofer suggestion I recently replaced a 30 year old Paradigm PS1000 with a very nice used B&W ASW855 for my second family room system. I have an SVS PC12 in my main system which performs respectably, but this B&W is mighty impressive. It is effective down... | |
| i2s Cable for Denafrips Iris -> Pontus? @jl35 I use 6” cable from Monoprice for under $7 I mentioned above… https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=13578 Given my results and at this price I’d highly recommend giving it a shot and see if something else can significantly better it. Fra... | |
| Solid-state alternative to Freya + What specific improvements are you looking for, what’s your budget, and are you looking for new or used? | |
| i2s Cable for Denafrips Iris -> Pontus? Good choice — DH Labs obviously makes good, high-value stuff, and at 25% off it’s hard to go wrong. | |
| i2s Cable for Denafrips Iris -> Pontus? Funny, given your price point I was gonna recommend this DH Labs HDMI cable (BTW, your HDMI cable should be as short as possible and preferably 1 foot or less as i2S don’t do distance well)… https://silversonic.com/products/digital-cables/hdmi-2-... | |
| i2s Cable for Denafrips Iris -> Pontus? However, there seems to be a very slight muffling to the sound overall vs the DAC alone. The sound is less holographic and it took some of the sparkle off. To me, currently, it sounds like a slight downgrade vs the DAC on its own, which shouldn’t... | |
| Subwoofer suggestion Is 2-channel important or is this mainly just for HT? | |
| Subwoofer suggestion What’s the rest of the equipment in your system, and do listen to 2-channel too and if so how important is that to you vs. HT. | |
| i2s Cable for Denafrips Iris -> Pontus? What USB and HDMI cables are you using now? | |
| Interesting video on cables Nice! | |
| Is ethernet output a possibility for the Innuos Zen MK3 You should check to see what inputs are best for your DAC as there is usually one or maybe two that are optimized for performance. I think your DAC also has an i2S input, so that might be worth checking into as well. I’d think Gustard could give y... | |
| Coax SP/DIF to USB..thoughts? From the Aurender website… UC100 is compatible with Aurender models N150, ACS10, ACS100, A200, A15, A20 and A30. It is for use with Aurender only and not compatible with other USB devices. You can pick up a used Denafrips Iris for $399 and hav... |