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| USB Cable - A to B @fuzztone Out of curiosity, which LavriCable model did you use? | |
| Let's Talk DAC's Maybe not to throw the baby out with the bath water here, if you buy through Amazon I believe you could still try a Musician Pegasus or Draco R2R DAC and can just return it within 30 days or so I think. Not a fan of returning stuff here, but if y... | |
| Room Too Dead Thin plastic can reflect highs while still letting bass go through and get absorbed by underlying layers. Just to be clear, bass will not get “absorbed” in any way whatsoever by underlying layers of drapes — just some mids and highs will be att... | |
| Preamp to Pair with NAD M23 @erik_squires makes an excellent point. There are some neutral tube preamps that may be a big improvement in several ways over what you have now. I’d recommend taking a look at the Linear Tube Audio MZ2. I actually bought this to replace my bel... | |
| Preamp to Pair with NAD M23 The Benchmark may be a good candidate. The other thing to consider is moving up the Bryston line. Here’s a nice BP26 at a good price — it doesn’t have the phono section but you could either use the one in the 11b or get a better separate phono s... | |
| Does an upgrade make sense? I don’t feel a lack of bass but I understand what they can do to free up my speakers. But I don’t like crossovers either. Understood, but subs will do much more than just add bass, and as I mentioned earlier your entire soundstage will expand... | |
| Preamp to Pair with NAD M23 Would really help to know what specific improvements and sound characteristics you’d like to achieve, otherwise you’re just gonna get random recommendations that are all over the place. | |
| Does an upgrade make sense? Given that you’re mostly happy with the sound now and what you’re looking for, I’d absolutely add a couple subs. Your speakers only go down to 36Hz (-3dB) so you’ll definitely get a better/deeper bass foundation, but you’ll also get an even more e... | |
| New to Streaming @mteetank I’d highly recommend doing a free trial of Qobuz just to see if you hear a significant improvement as everything is CD quality or better. If you do you may find very little use for your Teac or iPod anymore (I very rarely spin a CD thes... | |
| Let's Talk DAC's DDC? For what.? Digital to Digital converter? These were introduced as a band-aid when DACs had horribly implemented USB inputs to overcome bad cables, noisy PC ports, ground loops, and using the PC clock in synchronous mode. Those issues were id... | |
| Which to keep! Pick one of these two soeakers Sounds like in your heart of hearts you prefer the Spendors. If that’s the case I’d sell the Ascents and add a second sub that’ll likely provide a very nice improvement with your S100s. FWIW, and best of luck. | |
| Room Too Dead Yeah, those drapes are over-dampening your room. I was in an over-damped room at a dealer once and it was not an enjoyable listen so I know exactly what you’re talking about. I’d try replacing the drapes with thin sheets if they’re much thicker ... | |
| Let's Talk DAC's No, you can run a USB cable from the computer to a DAC with a USB input, but you’re much better off getting a dedicated streamer because a computer is a very noisy and low-quality source for music. Even a cheap streamer like a Bluesound Node or iF... | |
| Room Too Dead What is “pipe and drape?” Can you post a picture? | |
| USB Cable - A to B DH Labs and no more. I’ve got Lavri, AQ, WW, Morrow and I’m sticking with that rec. @fuzztone What does this even mean? |