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| Do I need upgraded power cables? I would encourage you to borrow the Acoustic Zen Satori cables and Matrix Ref. II Interconnects for reference if nothing else. If you can find cheaper cables that can match those then you’ve really got something. Best of luck in your search. | |
| Standmount speaker suggestion I think the three you’ve focused on are all excellent and think you’ll get significant improvements and be very happy with any of them. Keep us posted. | |
| speaker upgrade from Magico A3 Neither my wife or I connected with them and I suspect that the "SF sound" is not for us. I could list some specific details, but dont feel that would be especially pertinent. Oh I think that valuable info is very pertinent and would be very h... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @fuzzbutt17 Thanks again for all the good info, and it makes sense. Could you clear up if using a DDC and SPDIF, AES, or i2S connection to a DAC if both the clocks in the DDC and DAC are in play? The clock in my DDC is better than the one in my... | |
| How to choose speakers that won't overpower your room? I think a key is flexibility in pulling speakers out from the back wall. A lot of floorstanders will likely sound boomy in your room if you can only pull them a foot off the wall, but if you can pull them 4-5 feet out it becomes increasing unlike... | |
| Looking to upgrade from Emotiva XPA-1 monoblocks Sorry, I put the wrong link for the McCormack amp above. 🙄 Here it is… https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650201477-mccormack-dna-500/ | |
| Backart Labs Rhumba Extreme version 1.4 Linestage Tubed Preamplifier @pbecker128 Here’s an interesting thread that includes the very experienced and knowledgeable guys who designed it that you might find interesting — I sure did. It’s impressive the lengths they went to in both the design and choosing the parts t... | |
| Lampizator DAC's Ranking in terms of what? | |
| Looking to upgrade from Emotiva XPA-1 monoblocks Buy this incredible McCormack DNA 500 and save yourself $$$. If it doesn’t work out you can probably sell it for little/no loss so very little risk and no doubt will be a huge improvement over your Emotivas on every level — read the reviews. Bes... | |
| Backart Labs Rhumba Extreme version 1.4 Linestage Tubed Preamplifier @pbecker128 If you’re looking at those excellent preamps you should definitely also put the Spatial Audio Raven on your list. Like the others they offer a trial period, and it’s actually a little cheaper if that matters. https://www.spatialaud... | |
| Gain level on a REL sub One possibility is that where you have the sub positioned is in a bass node in your room that’s sucking out the bass. The first thing to do is trying different positioning to see if that helps, and it’s free. Here’s the tried and true “crawl met... | |
| AC cord for Manley Chinook... Power cables are important, and your Chinook certainly deserves a good PC. I’d say budgeting around 10% of the component price is reasonable as to how much to spend, but the most important thing is that it provides the improvements and sound char... | |
| Upcoming Concerts?! Victor Wooten is playing 4/12 at Sony Hall in Manhattan. Unfortunately I can’t go but very highly recommended. He’s phenomenal. | |
| Six DAC Comparison @fuzzbutt17 That’s interesting stuff and thanks for sharing. Very surprised you don’t use a clock for SPDIF and AES. Is there no benefit to putting a high quality clock in your DAC for those connections? My impression was that with SPDIF, AES,... | |
| Cable upgrade @blisshifi Will do. Reason I’m looking is I have an LTA MZ2 (with upgraded LPS) I’ve been using as a preamp but want to use for my Stealths but can’t find the damn stock cable. Thinking it’ll be a step up from the Singxer SA-1 I’m using now and... |