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| Pls help me decide Pass Labs X250.8 or Luxman M900u @tjassoc Very interesting stuff and perspective and hope you post more often. I’m in North Jersey and going through a similar situation so I sympathize greatly. Best of luck with everything. If/when we both get our systems back up and running m... | |
| Front or Back wall diffusers Talk to GIK. They’ll give you some good advice given your room and offer products that are relatively reasonably priced. | |
| Add External DAC or Upgrade to a New Streamer / DAC? Keep the streamer and DAC separate, and sell the Rose and upgrade your streamer when you get the chance. You’ll be much better off. | |
| SET Lovers, what's the one solid state amp you love(d)? @atmasphere Ralph, I was recommending your GaN amp elsewhere on this site, but his speakers do drop below 4 Ohms I think in the upper bass range, but there are no specs I can find for your amp if it’s stable down to 2 Ohms and what the power outpu... | |
| DAC UPGRADE QUESTION There are tons of DACs out there that can give you meaningful “improvements” in various areas, but since you seem unwilling (or maybe unable) to share what specific improvements you’re looking for I’ll just mention this Denafrips Terminator that’s... | |
| Innuos PULSE Mini? @whodiini I don’t think you’re gonna get any direct comparisons, but the Sense app (that’s always getting upgraded for sound/performance) gets very high marks as do Innuos streamers so I’m thinking you’re gonna be pretty darn happy. Also, eventua... | |
| Buying Used DACs No thanks. Too many other excellent DAC options out there today to mess with older tech that might not be repairable. Price is not everything. | |
| Pls help me decide Pass Labs X250.8 or Luxman M900u I’d take a look at the newer and highly-regarded GaN amps from AGD and Atma-Sphere. A lot of people are putting these in the “end-game” amp category. Not only are they getting top marks for sonics, they’re upgradeable as technology improves goin... | |
| Is my HDMI audio out really an i2s connection? Don’t use the Toslink connection — you’re better off using SPDIF. Upgrading your digital cable can do wonders depending on what you’re using now. I was using a decent budget cable, but when I upgraded to this AZ MC2 cable (there are reviews onli... | |
| SET Lovers, what's the one solid state amp you love(d)? But there is also the fact that class D is making its way into the guitar world. I'm not talking about those cheap 'modeling' amps either- but good quality class D amps, often with a tube input section. @atmasphere My bandmate has a very negati... | |
| Add External DAC or Upgrade to a New Streamer / DAC? @jjss49 Thank you. Feels good to be back. | |
| Is my HDMI audio out really an i2s connection? No. To get an i2S signal you’ll need to get a DDC like a Singxer SU-6, Musician Pisces, Denafrips Iris, etc. and run the digital out from your Sony into that. | |
| DAC UPGRADE QUESTION What specific improvements are you looking for and what’s your budget? | |
| Length of SPDIF cable Big +1 @mofimadness 😔 | |
| Add External DAC or Upgrade to a New Streamer / DAC? Yeah, the ESS SABRE DAC in your Rose is doing you no favors whatsoever. Sounds like a good R2R DAC is in your future. Here’s a nice example and would be a huge upgrade in what you’re looking for… https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650001299-dena... |