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| DAC for second system I’ve got a Musician Pegasus R2R NOS DAC that, while I wouldn’t call it warm, it is certainly natural and musical sounding with no sense of digititis. It’s got a small footprint and at only $1099 is well within your budget. For about $2k more you c... | |
| Gustard R26 You don’t know what you’re doing nor what you’re talking about. Peace out. | |
| Hifiman he400se vs Sennheiser HD560s (Comparison) - I bought both Nice comparison and nicely done. Very helpful and useful info. What other equipment are you using in terms of amp, DAC, etc.? I started with the HE400S, which is really quite good for the $, and then moved up to the Arya Stealth that offers mor... | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? The hdmi (i2s) cable would be 1.5 or 2 metres in length. You should read my post above. HDMI i2S cables need to be as short as possible, and 1-1.5m is very suboptimal. Most people familiar with the connection recommend 1 foot or less. Or, yo... | |
| Power Cable for CDP You surely don’t need a 10 awg PC for a CDP. It’s really more about what improvements/sound characteristics you’re looking for, and there’s a lot more to that than just awg. Share with us what you’re looking for and you’ll get some great recomme... | |
| Gustard R26 @balooo2 Do you run an Ethernet cable from your mesh node to your streamer? You keep leaving pertinent pieces of information out of your posts, which is why we’re confused here. Or were we just supposed to magically know that you’re running a mesh... | |
| Gustard R26 @jjss49 Scratching my head as to how we went from Wi-Fi to having a mesh setup. If you have a mesh system why not just run a cable? Something’s amiss here. 10 minutes I’ll never get back. | |
| Gustard R26 A wireless input is going into the extender, so where is the logic of the lan being superior using a wifi extender? It simply is not so. @balooo2 There are many here who use an extender to provide a wired connection to the streamer and find it ... | |
| Old days & steamers vs newer stuff? What’s your budget, what do you have now, and what improvements are you looking for? | |
| Amp Around 60 lbs Which Sounds Like A Gryphon 300 This Plinius Hiato is worth a look… https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649925710-plinius-hiato/ | |
| Yes, digital cables matter too @nonoise Isn’t Toslink limited to 24/96? What SPDIF or AES/EBU cables have you compared it to? | |
| Digital is as confusing as ever Here ya go. For not much more than the BlueSound Vault this will kick its ass around the block and is at a higher level entirely. Hook this up to a good DAC and you’re all set. Their Sense app gets great reviews for sound quality and usability ... | |
| Yes, digital cables matter too I realized I had never tested my Pangea Premier SE coaxial cable between my Esoteric DV50 and Benchmark DAC3B for directionality. When I reversed it the music became less organized and was tonally a little bleached. So, I had it right by blind lu... | |
| Speaker Cable Recomendations what nature of sound are you looking for? +1 @jjss49 This is critical info to have to make a targeted recommendation. | |
| For Gustard R26...which bang for the buck: DDC or LHY OCK clock? I've read conflicting things re optimal cable length for digital cables, though expect it depends very much on the application. The main variable I've found for clock cables at least of which I've tried five is cable quality (conductor, shielding... |