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| More Bass Are the speakers broken in or are they new? | |
| Tube DAC (Black Ice) Users - What Streamer Are You Using? Innuos, Lumin, and Aurender are all a good step up from the Node. I like Innuos because their Sense app is free, is frequently upgraded and user friendly, and by all accounts it sounds excellent. Best of luck in your journey. | |
| Where do you stop? Yeah, the BAACH stuff seems like a real game changer, and I plan to give it a try one day. | |
| tube amp for home theater AND 2 channel? Using a tube amp for TV and HT is utter madness and a waste of tubes IMHO. You don’t need tubes to watch friggin’ TV. If I’m you, I’d use solid state stuff for watching movies/TV and just switch in the tube stuff when I wanna get serious about l... | |
| AudioQuest vs Cardas XLR Who cares if they’re made in China? If AQ, Cardas, or whoever is overseeing manufacturing and is standing behind their quality, who give a great God damn where their made? Would I prefer the to be made in the US? Of course!!! But if I can get bett... | |
| Do I Need a New DAC? Get the Gustard R26 — probably one of the highest performance/$ DACs extant today. Here’s a good review if you haven’t seen it… https://soundnews.net/sources/dacs/gustard-a26-dac-review-can-it-get-any-better/ Forget bending over backwards to ... | |
| i2S clock question @curiousjim Look at Musician as more affordable Denafrips. They come from the same factory and share more than a few internal components and design parameters. Denafrips likely wins on resale value if that’s important. Cullen was recently bough... | |
| i2S clock question @curiousjim So,I think the Musician Pisces and Leo provide greater value than the Denafrips Iris or Hermes. I bought a used Iris for what would be the same price for a new Pisces. Also, I’m not convinced paying up for an HDMI cable is worth it fo... | |
| Don’t buy used McCormack DNA 1990s amps @roxy54 Unfortunately not. I’m going through a divorce so my time at home is very limited, but whenever I finally get to hear the damn thing I’ll certainly forward my thoughts. But, I also have to qualify my impressions as I simultaneously chang... | |
| Master Clock for the SOtM SMS-200 Ultra Neo SE @zeusodin The Musician Pisces or Leo will both reclock and allow you to take advantage of your DAC’s XLR input (or i2S if your DAC has that input) so it’s like two benefits in one. The Leo has a better clock and also has an SPDIF input that is nic... | |
| i2S clock question @curiousjim Yes, but it’s not just the reclocking but also the ability to take advantage of your DAC’s superior i2S input with an HDMI cable, so it’s really like two benefits in one. On my Musician Pegasus DAC, which has a strong resemblance to t... | |
| Bookshelf Speakers with Rel 212se Subwoofer What speakers do you have now, and what improvements/sound characteristics are you looking for? | |
| Speaker Cables for FRITZ Carbon 7 SE mk2 Get these — you won’t be disappointed… https://www.ebay.com/itm/234920746324 Also, lose those BJC interconnects and replace with a pair of Acoustic Zen Silver Reference interconnects when they come up used. Put that between your DAC and pream... | |
| Help in new processor purchase While I respect JL Labs subs a lot, I’m not sure you need to go to that level of expense for great sound. These SVS SB1000 Pro subs get you down to 20Hz (-3dB) and are very room friendly at what are basically only 13” cubes, and you can get two fo... | |
| Gustard R26 @zeusodin Im sorry, I’m not familiar with your DAC so I can’t say. I’d certainly reach out to Esoteric and ask them what input is best and go from there. If they say their DAC works best with an i2S input I wouldn’t hesitate to get a good DDC, b... |