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| I’m about to push the button to get 2 SVS 3000 micros to add to ATC SCM40s. Agree the subs likely need some time to loosen up and settle in. | |
| Silver Speaker Cables When I went to their website I saw promotion of 7N silver and nothing about copper. This, to me, is misleading and makes me suspect of their products. If the “bonded” wire is so good, why do they bury the fact that it’s 40% copper, which also se... | |
| Digital Improving All the Time? I think better clocks and elimination of jitter has certainly improved over that time. Also, the latest ladder DACs seem to be a notable advancement as well. But, and to your point, some of the better DACs today employ older chips to achieve the... | |
| Streaming Spotify vs Tidal You lost me at “Bose.” | |
| My Ifi Zen Stream Review: 3D Soundstage! I prefer to keep the DAC and streamer separate. I think iFi should’ve spent their time fixing the Qobuz/Wi-Fi issues on the current Zen Stream that drive so many owners crazy — me among them. | |
| Cables to settle brightness Yeah, as @blisshifi mentioned I’d give the Power Plant more time to settle in. It’s hard to believe a Mac and SF Olympica combo could sound bright, but I’m not familiar with their DACs so that might be something to explore as well. | |
| Does creating a loom in cables in a system make a significant difference? It is all about balance in this hobby of ours. @tantejuut Big +1. Even though I ended up with a near full loom, I am in no way married to it. boys and girls... it is a chain... so every link matters... up the chain can be said to have mor... | |
| Ifi Zen Streamer plus upgraded power supply - the streamer to beat?? The only comparisons I’ve seen are of stock Zen Stream and Node, an in those comparisons the ZS was preferred, so I assume adding a better PS to either would prefer the ZS. But that’s just a guess. I will say that the ZS puts all its $$$ to bein... | |
| ETHERNET CABLES @audphile1 I’m in north Jersey too and it’s a truly beautiful day here. Perfect time to go outside and take a break from the ASR crowd. Go get a great Neapolitan pizza tonight and a great bagel tomorrow morning, which doesn’t exist outta the NYC a... | |
| Luxman 509x vs Hegel H390 While I highly regard the two amps you’ve identified, and given your speakers I’d go with the Luxman, but if you’re possibly open to a tube front-end integrated I’d highly recommend looking at Octave and Unison Research hybrid amps. Those preamp ... | |
| New Spatial Audio M4 Ultra @jerrygarcia Congrats, and please share your thoughts i you could. I’m sure many would be interested. | |
| Need recommendation similar to my Black Cat Cables If I was looking for a Black Cat substitute given my experience with his Stereovox cables, I’d look to Synergistic among the major brands. However, I’ve more recently discovered LavriCables that I think offer a lot of what Chris was shooting for a... | |
| Does creating a loom in cables in a system make a significant difference? Mixing cables can introduce distortions with different kind of parameters that can bring down the whole experience Uh, what? Distortions? I think I know what you mean but I don’t think you worded that appropriately. I currently have a full loo... | |
| Silver Speaker Cables @charles1dad I gotta ask, how do the Vogue and Lavri compare? They both seem to offer high-quality silver cables at really reasonable prices with Vogue upping the game, but also the price, in using pricier silver. Is the performance notably better... | |
| Amp(s) to drive B&W 803 D3 speakers I’d put the AGD Audion and Gran Vivace monoblocks on your list. An added bonus is they’re upgradable as technology improves, which they’ve already done once. |