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| BOOKSHELF SPEAKER RECOMMENDATION What’s your budget, and what specific sound characteristics are you looking for? | |
| Share Experiences with Ethernet Switches, Ethernet Cables and USB Cables used in Streaming What’s your budget? | |
| Room correction room system vs ears…. I assumed that rear ports were for low frequency but just found in my room the high frequencies sounded flat when I had the an absorption panel right behind the speaker. @kota1 I know what you mean. I was at a high-end dealer a while back and... | |
| Cable for Hifiman HE1000 V2 Headphone I would like a all copper wire. I’m gonna challenge you on this. I’ve got Arya Stealths and am using a LavriCable silver balanced cable and think it’s sublime. I think a copper cable would blunt its inherent air and detail, and in no way is m... | |
| Arcam CD23 worth saving? The Arcam has a certain smoothness and finess that the new generation seem to lack though... You’ve really gotta think about whether it’s worth throwing more $$$ at this given the newer options out there. The newer R2R DACs, for example, exhib... | |
| Speaker Suggestions $30K Sasha DAW competitor? One speaker definitely worth auditioning if you can find them is the Verity Audio Amadis S. Made in Canada they tend to fly under the radar but they ooze quality and produce some of the best sound I’ve ever heard and never harsh. Here’s a review... | |
| Tube preamp options If it was me, I wouldn’t bother recalibrating the subs when moving the Quatros further into the room unless you have to. When you move the speakers another foot or two into the room you’ll know immediately if it’s an improvement or not, and if an... | |
| Tube preamp options FWIW, when I listened to the Vandersteen 3a at Johnny R’s shop they were at least 6’ and maybe more from the front of the speakers to the back wall. A product that may not only help in moving your speakers but also may improve sound are these gli... | |
| Musician pegasus DAC or Denafrips Aries 2 @jerrybj I contacted them about compatible pin connections for an i2S connection and they were very responsive and helpful. Just my experience FWIW. | |
| Node 2i what is better at that price, just need the streamer section? I’d recommend an iFi Zen Stream ($399 new) and a Musician Draco DAC ($750 new). I have the Zen Stream and Musician Pegasus, which is a great combo, but according to reviews at stereonews.net the Draco offers almost all the performance of the Pega... | |
| Looking at best option for 20-25k for DAC Streamer combo At your level I think you’re much better off going with a separate streamer and DAC. A streamer from the likes of Wolf or Grimm coupled with the DAC that matches best with your tastes/system would be the way I’d go. Denafrips Terminator 2 or Mojo ... | |
| Room correction room system vs ears…. @kota1 Interesting that you don’t appear to have any panels behind the speakers. Can I ask why? | |
| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers I’ll just piggyback on @ghdprentice that in streaming, as with all or audio, the chain is only as strong as the weakest link. But, my experience with streaming this is on steroids, perhaps because the signals are so minuscule and thus susceptible... | |
| Little Giant NOS DAC mini review In absolute terms, digital is not, and cannot be truly accurate to the original performance in its present form. Sorry, but unless you were the recording engineer who was there for the recording process there’s just no way you could ever know t... | |
| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers I agree with the statement that the quality of your DAC is far more important than your streamer. After all streamer just sends bits. @drbay Due respect I couldn’t disagree more. Streamers are instrumental to minimizing noise among other th... |