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| What do the arrows mean on my cable? I inadvertently reinstalled the digital cable between my transport and DAC once and my system literally sounded broken. That was a miserable 5 minutes until I figured out what I did wrong, and once the cable was installed back correctly all was w... | |
| Best budget USB @lollipopguild Just fyi and so you know it’s not just me, a few others here have tried Lavri and all have been very happy with their performance and in all cases they bested the cables they replaced. I found them because I thought the Apple Camera... | |
| Best budget USB I bought a 1m LavriCable Ultimate Silver Dual USB cable because the data and power runs are separated physically as two separate cables and it uses 5N silver conductors — design features normally found in much pricier USB cables — but at US$124 it... | |
| Gustard R26 he is a great reviewer, and has a similar taste in sound as me. I have bought a lot of gear based on his reviews and he has been spot on. He is actually the only reviewer that I have any confidence in matching my sonic preferences. @yyzsantabar... | |
| Weak Link in chain as I upgrade from mid-fi? Just saw this review of the new Gustard R26 DAC and think it should be very high on your list of potential upgrade options. I trust this reviewer’s ears as his take on my Musician Pegasus DAC very closely mirrors my own impressions, so when he sa... | |
| Class D for Repatriated Merlin TSM MMI Well, I think you should stretch a little and go for the Atmasphere GaN momoblocks or the AGD Tempo di GaN amp as they’re only $400 -$500 over your budget and will very likely give you many years of SOTA sound reproduction. As a backstop and if yo... | |
| Class D for Repatriated Merlin TSM MMI Budget? What sound characteristics are most important to you? | |
| Gustard R26 Wow, that’s one helluva review and looks like one helluva DAC, especially for the price. | |
| Weak Link in chain as I upgrade from mid-fi? what is the best solution to getting some controlled but blended oomph in the lower octaves? Good question and kinda where I was going. Possibly the most impactful and immediate improvement you could make would be to add a pair of good subs — y... | |
| Recommendations please! @nymarty Will do. Your DNA-1 would be $2800 for the same upgrade and $3500 if you choose the full Gravity base instead of the Jr. version, so your guess was right in the ballpark. | |
| NEED TO REPLACE OLD FAITHFUL- WHICH AMP. SHOUD I CHOOSE I think you should consider giving a listen to some of the better GaN amps out there from the likes of AGD and Atma-Sphere. By all accounts they are outstanding amps that do an excellent job of combining many of the virtues of tubes and solid sta... | |
| Recommendations please! @nymarty I sent my DNA 0.5 Rev A to SMcAudio for the GT22 upgrade (no added options), which is the full rebuild plus the Gravity Base Jr. and should be getting it back very soon, and if you’d like I can relay my thoughts. My 0.5 died due to what ... | |
| Need cable advice tome reduces mids How far are your speakers pulled our from the front wall, and how much do you have them toed in? Sometimes changing upstream equipment necessitates changing speaker placement to account for the different voicing of the new gear. Hey, at least it... | |
| Accuphase dac 60 Welcome to the machine/insanity! For this and future posts it’s best if you can provide details about what improvements you’re looking for over what you have now and what sound characteristics are most important to you so you get more targeted an... | |
| Need cable advice tome reduces mids Wire is not a tone control! @jasonbourne52 and I do not see eye to eye on much, but in this particular case I agree. Especially because your issue seems relatively so pronounced it’s better to attack it at the source, which is why several of... |