soix
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| 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. | |
| ETHERNET CABLES @12many Goodonya! At least you have an open mind, and I totally get wanting to do a blind comparison. There are some here who refuse to even try something just because they don’t “believe” it’ll make a difference, which I honestly don’t even und... | |
| What do you do when you inherit some gear that you don’t want. I’d sell the speakers, the A23+, and the Arcam and upgrade to an A21+ (a much better amp IMHO) and a good DSP like something from DSpeaker to help integrate the subs. FWIW. |