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| Interconnects matching To the extent Zavfino has a “house” sound that’d be an obvious choice. I’d highly recommend AZ Silver Ref but they’re outta your price range even used. Best of luck. | |
| Anyone have a Luxman headphone amp? Chances are any decent headphone amp will significantly outperform the head amp included in almost any integrated. I’m using a Singxer SA-1 Class-A headphone amp, and at $599 I think you’ll find it to be a significant upgrade that your excellent h... | |
| What are you using as a streamer? Constructive feedback please. On my main system a Node 2 with the linear power supply upgrade from Poland, separate power supply, and Cullen AC cable feeding my McIntosh D150 thru an analysis plus digital cable. In my other two vintage systems Node N100s with Nordost power ca... | |
| Streaming Spotify First, if you’re not willing to upgrade your music subscription to Qobuz don’t bother as Spotify is a lossy, crap source and nothing can save it. And yes, if you upgrade your streaming service you’ll need a separate DAC to get decent sound. Next... | |
| Fist Watt F6 vs Pass Labs XA 25 I’d look at the Clayton Audio S40 before the XA25. It’s double the power into both 4 and 8 Ohms over the Pass and costs $400 less, and it probably sounds even better. Just not as much press. My $0.02 FWIW. | |
| VTL preamps and amps, co status? Plus, do you really want to give your $$$ to and support a company that doesn’t or very reluctantly stands behind its products? They sound like a company that thinks “you’re lucky to have our stuff” rather than “we’re thankful to have you as our ... | |
| SQ of Hegel H390 on-board DAC? My speakers are Silverline SR 17.5 monitors Nice speaks! Let us know what you find, but it sure sounds like you’re gonna be happy given what you’re looking for. | |
| Does anybody make... What do you need them for? | |
| Dedicated Music Server/Player Take a look at Wolf Audio as well. Many people are happy with their Innuos Zenith Mk3 streamers/servers although some issues with their latest software upgrade. Best of luck. | |
| hearing loss and speaker selection I’d start using some kind of equalizer to help even things out. Or, if it’s that bad headphones might bring you more happiness. Best of luck. | |
| If you feed a DAC with USB does XLR matter as much? Got it. Digital input independent of output. Sometimes it takes me a while, and thanks for your help! Still not sure if I should bother converting USB to I2S, but I guess that’s a subject for another day. | |
| RCA interconnect recommendation I had the same “wow” moment the first time I put AZ cables in my system. IME they do take some time to settle in, mostly in the treble region, but the fact that you like what you’re hearing right away is a good sign for sure. As I mentioned earl... | |
| Single Ended DAC vs Dual Differential XLR DAC Measurements, done correctly, do not lie. Nor do they the whole story. I believe that most audio purchases are made with relatively little prior listening, and are based on reading reviews. Many of those reviews are highly suspect and involve... | |
| Single Ended DAC vs Dual Differential XLR DAC What's fascinates me about Amir and ASR in general is the lack of actual listening to the product he's measuring. BINGO!!! In his world, measurements trump listening. He can’t trust his own ears and let’s measurements dictate what must sound... | |
| If you feed a DAC with USB does XLR matter as much? Does the method I use to deliver digital data to my dac affect my choice of analog cables after the DAC does it's thing. Not related if I understand your question Well, yeah it does if the DAC processes one input better than another. And that... |