soix
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| JC2 Bypass gain settings Well, leaving aside you can just try different gain levels and see what sounds best, yeah I’d say for an HT application you might be overthinking this a bit. | |
| Six DAC Comparison I have to disagree with adding a DDC. I feel that the DAC’s should be compared based on their abilities, without having the DDC safety net. The Merason has its own galvanic isolation built into the unit. If others do not include this, they may su... | |
| Hifi Man Sundaras! @deep_333 FWIW I was able to drive my HE400S (98dB sensitivity) with an AQ Dragonfly Red. The Sundaras are 92dB but still may be worth a shot if you can return the Dragonfly just in case. Not surprisingly sound quality was significantly improve... | |
| Six DAC Comparison A DDC 1. provides multiple output options from a USB input, 2. reduces jitter, and 3. may allow the connection of a master clock or sync directly to the clock in a particular DAC I’d add a DDC can also add galvanic isolation for further noise r... | |
| JC2 Bypass gain settings I don’t understand. If the bypass in the JC2 works like every other one on the planet it bypasses the preamp’s volume control so the Marantz completely controls the volume. For HT and using the bypass input the volume levels on the JC2 shouldn’t... | |
| Unplated copper spades/banana @mitch2 That’s really interesting about rhodium being a worse conductor than gold — I would’ve thought the opposite and begs the question why it would be used at all on any connection. If it’s mostly for “hardness” and protective qualities that’... | |
| What do I need? If your 2-channel preamp does NOT have a HT bypass feature, I suspect your only option is to directly wire your 2-channel speakers like the rest of the surround speakers from your surround-preamp-processor. @kennyc That’s not true. Any unuse... | |
| Looking for a new Subwoofer Sorry, my bad. I meant to say the Defiance X12 is ported. The XR11 is obviously sealed but is also $4k. I’d take two Rythmik F12Gs for $1600 less than one XR11 all day every day. Not even close. | |
| speakers that are a little laid back in the mids Looking at your system I’d highly suspect your Mac preamp as they are known to be midrange forward and lush sounding, and that’s been my experience with their gear as well. Do a demo of the new Spatial Audio Raven or Aric Audio Motherload preamp ... | |
| Transparent Audio power cords The amp you have is known to be very detailed, neutral and on the analytical side of the spectrum. This is why the older Transprent was appealing… it wasn’t as neutral. I actually don’t agree with this as a long-time owner of an SMcAudio amp, ... | |
| Use of Denafrips Iris 12th DDC with computer Go all in, treating as an important source component or keep as pure utilitarian tool. @sns Big +1. | |
| Looking for a new Subwoofer my 2 cents: everything about the Fyne F-702 screams that they go down to cover the bass frequencies (30Hz) and do it well. To add a sub to those without massive overlap is challenging. You either cut off the lows of a full range speaker with cro... | |
| moving to Exposure 3010s2d, internal DAC card or Denafrips Enyo R2R 15? Go with the Enyo. | |
| Looking for a new Subwoofer Definitely go with two subs over one, and I wouldn’t recommend the XR11 for music because it’s ported, and especially the lower JL Audio subs have known reliability issues so I’d cross them off too. If it’s me I’d get two Rythmik F12G subs that ar... | |
| Use of Denafrips Iris 12th DDC with computer If there were any dedicated unit that would give me the same visual enjoyment and convenience that I have now and improve the excellent sound I currently have, I would be interested. @firstonetallguy Here’s some good evidence from an above post... |