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| Six DAC Comparison The person who wrote " Comparison is the Thief of Joy" even though not being about audio in its context, certainly has created a saying that is worthy of taking on board when getting bogged down in audio equipment. I’ll counter with “Ignorance ... | |
| Transparent Audio power cords I’d call SMcAudio and see what they recommend given what you’re looking for. | |
| Challenged with Going from Integrated system to separates Very simple — just run an interconnect from the Marantz front L/R preouts to the home theater bypass input on the C12000, and obviously the MCD12000 also gets connected to the C12000 as well and that’s pretty much it (only the C12000 is connected ... | |
| It’s true what they say/and a question As a drummer I agree with @roxy54 that the sound of tom toms can vary widely depending on many things. Hell, using the right heads I can make my maple kit sound like it has birch shells, so who the hell knows what’s “right?” That said, one song ... | |
| LAIV Harmony with the issues LAiV is having it cannot be a very good DAC. @tkrtrb125 That’s not a fair conclusion at all. This is a new product, and it’s not at all unheard of that any new product can have an unforeseen issue. The key is how the company ha... | |
| Use of Denafrips Iris 12th DDC with computer Your most effective upgrade by far would be a good separate streamer, but it’s hard to think a DDC wouldn’t provide at least some improvement over that mess of a signal coming out of your computer. I put an Iris between my streamer and DAC and th... | |
| Amp for Persona B Speakers I’d highly recommend this upgraded SMcAudio amp as it will very likely do everything you’re looking for in spades. You’ll save a bundle, and if you like what you hear you can send it back to them to get their latest mods for even better sound and... | |
| Six DAC Comparison Great info. As a former reviewer I’d make two observations FWIW: We as humans are inherently awful at judging a piece of equipment on its own, which is why I regard reviews that don’t include comparisons to anything else (looking at you TAS) as... | |
| Six DAC Comparison Thanks for all the great info and follow up, but this is such a tease! 😜 Really looking forward to your thoughts, and Mojo is now back on the short list for my next DAC upgrade — very interesting about the choke power supply. My main concern wit... | |
| New speakers for 15*12 room powered by Lamm 1.2s? Dump the Thiels....the crossover is sucking all the music out... Well that’s just a complete load of crap. | |
| Power amplifier longevity… thoughts? Here’s another SMcAudio amp with more than enough power and basically a new amp as of 2015 with the Ultra upgrades. Best of luck. https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650135552-mccormack-smc-audio-ultra-15-dna-1-power-amplifier-upgraded/ | |
| Can You Trust a Shipper? (UPS, Fed-Ex, etc) I always use FedEx, never UPS. | |
| Integrated Amps I wouldn’t add a separate power amp — the preamp is too important so I’d just get another integrated. What specific improvements are you looking for? | |
| PS Audio IRSV selling +2 @roxy54 Yeah, especially for that price it’s not worth having to live with the constant fear of what the hell to do if any of those many, many drivers fail. No thanks! Have a feeling Paul will be living with those old monsters a lot longer. | |
| NAD T777 (1st gen) - worth repairing? Older/outdated AVRs depreciate rapidly so likely not worth the cost/hassle to repair. |