soix
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| Unintended PC Comparison Interesting, and goodonya for trusting your ears and being honest about what you heard — never anything wrong with that, and even better if it can save you big $$$ on PCs, amps, etc. BTW, gotta ask what cables from Amazon you were using? | |
| revel f208 This would seem to require alterations to the crossover as well, but I could be wrong. I’d just buy a good used pair of 228Bes if that’s what you really want. | |
| What is your front end ? No question, my favorite and most enjoyable source now overall is my streamer. It sounds plenty good, and constantly discovering great new music — and much of it in hi res — has me more excited about this hobby than I’ve ever been. Playing my ow... | |
| Non-fatiguing speakers in $10K range? I think you’ve identified some good candidates with the possible exception of the A3s that may trigger your treble sensitivity especially with the music you listen to. Given what you’re looking for I immediately thought Legacy or used Acoustic Ze... | |
| All Hail the meek --yet mighty – NODE 2i Have you added an external LPS already? | |
| Denafrips Pontus *15th* ? @audiostick I’ve read that some people prefer the Pontus with a DDC over the Venus and allows use of the i2S connection. Just another (and maybe cheaper) option to consider. FWIW. | |
| Ethernet cables Agree with the above. I’d probably just replace the cable to the Node as many say that’s the most important. Here’s a link to the cable @lalitk mentioned along with another that has gotten good feedback. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VV... | |
| Zavfino prima mk2 speaker cables @painter24 Thanks for the info and look forward to your thoughts once they settle in more. What cables were you using before? | |
| What is the Current Guidance on Stereo and AV Configurations The one bit that I’m chewing on is that the AV Receiver is heavily underutilized if it’s only driving the center speaker. So, I looked at monoblocks but that just adds so many pieces to the solution. You need the AVR both to do the processing f... | |
| Streaming solution help - Dynaudio X12 + Hegel H95. Any advice would be appreciated! I’m a self proclaimed soundstage addict. I’m after that “3-d” sound with as much width and depth as possible, and prefer a warmer sound over a hyper detailed analytic one. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate detail but some liquidity and “soul” is n... | |
| Streaming solution help - Dynaudio X12 + Hegel H95. Any advice would be appreciated! I don’t understand why introducing the Orbi into that mix would help? Unless you are saying that it would be a better choice due to sound quality? If so, why? I’m genuinely curious. Should I use any special RJ45 cable or is a stock one just fine?... | |
| Streaming solution help - Dynaudio X12 + Hegel H95. Any advice would be appreciated! yes, it was my plan to hardwire from the Orbi to the Hegel. As you said, no-brainer…Are there any 100 wpc amplifiers you would recommend I consider? Even if you get a streamer like the Eversolo you should still hardwire it to the Orbi and not u... | |
| USB DAC cable over 15ft - Solutions? Have you considered getting a dedicated streamer instead of using a PC? You could then put a Wi-Fi extender or Mesh node close to your system and run an Ethernet cable from that to the streamer and a much shorter USB cable to your DAC. No long cab... | |
| Streaming solution help - Dynaudio X12 + Hegel H95. Any advice would be appreciated! In doing more research, I did find that the Eversolo products mentioned in my original post handle WiFi, so I am leaning to the DMP-A8 You’re better off going hardwired from your Orbi rather than using just Wi-Fi. There’s something about strea... | |
| Streaming solution help - Dynaudio X12 + Hegel H95. Any advice would be appreciated! This Orbi unit can do RJ-45 out, so as an experiment, I was planning on running that into the Hegel network input to see it it will work and get the Hegel to "show up" as a streaming device under the Tidal/Spotify apps via my WiFi network. Try ... |