spearl8

Responses from spearl8

DAC question - is music streamer DAC better than mcintosh DA2?
I’m running the Sonore Signature Rendu SE into my C53 with DA2. It’s really so soothing and enjoyable. It’s truly an incredible combo.   
McIntosh MC611 vs Parasound JC5
Fellow tooth doc here. I went from JC5 to mc611’s. The 611’s are better.   
DAC question - is music streamer DAC better than mcintosh DA2?
I have a C53 with DA2. It’s an amazing dac plus it saves on cables. I think you have to spend $15k with good cables to beat it.   
Shunyata Denali 6000/S v2 and Typhon T2 Review
I just got a typhon T2 for my monoblocks. It’s pretty insane. It’s like the power in my amps doubled.   
dCS Bartok Apex vs McIntosh DA2 - Trouble Hearing the Difference
I agree the DA2 is incredibly good. I have a C53 and it took sonore optical streaming and Ayre qx5 to beat it  
DAC Comparison - Aurender A200 vs McIntosh C2600
The DA2 is surprisingly good. My Ayre QX5 beats it but the DA2 is better than you would expect. HDMI eARC into the da2 sounds a lot better than my anthem avm70.   
Cardas Golden Reference or Clear Cygnus? Which would you choose?
I had the Cardas Clear Cygnus and loved them. Really no faults. Very musical and could happily live with them. I made the leap to clear beyond speaker. The Cygnus has the same sonic signature but the clear beyond adds just a tremendous amount of c... 
Revel Salon2s: Seeking Advice
The salon 2 really is quite special. I love mine. I compared head to head in the same system at my dealer salon 2 vs wilson sabrina x and it wasn't even a question despite the salon 2 being much older. Even today, especially with inflation, I thin... 
Cardas Clear Digital SPDIF
@dr3 it seemed a little more musical and open. Has that nice Cardas rightness to it.   
Cardas Clear Digital SPDIF
In my system Cardas clear spdif was a small step up from transparent premium spdif.   
Cardas Clear Beyond XL PC vs The Rest
I have 4 clear beyond xl power cords. I prefer them to shunyata. I actually think it’s the best product Cardas makes.   
New Speaker, Wilson MAXX 3, Alexandria series 1, Alexia series 1, YG sonja models
Have owned alexia 1, maxx3, and X2 Series 2. I still think the Maxx3 is the best looking speaker Wilson ever made, especially in silver. Maxx 3 is better than Alexia 1 and really not that much bigger of a footprint. X2 series 2 beats maxx 3 but mu... 
New release - Shunyata Omega interconnects and speaker cables
I found sigma v2 to be super clean but sort of bland in my system. Can’t imagine what omega is like.   
Aurender N20
I have about 200 hours on my N20. It’s amazing. Also a surprisingly beautiful and heavy chassis. If you can fit it into your budget I think the N20 will impress you.   
The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs
I compared purchased music on hdtracks vs the same album on qobuz using Roon. The hdtracks files are in fact slightly better. Not dramatically but they are better.