stuartk
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| How to proceed? @decooney Thanks for your comments. Clearly, there is far more to the subject of cables than I’ve realized. I’m surprised, to say the least, to learn of your preference for zero room treatments. How did you arrive at such an unorthodox perspect... | |
| How to proceed? @audphile1 Don’t worry about the iterations of the Absolute Copper. I had an old original version and the latest. Sounded identical to me. The jackets were different OK. | |
| "The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism" @mahgister Anyway we are all already enlightened but we dont know yet...We need some help ... I'd say you have talent for understatement ;o) RE: Gary Thomas, I have never heard didgeridoo playing like this! | |
| How to proceed? @audphile1 I'm really looking forward to the time when I music-listening is no longer compromised by unnatural, unwelcome artifacts! @mclinnguy I have La Voce S2, the first and warmest sounding version of this dac. I don't know whether it's... | |
| How to proceed? @decooney , @audphile1 FYI, it was the XLRs I used for dac loop experiment (since returned) that had the rhodium plugs. Current RCA ICs are these: https://audioartcable.com/products/aac-se-ic-s-rca and these: https://audioartcable.com/produc... | |
| "The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism" @mahgister A mystery ask for an initiation and a transformation from the inquirer ... I don't know if this is relevant but one of my teachers used to remind me "You are not doing awakening. Awakening is doing you! " | |
| How to proceed? @decooney Unfortunately, I sold the Sim to fund a cable purchase before I ever got the idea to try it in tandem with the Hegel's internal DAC so I'll never know what result that experiment might've yielded. I did try the Sim with the Aqua and th... | |
| How to proceed? @audphile1 But I would start with the interconnects first. That would be your biggest improvement. One change at a time. 👍 | |
| Jazz for aficionados @ho249 I don't usually care for big bands but I do enjoy that Booker 'N Brass album! And for fans of the Griffin/Lockjaw Davis partnership, check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIFvEz_3FXo | |
| Jazz for aficionados Happy New Year! Explosive detonations around our neighborhood were, for a change, mercifully confined to a merely a half hour or so. Good thing, as the quantity and intensity was way up from last year. 💣 | |
| How to proceed? @audphile1 Can you think of a less costly alternative to the Hurricane? @decooney perhaps there is some form of impedance or voltage synergy mismatch going on between your Aqua DAC and the Jays transport that exaggerates the issue somehow [... | |
| How to proceed? @designsfx No. The display clearly indicates when oversampling is engaged. Out of curiosity I tried it when I was listening through headphones, tonight. Thin and harsh! Listening through phones with the Hegel dac is much clearer than with Aqua, ... | |
| How to proceed? @audphile1 I don't stream but Patty Griffin's "Useless Desires" is a particularly good example, if you don't mind looking it up. The thing is, I'm hearing it (with Aqua) on many tracks that never used to bother me. This is why it's a big dea... | |
| How to proceed? @audphile1 Ironically, I live in the town where Pass was located for many years yet know no one who has a Pass integrated. ;o) I’d much rather replace the dac than the amp. My inclination is to sell the Aqua, try a Border Patrol and as you’ve ... | |
| How to proceed? @decooney Thanks, Duane. Yes -- I realize the only way I’ll know is to try it myself. To be honest, at this point, I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed by suggestions... hard to know what to try first. I’m not after uber-detail. I bought the Hegel pri... |