stuartk
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| Hegel H390 DAC @audphile1 @steakster Thanks for your perspectives on cable organization. @steakster I don’t believe I’ve ever encountered "rat’s nest" and "cake" in the same sentence before! ;o) As some one who loves to write, I admire your word choices.... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @steakster From your virtual system comments: Cables: too close together - and/or - in parallel - and/or - even crossing at 90 degrees. e.g: This includes: power & signal, shielded & non-shielded, single-ended & balanced. Defini... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @steakster Thanks for the useful clarification and link | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @steakster As it so happens, I read much of that thread but was quite confused by the contradictory opinions. I have my gear mounted in a heavy built-in bookshelf unit that is deep enough for a relatively large component such as the H390, but ... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @steakster Yes; everything you suggest could prove worthwhile. Many years ago, Dave brought over a PS Audio power regenerator and we heard no difference with the system plugged into it but that system was much less resolving than my current ge... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @yage This does indeed seem like an incompatibility and yet I have no other choice; utilizing the Hegel’s DAC Loop function requires connecting the DAC’s xlr analog output to the Hegel’s xlr analog input. I’ve been instructed it will not work an... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @audphile1 1) Jay’s: It has many hours on it, as I bought it a year ago. @bigtwin has described it as "somewhat forward" compared to other transports he’s heard. I actually did contact Alvin at one point re: brightness/sibilance and he recommen... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @audphile1 I found a pair of Cullen xlr's I'd forgotten I had. Using them in the dac loop, sibilance was just as pronounced as with the new A. Art cables, which suggests to me it's not a cable issue. | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @audphile1 Yes; I have an old DVD player. I'm sorry but I don't follow your meaning. Could you please describe the signal chain you're suggesting, incorporating the dvd player ? | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @audphile1 Thanks for researching that. That's quite a bit more burn-in. the Jay's remote has a repeat function. Unfortunately, last week I had to send mine to Tek Audio in Texas for repairs. While the Hegel remote will work for some functions ... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @audphile1 I paid for 72 hour burn-in on the new cables -- I’ve been buying Rob’s cables for over 15 years and have always paid for burn in and have never found them to change much. Another variable is the fact that the analogue out from DAC... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @audphile1 Darn -- forgot about the power cords. Thanks for the reminder! I never had sibilance until I acquired the Jay's and the Hegel. | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @steakster Excellent detective work. I hope you find the culprit. Your home is stunning. I hope so, too, and thanks. @grislybutter both the rooms and the furniture are just gorgeous. A rare delight amongst all the sterile, "dedicated" ... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @audphile1 A fellow forum member has volunteered to lend me some DH Labs. I’m not concerned about the digital cables. It’s the XLR ICs that I want to swap out. I can return the newly acquired Audio Art XLRs if necessary. I’ve researched the t... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC Update: Cables needed for dac loop arrived today. Tonality with Aqua back in system in dac loop mode is no longer lean. The good news : noise is still absent. The bad news: sibilance has returned. I will try different xlrs to see whether the c... |