stuartk
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| Jazz for aficionados @alexatpos Not 100% sure but that that might've been his final recording session. | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @audphile1 I had the PSM-156 and sold it. You can definitely try the Puritan. I highly doubt it’s your problem though. If you’re determined to make it work I would think that both the transport and the dac have to be looked at as a pairing or i... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC As I don’t know how long it might take to borrow something from the audio club, my plan is to order a Puritan PS 106-DC (the best Puritan unit I can afford, currently) and return it if it proves ineffective. | |
| Jazz for aficionados A different side of Hampton Hawes... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vll2IVmYDJA&list=PLEP60J3cg6P-qkoRFLSv1y8HWlo-P3wAU&index=1 | |
| 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... |