tksteingraber
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| A Skeptics Digital Upgrade Journey @macg19 good to hear you are having fun with trial and error. It is what makes this hobby fun for me. The power cable improved quite a bit after 60-80 hours. I bought a plug adapter off amazon and plug it into my second fridge in garage for a w... | |
| The best plug in filter ever! @Verafiaudio Ok now after taking the plug out of my HT system and trying the plug in my 2 channel system I was amazed I heard a much larger improvement in SQ. The HT system was very subtle compared to the 2 channel. I thought it would be the oppo... | |
| Took the lithium ion battery plunge Good to hear success on your system. I have a solar battery backup outlet using a quality pure sine wave inverter and 2 Agm 100WH batteries. I used a quality 14ga extension cord to my audio power conditioner. It sounded noticeably different. Cl... | |
| A Skeptics Digital Upgrade Journey @macg19 consider a fuse upgrade. I added a QSA yellow with nice improvement. If you don’t mind ordering from Aliexpress they have a fuse as good and probably better for $20 delivered. https://a.aliexpress.com/_mrGQDx8 | |
| A Skeptics Digital Upgrade Journey @erik_squires yep I threw away all the empty beer bottles, In and Out wrappers out and cleaned the grease smudges off the dials and buttons prior. Not sure but I don’t think it improved the dynamics! 🤣 | |
| A Skeptics Digital Upgrade Journey @macg19 ok this may seem crazy but I have the same DAC as you and love it. I bought this cable when I bought the DAC 1 1/2 years ago. I have since tried many power cords to see if I could upgrade the sound. I tried my VH Audio DIY flavors, Kimbe... | |
| 6922 Preamp Tube Recommendations Decware Steve thinks highly of these tubes as well as others. I have not purchased any. They are above my price point for new tubes and I have always preferred NOS. I prefer French made Dario Miniwatt / Mazda E188CC or Dutch Amperex E188CC/7308... | |
| A Skeptics Digital Upgrade Journey Agree a quality streamer makes a huge difference. When I upgraded from my audio use only PC laptop to a Bricasti M5 (on my 2 channel system) it was an eye opener. Total believer now. Also, having it as a network player is another step up keeping y... | |
| A Skeptics Digital Upgrade Journey Nice choices … you will be rewarded going digital. I did something similar. I decided to add digital to my modest home theatre system. Already had digital on my main system. My biggest improvement was replacing my macbook laptop with a dedicate... | |
| The best plug in filter ever! I have had mine for about 2 weeks now and I am a believer. Took a few days to really settle in. Mine is plugged into my duplex feeding my Home Theatre power conditioner which does double duty as a 2 channel stereo. Music just sounds better and... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Gregor Hilden “Sweet Rain” it’s a Slabo Day! | |
| Qobuz hell I have done a Qobuz trial twice because of all the praise here. Both times I cancelled before the trial end and received an email confirmation saying thank you and that I can continue using it until the full trial time is over…. No issues here. Du... | |
| Streamer for mostly Qobuz with volume control Check out the iFi Stream. Plays way above it’s $399. I have one on my second system with LPS and optical isolation on the ethernet feed. It really sounds amazing for its price. It has an AP that allows volume control, USB or coax input. Roon, ... | |
| Topping P50 power supply, + Zen Streamer + Topping E50 DAC Sure enough…I bought a new Topping P50 and it works perfectly with my Zen Stream. The open box one must have been defective. Glad I gave it a second try it is a nice improvement over stock plug. | |
| Bricasti M5 vs Ultrarendu Advice? @mastering92 the i5 is the newest current version and the cord is Fiber Patch Cable - LC to LC OS2 10Gb/Gigabit Singlemode Jumper Duplex 9/125 LSZH Fiber Optic Cord for SMF SFP Transceiver. Thanks |