vonhelmholtz
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| Cables to settle brightness I should add that the DAC that I criticized was the DAC2 inside my MA12000. I think this DAC competes in the $1000-$1500 stand alone DAC range, but we each have our preferences/bias for what we consider musical. You might want to chat with Juan (b... | |
| Cables to settle brightness @w123ale @ryder has a thread asking for cables to add brightness. Maybe the two of you should get together. | |
| Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Hearing Loss @blisshifi Juan..you made my day. I was born with constant fairly loud bilateral tinnitus and selective narrow band loss. The fact that you can be so right on with your listening observations brings to light a great point. For me, I have neve... | |
| Cables to settle brightness Upgrading my DAC took care of this..using AQ Earth. | |
| Streaming Spotify vs Tidal In my cars I notice a varying degree of improvement with Roon/Qubuz and directly streaming Synology NAS FLAC files to their Auto Android/Apple Play app. My F150 has the lowest road noise and a "good" sound system and the improvement is easy to hea... | |
| AudioQuest Robin Hood vs William Tell I am using all balanced Earth interconnects except that the TT to phono preamp is RCA. I upgraded from the AQ CV-8 to the William Tell zero full range and found this to improve pretty much every aspect of the presentation. MD took back the 6 month... | |
| Trying to convert my streaming service from Spotify to Qobuz. Not responsive to your question , but .. Qobuz sets up without issue in Roon. I stream to my two channel system. It automatically setup streaming to my Anthem AVM70 in the theater room. You probably already know that Soundiiz will move your play... | |
| Here comes the PS Audio's streamer -- anyone excited? I am looking for a streamer..no storage..no DAC..PS Audio has 30 day trial and for $2K it must be better than my iFi Zen. The one warning flag is the "quiet switching power supply". I don’t know how this compares to a properly designed linear sup... | |
| Here comes the PS Audio's streamer -- anyone excited? It has coax & I2s out ( no USB ) and galvanically isolated output and I assume input. It has a quiet internal switching supply and will be Roon ready. Probably out in 2-3 months for around $2K. Their new DAC will be released prior to releasin... | |
| Roger Waters Live Last Night in Glendale,AZ Everyone is welcome to their opinion, but I don't want to pay to hear or see it. | |
| Besides the Audiolab 6000CDT, I heard great things about this transport but didn't sound good in my system. I replaced my DAC, but decided to see how ripped CDs sounded and they sounded great due to my new DAC. Consider no transport as another option. | |
| Mcintosh Streamer or a DAC? I think you are mistaken. You can find sources where you can buy used equipment from reputable sellers/dealers. I just purchased a phono preamp from a knowledgeable dealer/audiophile whom I had been following. I purchased an item used that new... | |
| Mcintosh Streamer or a DAC? @kota1 I recently purchased a McIntosh MA-12000 @ $15000. I had their latest version of DAC and my digital sounded flat/bland. I would guess that this DAC competes in the $1000-$1500 DAC segment In the last couple of months I moved to the Ho... | |
| Mcintosh Streamer or a DAC? For $1000 probably best to look on the used market. Good DACs are very expensive and are central to any digital system. | |
| Looking for advice @dgplo17 I spent $30 on a usb cd drive and used dBpoweramp software which will make sure that your stored cd is bit perfect and it will pull down artwork. No fancy all in one will do better. @ghdprentice brings experience whereas I offer my b... |