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| Best power cord for Audioquest Niagara 1200 Zavfino Majestic MK II OCC, occ copper, cryo treated, high voltage break in.....$450. If you don't like it, send it back with 15% restocking fee. The next step up Prima MK II OCC is $580, but takes forever to break in. Ice Age Audio OFC "Frankenc... | |
| Need Guidance for Next/Last Pair of Speakers Fyne Audio vintage series used or new, the Vintage Classic X is about $9,000 new, and the Vintage Classic XII is about $11,500 new.....obviously cheaper if you could find used | |
| Streaming Curious Definitely a separate DAC. For about $1,000 a Denafrips Ares 12th, but really would recommend moving up one notch to the Denafrips Pontus II 12th. It punches WAY above it's weight, and for about $1,800 is good enough for a later upgrade to your st... | |
| Power cable Advice... It might be worth looking at Zavfino, and I'd reach out to them for some input. I am breaking in their Majestic and Prima power cords as we speak and they are looking really promising, and their top of the line Silver Dart cable looks extremely in... | |
| Please be gentle with me! 🙏 Bluesound Node 130 with an upgraded LPS is a very good entry level streamer, has a great OS and is very flexible. IMO it will definitely be an upgrade over streaming with a phone......suggest he sign up for Qobuz. The DAC is the question mark, th... | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? abd1, My virtual system is listed in my profile, except I do rotate cables in and out. I have an Aric Audio Motherlode XL preamp and a CODA S5.5 amp on order.....preamp arrives in about 9 weeks and the CODA will be here next week hopefully. I'll ... | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? Soix, I have been home for the last 3 of days, let them burn in for 8 hours, and started listening on Saturday. I'm about half way through my initial thoughts, and will post hopefully by tomorrow. Cliff's notes version, they are freaking awesome.... | |
| Aurender Model Choices If it were me, I'd buy a used N200 or N10 and use the rest to upgrade other components. I suspect that your system isn't going to reveal a huge difference between an N200 and N20, but it will be somewhat "future proof". The N10 was a beautiful str... | |
| Songs you use when auditioning gear I'm currently testing my new Clayton Shaw Caladans, and these are the first dics I played Poi Dog Pondering “Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like a Sea” & “Pomegranate” – Eagles “One of These Nights” – Nirvana “MTV Unplugged” – Chris Isa... | |
| The $10,000 Question If you are good with tubes, I'd suggest a Rogue Cronus Magnum III for $3,495 or the "Dark" edition for $4,495.....I got to hear both recently and was very impressed. 100WPC, 4 ohm stable, MM & MC phono, headphone amp, and a very attractive uni... | |
| Help me pick some new or used speaker cables Zavfino Prima MKII cables $700 a pair for 2.5 meters, 30 day return policy with 15% restocking fee, partially broken in so they only require about 100 hours of additional break in, direct to consumer so no dealer mark up, OCC copper, cryo treated,... | |
| Help With New Preamp Decision Ralph, I certainly appreciate your input, and yes one of my amps does have balanced inputs. I ultimately went with the Aric Audio Motherlode XL preamp, and it has one balanced and one unbalanced output.....two balanced and two unbalanced inputs. ... | |
| Comparing streamer/DACs between $5-10k OP, Personally I'd recommend using a separate DAC and streamer, technology in both is changing rapidly and easier and cheaper to trade up a single unit rather than a combo. A used Aurender N10 can be had for about $5,000, a used Aurender N200 for... | |
| Preamp advice Tubesound247, I just went on a preamp listening tour, and listened to quite a few preamps in person: Rogue Audio RP9, BAT VK-80, Backert Labs Rhumba 1.4, Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme 1.4, used ARC REF 5SE. Of those my favorites were the BAT VK-80 ... | |
| Finally upgrading my amp There are lots of great options, I would probably go with the Hegel H190 if I were in that range.....2 x 150 WPC 8 ohms/2 x 250 WPC 4 ohms, stable to 2 ohms, good built in DAC, built in streamer, well built, excellent reviews and very well thought... |