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| Musician pegasus DAC or Denafrips Aries 2 Soix, Lease do, I’ve been curious if similar results are seen with other R2R DACs | |
| Musician pegasus DAC or Denafrips Aries 2 Steven, These are my opinions based on my system, in my home, with my ears. I am also a HUGE fan of Denafrips products, as I own the Iris DDC, Pontus II DAC, Hades pre-amp, and Thallo amplifier.....so take my opinion as a committed Denafrips own... | |
| XLR to RCA plugs or cable You can buy an interconnect from Morrow Audio, and choose which connectors you want.....one RCA and one XLR. I've used Morrow interconnects (both XLR and RCA) for years, and love them. I'd recommend the MA4 interconnect which lists are $164 for 1... | |
| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers Latest Node 130 works extremely well as long as you match it to a proper DAC | |
| Streamer/DAC - Where is the value? I'd do separate DAC and streamer; that way you can upgrade either/or unit if you feel the need later. I'll leave the streamer recommendations to others (I use the latest Bluesound Node 130). Denafrips Pontus II DAC (alone or with a Denafrips Iris... | |
| Streamers/DACs Separate DAC, tech is moving fast an getting better quickly. Denafrips Pontus II $2,000 or Holo Audio $3,000 are great R2R DACs. I have the Pontus II and added a Denafrips Iris DDC at $600.....a terrific pairing, and can always be upgraded if you ... | |
| USB cables conducor - help Recommend getting a dedicate streamer first, Bluesound Node (130 latest version) or iFi......either $600 or less, I use the Node. Get a reasonable USB cable, I highly recommend a Supra USB cable. Check eBay for Supra USB cables and should find th... | |
| Dedicated circuits Peter, receptacles - Oyaide, PS Audio, Furutech, Cardas | |
| Cost break down of hifi system If you need a CD transport (no DAC) Audiolab 6000CDT, amazing transport for $600 | |
| Cost break down of hifi system 2 Dedicated 20A circuits, and audiophile power receptacles (Cardas, PS Audio, Furutech, Oyaide) Solid DAC (Denafrips Pontus II, Holo Audio Spring 3 or May DAC) Great value interconnect cables (Morrow Audio, Cullen Cables, Lavri Cables, DH Labs) ... | |
| Dedicated circuits Z32kerber, Congratulations on the upgrade! Best $450 I spent was for two 20A dedicated circuits, with audiophile quality receptacles…..the improvement was immediately noticeable and pronounced | |
| Cable burn in For interconnects I have used Cullen Cables and Morrow Audio both RCA and XLR interconnects, and have no desire to upgrade. The Cullen Cables took about 100 hours to settle in. The Morrow Audio took up to 300 hours, but I purchased them with 240 h... | |
| CD player suggestions... Audiolab 6000CDT Transport for $600 hands down an amazing performer, but as others have mentioned you need an external DAC. For me easily bested the Marantz CD6007 and Cambridge Audio CXC V2, outputting to a Denafrips Pontus II DAC | |
| Can someone help me pick out my first speakers? Audio Advisor large choice of high quality budget speakers, great suggestions here…..I’d try to stretch to $500 a pair, a good step up in quality | |
| Bluesound node + INNUOS PHOENIX USB? Tfeldhaus, No experience with your current equipment, but the following is working really well for me. Network switch - Supra Cat-8 Ethernet cable - Bluesound Node (latest 130 version) - Supra Excalibur USB cable - Denafrips Iris DDC - Audioques... |