w123ale
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| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance @mulveling and @mbmi yup. This is part of the fun of this. I have three systems that I’m always tweaking, because I’m a tweaker. That part of the fun for me and expense too of course. BTW system is feeling just about right tonight with the Cardas... | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance @waytoomuchstuff + 1 “IMHO, we've got push the resolution envelop past the point of "comfort" to learn which exit to get off on. It's all part of the hit-and-miss experimental process. Hopefully, time and money will also cooperative with this ob... | |
| New DAC! Meitner MA3, Denafrips Terminator Plus, Holo May KTE, Mola Mola Tambaqui So my DAC journey has been from Schitt to McIntosh (I have a Mc system) to PS Audio to Weiss (current). The latter three I used in my current configuration. I replaced the Mc, because of the sonic edges, with the PS Audio to provide an analog SQ. ... | |
| Cable elevators Okay, I’ve been enjoying the discussion, and listening. For the last week I have been listening to the system with the “building block risers” in my system with my Wireworld Equinox 8 speaker cables. Today, I removed the risers—takes 30 second... | |
| Cardas vs Cardas vs Shunyata interconnects So, I got one set of Cygnus interconnects for my DAC to pre and using my borrowed Cygnus set from pre to monos. Holy hell—truly extraordinary. In my system these Cardas cables are like changing a major component like a DAC. Extraordinary sound sta... | |
| Cardas vs Cardas vs Shunyata interconnects So, here are my current conclusions. Let’s state the obvious—cables make a significant difference in SQ. Now the question we are always working on is not what is best but what works in our individual systems and to our ears. So for my system, ... | |
| Cardas vs Cardas vs Shunyata interconnects @decooney I know I shouldn’t flip flop the cables, but I can’t help myself! Letting the Shunyata stay in the system for a while. Neutral, open, solid bass, detailed but not etched treble. I do think I need to try Delta interconnects. | |
| Cardas vs Cardas vs Shunyata interconnects Update: listening to the Shunyata interconnects to DAC and to amps. Well heck, sounding pretty balanced and getting out of the way. Not wow, but just this sounds like music. Hmm, this won’t be easy to sort out. Both cable sets are quite good. | |
| Cardas vs Cardas vs Shunyata interconnects @jtcf I was thinking of exactly the same thing of mixing and matching Cardas. Do you have any experience with the Parsec line? Cheaper and warmer. Thinking it could be interesting to consider for a longer speaker cable run I need to make. | |
| Cardas vs Cardas vs Shunyata interconnects @decooney I appreciate your insight as I have admired Cardas from afar and now get to try their interconnects. I’ve been seriously thinking about switching my interconnects and speaker cables to Cardas. It’s great to have Cygnus and Reflection in ... | |
| Cardas vs Cardas vs Shunyata interconnects Would you agree that the interconnect between the DAC and the pre has more influence on SQ than between the pre and the monos? | |
| Cardas vs Cardas vs Shunyata interconnects I’d assume that from the Cable Company they have been used a bit already but of course hard to know. I did find the Cygnus was a little bright with female vocalist—maybe the spot for the Reflection. Actually trying a mix and match right now with... | |
| Disappointing On Mcintosh......help Mc (601s) with SF (Amati) is a brilliant combination—dynamic and smooth as hell. I have a separate system with an A21 and Tekton speakers that does not hold a candle to my Mc system. The A21 is dull in comparison with a flat sound stage. Wait, the... | |
| Burn in vs perception Interesting insights. I’d agree that there is a difference between extended warm-up and burn in. I find my tube pre (c2300) is improves after half hr or so and my DAC (Weiss) settles in after an hr. Burn in I have only experienced with speakers an... | |
| Ideas for Biamp with mc611 and mc275? @stephens770 so would something like this work as resister to match the gain on both amps? https://www.sescom.com/products/view/product/productslug/sescom-ses-mkp-39-dual-channel-volume-control-with-dual-xlr-io |