w123ale
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| Cables to settle brightness Update: new DAC in the system. PS Audio Directstream. A/B comparison with my Mc DAC. I’ve only listened to a couple of songs. Glare gone, brightness gone with PS Audio. Not a subtle difference. Good advice from this group on trying a new DAC! ... | |
| PS Audio Directstream DAC? @blisshifi and others thanks so much for the helpful guidance! I think I know what I should pursue. I’ll be ordering soon and will report in. | |
| PS Audio Directstream DAC? Oh, I should also add, when buying used does it matter if it is an older unit that has been upgraded from a Mk II to a Directstream? Or is it better to go for a newer unit? | |
| PS Audio Directstream DAC? Well, this is all very encouraging feedback—I might have to give one a try. What do you all think about hr bridge as a streamer? I have an Aurender which I assume would be better, but could be nice cost savings and make for a cleaner system if the... | |
| PS Audio Directstream DAC? Can you download and try different firmware versions or only the most recent? | |
| Digital Improving All the Time? So, let’s say you have $2k to spend on a DAC. For SQ only, is it better to buy the latest and greatest new, or nearly new, OR buy something 5-10 years old that was originally $5-8k new? This gets to the question of this thread—how much are DACs r... | |
| Cables to settle brightness +1 on the Aurender streamer—mine has been a solid performer. | |
| Cables to settle brightness DAC research to begin! All awesome feedback. Much appreciated. | |
| Cables to settle brightness PowerPlant is new—about a week—and probably has only 30 hrs on it so far actively playing. I’ll try plugging the amps into the wall. | |
| Cables to Add Brightness Ryder—I love that our posts are opposite! Perhaps I should send you my cables and you send me yours. Solve both our needs. | |
| Cables to settle brightness Interesting idea about the DAC. I’m currently using a Mc DA1 module in a MCD85. Perhaps as I’m improving my power/amps/pre I’m revealing a deficiency in my DAC. I’m also getting sibilance now with female vocals. | |
| Cables to settle brightness Mc system: 601s and a c2300 and SF Olympica. My speakers cable is Wireworld equinox. So not an overly bright system by any means. I should note that vinyl doesn’t have this issue, just digital sources, so cables to the digital source might be the... | |
| PS PowerPlant power cables Great input, thanks! I got the PowerPlant 12–pretty amazing but I don’t love the fans. PS just suggested to me that AC cord to PP was most important, so that follows many of your input. I just swapped a Sunyata Venom cord from my pre to the A... | |
| PS PowerPlant power cables Thanks! The PowerPlant certainly made a huge improvement—I might try some different PC on a 30 day trial. | |
| Speaker hiss from sub Solved for $2.89! On a suggestion from Music Direct I got two “cheater plugs” from the hardware store—hiss gone! |