williewonka
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| Upgrading - what amp to choose Ghosthouse - you, and a few others, may just find what I am about to write a little hard to swallow. I probably would had I not tried it :-)Yes - I am a bit hawkish on KLE Innovations products. However, I have also been "evolving" my own design of... | |
| Upgrading - what amp to choose Well, after a couple of weeks of auditions I've decided that the amp is not the problem.I have also just installed the Schiit Bifrost DAC 4490 upgrade and upgraded the SPDIF cable from my V-Link to my Bifrost and the IC's from the DAC to the amp.T... | |
| Disappointing audition after great review Zavato - Did the audio store have the amp paired with suitable components/speaker/leads?I was auditioning an amp/DAC combo, and after hearing a pretty run of the mill reproduction of my audition tracks, I asked they use their very best cables and ... | |
| Cable Cooking/Burnin No - just a DIY cooker I found on the webWhen I said..."I've found that Cooking gets you to end-state" much quicker" That was simply comparing the time it took the cooked gZero cables I've tried to reach end-state vs. the uncooked gZero cables.I d... | |
| Cable Cooking/Burnin Here's a purpose built DIY unit...http://desirableaudio.blogspot.ca/2009/01/diy-kable-kooker.htmlRegards... | |
| Cable Cooking/Burnin Yping, in the last couple of years I have tried "cooked" and "uncooked" cables.I've found that Cooking gets you to "end-state" much quicker, but actual usage still refines the SQ of cooked cables even further.- E.g. even a well cooked cable sounde... | |
| REVIEW: Schiit Bifrost DAC UPDATE:The 4490 board arrived this morning and has been up and running for around 2 hours.My old Bifrost environment was- Uber Analogue Upgrade option- V-Link192 in place of the Schiit USB port- excellent power cables, USB, IC's and SPDIF cablesI ... | |
| Schiit Bifrost Multibit option The 4490 board arrived this morning and has been up and running for around 2 hours.My old Bifrost environment was- Uber Analogue Upgrade option- V-Link192 in place of the Schiit USB port- excellent power cables, USB, IC's and SPDIF cablesI have al... | |
| Dispersion panels question Thanks guys - I'll look into the links posted above.Lustformusic: 9ft - WOW! The "more space" behind will have to wait until I move in a couple of years, but I was glad to hear the dispersion panels contributed to the image quality.ZD542: I decide... | |
| Dispersion panels question Lustformusic - I did have a image width issue which I fixed with a couple of screens in the corners of the room. the image now exceed the width of the room on well recorded tracksUnfortunately the front-to-back image seems a little compressed, in ... | |
| Audio grade USB cables Robp - You are correct - you do need a USB power supply adapterPlugging both ends into a computer is not advised - I did try it and although it was still better than my DH Labs USB cable, it did sound much better when plugged into the USB adapterI... | |
| The missing piece I'm in agreement with Mapman somewhat - my madness started when I bought my Naim 5i amp and Gershman Sonogram speakers.I thought they could sound better :-)In search of better analogue performance I started tweaking my Rega TT - until the only thi... | |
| Audio grade USB cables I bought a dual cable on ebay for $58 that allowed me to add a seperate power supply - solved the problem.Regards | |
| Tone arm upgrade Bdp24, to each their own, but it seems we know :-)))What cartridge are you using?Several other members own audiomods and they all love themThe Audiomods is a very good option,especially for Rega TT's, but there are many great arms to choose from.U... | |
| Tone arm upgrade Audiomods - there are two models available and you can decide on whether to include the Micormeter VTA or notI have the Classic (series 3)with the bead-blast finish and the Micrometer VTA and the gold counterweight - looks stunningBeautifully made... |