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| Pontus vs Gustard? Hey I thought you already bought the Gustard I was going to ask how you liked it? Note that the Gustard is another DAC that is crap DAC direct to amp. I noticed that after several hours of playback DAC direct to amp the hiss would increase. I had ... | |
| If I bought Parasound JC 5 +, what preamp to go with it? If you use the LA4 you will hear the JC5, not so much the LA4. I have the HPA4 which is the same as the LA4. | |
| Top Ten Tuners of all Time?? @wturkey My XDRGuy modded Sony XDR-F1HD is great for the price. It is not as good as my Magnum Dynalab MD 102 but comes close at 1/5th the cost. The Sony is better at reception of weaker signals. | |
| Nad M33 vs Hegel H390... old question with a bit of a twist (ethernet and headphones) @atanarjuat99 Congrats on the Hegel. I was asking the same question at Head-fi.com then realized I do not want to connect the headphone amp to the integrated because of the volume control in both. This is what I would do in your situation. Buy a ... | |
| Nad M33 vs Hegel H390... old question with a bit of a twist (ethernet and headphones) @atanarjuat99 I have the same issue with my wired integrated amp which is the amazing sounding KRELL K-300i. It is wired streamed using CAT5. I am thinking of getting the ETHERegen to help out with the wired streaming or maybe just sell the unit s... | |
| What do we hear when we change the direction of a wire? I spoke with the tech at Audience LLC about the directionality of their speaker wires. I was getting my Conductor SE speaker wire chopped up and re-terminated. He said that their cables do settle in 1 direction of signal flow. If you reverse the ... | |
| Best Bang for your Buck DAC ? Gustard X26 Pro | |
| SIMPLY AMAZING: Coda Technologies 07x Preamplifier Last Night I had the following (with the bleed on Balanced 2):Balanced 1: Gustard X26 Pro DAC Balanced 2: Magnum Dynalab MD102 Tuner Disk:Aux: Today, I now have the following setup:Balanced 1: Gustard X26 Pro DACBalanced 2: AudioMirror Tub... | |
| Are Preamplifier’s Relevant Today or just a Hinderance with Digital Playback ? @oldschool1948 Your Innuos is likely helping out a lot in the streaming quality department. In my case, I do not do anything to improve my streaming pipeline until the Fibre cable then USB to DAC. So for me the difference was huge. So much so that... | |
| SIMPLY AMAZING: Coda Technologies 07x Preamplifier @rlovendale I will test this again tonight with 2 DACs. I know Tuners can bleed with other gear I have used. I will use Balanced 1 and 2 for the 2 DACs I will be testing with. | |
| SIMPLY AMAZING: Coda Technologies 07x Preamplifier @wturkey Thanks. I love the sound of the preamp. I mates well with the D-sonic amp I have. Though I am a disappointed in the spartan feature set. A mute button on the unit is needed. Along with a trigger and a standby.The bleed is not a big deal. | |
| Are Preamplifier’s Relevant Today or just a Hinderance with Digital Playback ? @oldschool1948 Try incorporating Fibre Optical cable to your streaming. It will make a world of difference. I use the Sonore Optical Rendu’s. Analog noise cannot travel inside Fibre Optical cable. A great equalizer in my opinion to cheaply getting... | |
| Small Footprint SS Power Amps Maybe the AGD GaN amps. There is a thread on them.BTW - I have 2 AHB2’s hidden in my sons IKEA toy shelf which are 12 inches wide. A perfect fit. | |
| SIMPLY AMAZING: Coda Technologies 07x Preamplifier I now have a CODA 07x in the house and have some issues I would like to get cleared up. Since today is Sat and Mon is the day I can call CODA I thought I would ask here.1) What is the manufacturer to select when setting up the remote. Though I now... | |
| Preamp for D’agostino progression power If you do not want the preamp to add anything to the sound try a Benchmark L44 for a 30 day home trial. Not as crazy as it sounds. If you want a little more body or flavor form the preamp a CODA 07x is also great. I have both of these preamps and ... |