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| Tube Preamp --> Solid State Amp I think you throwing away money if you use a preamp with an integrated. A preamp with an amp is smart but an integrated is a waste of the preamp in the Michi X5. I have demoed that Michi X5 with B&W and I thought it was a pretty good integrat... | |
| XLR cables from preamp to powered bass amp in speaker? (Legacy Focus XD.) I use a 15-foot length of the below cable for my preamp to amp. Both of those are not particularly fussy about XLR. I need to buy a 25-foot length for my second system which will use the same preamp. Good cables and cheap. Benchmark Studio&St... | |
| I feel bad for Generation X and The Millennial's I am glad I am alive now to listen to almost anything at any time on gear that is likely better than any time in history. Though I do find I am discovering more older music than new, such as Jeff Beck (I even saw him open for Santana but never lik... | |
| What DDC to use with Sonnet Morpheus for i2s? I recently used a Sonore UltraDigital for i2s. The way this works is that it takes USB output from a streamer, such as a SOnore OpticalRendu (or anything that can output USB). The USB cable provides power to the unit. There are 2 outputs on the U... | |
| Thiel Owners @lloydviii I had my CS3.7 in a room that was 12x 11 x 9. I added 4 extra feet by taking out a closet door and put my desk in the closet. I was able to make the CS3.7 get about 80% of its ability via 2 ways. I was never able to get 100% because the... | |
| Anyone tried fiber into EtherRegen SFP? @chilli42 EtherRegen in reverse order like I use with my X1. The Sonore OpticalModule Deluxe, and a lot of other lower cost FMC’s. But these are not streamers. I tend to think that the Ethernet input on a DAC is not good as USB. I have not bother... | |
| Anyone tried fiber into EtherRegen SFP? Not sure if this paper has Swensons explanation of why a FMC in front of fibre is a good idea. It could have been in a thread post on some site. However, this paper may aid in understanding in this thread. Some people are posting that this is pseu... | |
| Great Small Room Speakers for $3-5k KEF LS50 Meta + KEF KC62 sub (with wireless adapter is nice). I have these in my small room. I was looking to buy a $10K Yamaha NS3000 monitor from Canada for this room. However, after I got the KEF combo, I said to myself it would be crazy to spe... | |
| Anyone tried fiber into EtherRegen SFP? I tried the eR with both my Lumin X1 and Musetec 005 DAC + Sonore OpticalRendu (both fibre solutions). | |
| Anyone tried fiber into EtherRegen SFP? A lot of people are doing this now. Jon Swenson (eR designer) recommended using an FMC in front of the fibre. Which is what the EtherRegen does in reverse order, B > A. I do this in one of my streamers. Since I do this and fibre I do not care ... | |
| Curious to know your streaming and dac set up and the best recommended streamer under $15k Here is another use for ROON if you are a headphone listener. Store - Accurate Sound Those Headphone FilterSets are Convolution filters that can be run on ROON. I used to use the RAAL SR1a Convolution filter with my Benchmark DAC3B and LA4 pream... | |
| Curious to know your streaming and dac set up and the best recommended streamer under $15k was able to A/B test the MSB with the Lumin X1 for a couple of weeks and found the MSB to be more analog sounding than the Lumin X1. This what I also posted about the X1 vs the Musetec 005. Though for my ears the X1 is slightly favored over the... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers Someone really needs to offer audiophiles double blind test with exact same lineup of major equipment, one modded and tuned, other with no optimization. Which system wins this shootout? All I know is that I've benefit tested much equipment/varia... | |
| Curious to know your streaming and dac set up and the best recommended streamer under $15k @designsfx My fav is the Lumin transport into the Lumin DAC. The Lumin gets a fibre stream from an FMC, in my case the EtherRegen (B > A). Some people may prefer the Musetec 005 streamed with a Sonore OpticalRendu which also gets the stream v... | |
| Curious to know your streaming and dac set up and the best recommended streamer under $15k I am currently, experimenting with multiple permutations of streaming setup. I calculated that I now have 6 potential streaming paths with the gear I have (using ROON): - 3 Sonore OpticalRendu’s with LPS - Lumin X1 DAC/streamer - Sonore UltraDi... |