zlone
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| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim Visa and I are proud owners of Sonus Farber, Amati G5 speakers! Now comes the fun of breaking them I and getting them set up just right. Congrats! That is quite the upgrade. Memory says you had KEF Reference 3’s, am I correct? I hav... | |
| Any owners of Schitt Bifrost 2? It really depends on the rest of your system, the DAC you are replacing, and your future upgrade plans. But since you are thinking about it, I would vote for the Yggdrasil. | |
| settings on my Hegel cdp Looking at the Viking manual, I do not see any setting or control that would affect the digital out. The DAC+ button does not apply to the Viking and is used for their DAC’s. I suspect that the issue could be with the Bifrost. Do you have the corr... | |
| Album(s) That Took The Longest To Come Around To Astral Weeks. Wait, I still don’t get it. | |
| Fiber or Eithenet What @soix stated is a reasonable approach, I do think you need some isolation and I will tell you why. I recently moved to a new room away from my router, and as a quick solution while I debated running cables, I bought a TP-Link extender with an... | |
| critique my setup -- weak link? best way to improve? I agree that it is way too early in the process to worry too much about cables. Blue Jeans are a great place to start. I also agree that the onboard phono preamp and the passive preamp are a limitation. To keep it simple, and cost effective, I rec... | |
| Anyone upgrade to the Merason Dac1 mkii? I worked with Choice Audio to upgrade the Merason Dac1 from Mki to the new Mkii version. Good move! I will look forward to your impressions once it has had some time to settle in to your system. I was not in the market yet, but ran into a deal ... | |
| Six DAC Comparison Following, I will be interested to hear your thoughts on the Merason in comparison to the others. Congratulations on your retirement. I am in year three and wonder how I ever found time for a job. | |
| Solo streamer Re-suggesting the Wireworld Platinum USB. OCC silver and a unique design. Several options out there in the used world. | |
| which power amp or integrated for Totem Element Fire v2's? What have you tried to date and found lacking? Is there anything in particular that makes you think you have not found the right amplifier? | |
| Worth upgrading from Rotel RC-1572 to the new RC-1572MKII ? Without doing a deep dive on what they upgraded on the 1572, I would be surprised if you noticed an huge difference. If you want to stay with Rotel, I would go for the 1590. Preamps have a huge impact on your system, you might look around and see ... | |
| MoFi or Harbeth (used) @lovehifi22 Looking for speakers in the $7,500 to $10,000 range. I like speakers that are more natural-sounding without emphasis on any particular frequency. I also listen off-axis quite often. Have a look at KEF Reference 1’s. | |
| Why can I feel vibration when I touch my network switch or streamer? It is probably a good idea to separate the power supplies from the components. Try separating them all and see if you can detect which one is vibrating. If both linear power supplies are vibrating, it might indicate you have some dirty power issue... | |
| Speakers that disappear KEF LS50’s image very well and are smaller. You can go up the chain as well, the Reference 1’s will do the trick too. I believe the coaxial tweeter/midrange design is a bit more forgiving in terms of placement and sitting position. | |
| what cable should I buy for my system? I forgot to add, there is a strong used market for both of these brands, you can save a lot going used. |