adasdad
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| Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end? When I started my hifi odyssey in 1974 I was an 18yr old college freshman. Vinyl and 4-track reel to reel tape recorders were the thing, along with 100w stereo amplifiers and heavy wood cabinet speakers that could push a lot of air. After decades ... | |
| Chord Qutest Upgrade @mlapenta, if you enjoy the presentation of your Chord Qutest, then I’d say that you should try to demo a TT2. I had a brand new Qutest for almost a week before I went back to the audio store to listen to some speakers and hp’s, and I first heard ... | |
| Upgrade DAC Power Supply, Streamer, or ? @foamcutter, I’ve got aftermarket SBooster LPS units on both my DAC and my streamer/server, and in my experience they’ve been a sound investment for my system. I would say that before you run out and spend $2,000 for a power supply solution for e... | |
| DAC recommendations under $7K @signaforce, lucky you getting to play some December golf. I live on the fourth and thirteenth tees of our small islands golf course. Unfortunately it’s on Madeline Island on Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin, so no golf here for another few mon... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The 1957 recording of Bellini’s Norma with Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, and conducted by Alceo Galliera. | |
| Power cables of your choice, and why? @thesummit, I use an AudioQuest Storm Series power cable to power my AQ Niagara power conditioner, because after listening and speaking to AQ’s Director of Engineering, Garth Powell, explain that the most important three feet of cable in a system ... | |
| Interconnects/Cables of your choice, and why? @thesummit, a few years ago during the pandemic, and we all can recall how much fun that was, I was able to take the time to put together a system that gave me the sound signature that I still enjoy to this day. It starts at the wall outlet with a... | |
| What do you care about in this hobby? With over fifty years of putting together hi and lo-fi audio recording playback systems I’ve enjoyed two distinct endeavors of this crazy hobby. The first is the research and deal making that comes with finding the proper equipment for my needs. I... | |
| Best DAC’S $5k to $15k @mclinnguy, thanks for the link sir. I’ve heard from more than a few other enthusiasts that they very much enjoy what PGGB gives their systems in sound quality. | |
| Is there a ROON sound? @reimarc, in my humble system my Roon Nucleus server sits between a CAT6 router, two network switches in cascade, and a passive network filter on one side going in, and on the other side going out a USB cable to an SRC-DX converter, which is my Ro... | |
| Power supply for ethernet switch? @kingbr, I use two network switches in cascade in between my CAT-6 router and a Network Acoustics ENO Ethernet System filter that feeds my music streamer. The first is a cheap D-Link DGS-105 five port switch, and the second is a business grade Cis... | |
| Surge protectors--how many $ make sense? @audio-b-dog, with the level of investment in your listening chain I’d seriously think about getting something like an AudioQuest Niagara 7000 power conditioner with an AQ Dragon power cable or at least try the pair in your home and see if they do... | |
| HAVE CABLES EVER TAKEN YOUR SYSTEM FROM SOUNDING JUST OK TO SOUNDING GREAT? Experiences ? @calvinj, my experience was a specific case of reducing the transmission of as much RFI and EMI as possible coming from my Chord Mscaler going into my Chord Hugo TT2 DAC through the use of a design specific interconnect. If you can lower the sonic... | |
| HAVE CABLES EVER TAKEN YOUR SYSTEM FROM SOUNDING JUST OK TO SOUNDING GREAT? Experiences ? When I went from using a pair of Moon Audio Form-Fit BNC cables between my Chord TT2 DAC and my Chord MScaler to a pair of Nick Bacon’s WAVE Storm BNC cables the resulting improvement in the sound of my system was nothing less than astounding. | |
| Which company manufactures this Ethernet switch for the other? @jmeyers, how much are you willing to spend on a dedicated network switch? If price is no object then I’d definitely recommend that you look into the Network Acoustics tempus - Precision Ultra Low Noise Ethernet Switch. Rob Osbourne and Rich Truss... |