antigrunge2
Responses from antigrunge2
| Subjective grading of DAC that I had heard during last one year period. Try a Shunyata sigma BNC clock cable instead of the Panatella. Also, which input are you using? | |
| Tube amplifier upgrade suggestions welcome. I’d look at a second hand Leben integrated | |
| A23 Cables one more suggestion: get Acoustic Revive‘s ECI-50 contact enhancer: astounding increase in clarity and impact | |
| A23 Cables Am using A23 interconnects and speaker cables. Also own various solid-core silver cables. In terms of transparency, speed and balance I have found nothing that even comes close to A23. | |
| DAC as a preamp? @flaxxer,see above: Antelope Zodiac Platinum on Reverb.com | |
| DAC as a preamp? @flaxxer,pls don’t go there. You definitely want analogue domain attenuation. | |
| Which USB Re Clocker I run a Zenith into an Antelope Zodiac Platinum. Rather than opting for a Phoenix I got an Antelope Audiophile 10m clock for the Dac and an Intona Isolator 2.0 for the USB connection.USB slaves the server to the DAC. While the Poenix improves the ... | |
| DAC as a preamp? There are Antelope Audio offers on Reverb.com for their Zodiac Platinum. At the price offered, I don’t think there is anything else out there that would compete aa a Dac/analogue preamp | |
| Which DAC as a preamp? If you look for a fully featured preamp and top DAC, look at Antelope in the used market. Zodiac Gold or Platinum are hard to beat | |
| Quality IEC connectors? My two bits worth: buy any half decent connector and spend what‘s left on Acoustic Revive‘s ECI-50. The impact of the contact enhancer applied to all signal and electrical connections far exceeds what you get from better terminations | |
| Wolf Audio How many plugs does it take to become a Wolf customer? | |
| Streaming Sound Quality - Want the very best sound quality? Network Acoustics ENO... @lalitk,@lalitk,+1 on Intona, their cables are in a class of their own, too | |
| Innuos Zen Mini Mk II with an Ayre Codex Try to insert an Intona Isolator via USB. Alternatively an Uptone IsoRegen will likely solve the issue. The problem most likely relates to timing synchronisation of the USB data stream | |
| Which Road? At your budget get an Accuphase Integrated | |
| My list of tweaks and the verdict Tweaks for little money that work:Wrapping DAC and Streamer in EFI/RFI clothUsing Black Ravioli pads under source componentsUsing Caig Deoxit or similar on all signal and power contactsReplacing spades or other high mass speaker cable terminations... |