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| Chord Qutest Upgrade Aurender A1000 all in one streamer/dac - best for tube amps as it is single ended design. It sounds better than all those separates combined (and yes I have owned them and compared them). Denafrips takes a hit on the single ended output as it is h... | |
| Name your favorite Integrated Tube Amplifier & why? Cayin was surprisingly good sounding. Just picked up a Jazz 90 with KT88s. Sounded great as is. Even better with 4 VCap ODAMs and a set of PSVane Summits. Also trying out a Cary SLI-80HS and CAD-300SEI thanks to a good used deal from TMR. I would... | |
| Dac with separate streamer or Dac with built in network card PS Audio and Lumin among others have stated the all in one is the best way to go. You eliminate the interconnect cable and associated circuitry and can optimize the layout of the streamer and DAC components internally. Aurender A1000 is a good ba... | |
| Have a bug for a new (to me) integrated I have had Naim, Luxman, Yamaha, and none compare to the organic 3D sound of a tube integrated. You would be downgrading not upgrading. | |
| Capacitor upgrade for prima Luna dialogue premium HP I used V-Cap ODAM in a Cayin Jazz 80 (same manufacturer) and they made a significant improvement in both bass and high end as well as overall clarity. The Cayin amps actually sound better than Primaluna as the later has too much negative feedback... | |
| Toslink Toslink is only a benefit where the galvanic isolation is needed. It relies on light bouncing off the inside walls of the fiber as it travels so yes glass is most definitely better. Whatever transmits light better. Different sounding Toslink is ... | |
| Auralic Support As an alternate solution - take a deep breath... Watch the movie "Office Space". Pay particular attention to the scene where they smash the photocopier with a baseball bat. You know what you need to do. Good luck. | |
| Auralic Support Get a mini travel router or wall outlet range extender. You can set them up as a bridge fairly easily if you do not have an ethernet hard wired outlet nearby. The small ones can be powered off the USB outlet of the device. TP-Link AC750 Wireless... | |
| High power amp, does it matter at low volumes? I have always thought working the tubes a bit makes them sound better. Also most potentiometers degrade the sound at lower settings. Stepped attenuator maybe not. SET amp for low volume. | |
| Favorite Streamer/DAC combo under 3k? Both the Holo Audio Red and the Denafrips Arce cost less and sound significantly better than the T8. The Eversolo losses a lot of micro detail easily heard in a headphone setup. And with speakers I found it reduced the soundstage compared to othe... | |
| Good sounding 12AT7 for Nagra PL-P I don't think 12AT7s are typically known for being a musical tube. Usually used in a phase inverter position most important is getting a strong testing balanced tube. I often use JAN 12AT7s in guitar amps. Very reliable. | |
| Vacuum Tube Snake Oil Salesmen Not to beat a dead horse - but I was getting low on 12AX7s so I ordered some Mullard reproductions from Vivatubes. Given what has happened recently I decided to get 2 matched pairs of Psvane Horizon 12AX7 from Amazon to compare. Vivatubes rated e... | |
| Auralic Support @norcalal From what you have tried you may have narrowed it down to a hardware issue with the wifi chip or some other part of the streamer hardware beginning to fail. If you decide to replace it - I have two of the Aurender A1000 all in one mod... | |
| Vacuum Tube Snake Oil Salesmen @audition__audio Maximatcher II with 300B socket adapter. One tube at a time. It supports 4 octal tubes at a time so I doubt I was taxing the power supply. In any case even with a little voltage deviation the Psvane tested way too low. I ord... | |
| Favorite Streamer/DAC combo under 3k? @tubeguy76 Yes I had the T8 for nearly 30 days and then returned it. I tested it in a lot of setups. It is fine if you like the visuals and the pretty good sound but it looses a lot of micro-details in the music. Lumin, Denafrips, Holo Audio a... |