gammamike
Responses from gammamike
| A ridiculously cheap cable riser. My wife was really impressed when I made mine out of toilet paper rolls! I was sent to the woodshop abruptly and told not to return unless I had replacements. Took me a week to build emm. | |
| Adding a Dac and Stresmer If you don't mind the used market, you can't go wrong with the naim ndx streamer dac combo for under 2 grand. Has a nice app for android too. Pretty versatile and easy to use. | |
| Dac: Old vs New Perhaps go to the used market, for the $500 range you'll have a lot of options. Personally I preferred the smsl m400 over the denafrips aries. It's still in the second system. The m400 has some warmth and good control on bass. Good sparkle and de... | |
| what are your top "audio bargins" in your system history? My whole system from the used market. Intergrated amp at 45% retail, steamer-dac at 40% retail, speakers at 40%. 33 grand system for 15 grand. Plus 10 grand of cabling for 3. Only way to go on a disability pension over time. I was lucky enough to... | |
| Digital coax cables I did the used coax cable run a few years ago and found large differences. The one that stood out for me was a silnote coax. Wide, spacious and clear, although with a little less bass. Used coax cables are relatively cheap and resellable with no l... | |
| WireWorld Chroma ethernet cable I just replaced the bog stock cable with a Pangea Audio premier se ethernet cable and it was well worth it! I can't compare with others but for 150 bucks a 4 meter length I'd say it was the best bang for buck I've experienced. Was the last cable ... | |
| An interesting experience with power cable. That sounds about right. Wait till you have 4 different one's and you have to try all combo's, ouch. Had the same experience with power conditioners, if anything the amp sounds worse, but everything upstream sounds better. A great step up for my a... |