handymann
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| SW1X II balanced DAC @v-fi. Thanks for your post | |
| More enjoyment For all of those that don’t enjoy streaming, get yourself a tube Dac. It made ALL the difference for me. | |
| High end sound I agree about the speaker wire. I’m using 10 gauge stranded wire for mine. To look at them, you’d think they are high priced purchased wires. All my interconnects are Hosa XLR’s, except for my turntable. I am using Transparent there as well as fro... | |
| Streaming Is To Audio What Red Plastic Cups Are To Wine When I first started streaming, I had the same opinion as the OP. Vinyl is king. My opinion is that a streamer puts out numbers. The real magic happens in the DAC. I’m set to get a MIMIC SW1X Balanced Special II tube Dac in about a month. The dea... | |
| What speaker is the most musical, one you never want to sell? I love my Wilson Maxx II’s driven by 2 Krell EV600’s | |
| DAC recommendations under $7K @danmar123 I read you received a 30 trial on your Aero DAC. May I inquire where you purchased yours? | |
| DAC recommendations under $7K @rog5878 where did you purchase your Aero DAC? | |
| DAC recommendations under $7K This a little more expensive, but does anyone have any feedback on the SW1X Dac Balanced Special from Mimic? I’m looking for a DAC that’s makes streaming sound like analog, that has a high output voltage. It has many versions available. | |
| DAC recommendations under $7K @danmar123 Ive also looking at an Aero tube DAC. Please tell me how you like yours and how long it took to burn in the tubes. Thanks in advance | |
| Who here continues to regularly use a CD player? I listen to CD’s on a regular basis, along with streaming and playing LP’s. I use a Kora Hermes II DAC, which makes the CD’s sound much warmer. | |
| Would switching from RCA-RCA to XLR-RCA from Preamp to Amp result in higher gain All my connectors are XLR, except my TT. Streamer to preamp dbx Drivers k 360, to power amps etc. My subs (JL Fathom 113’s) also use XLR’s. As I said, if you’re making long runs, there’s no better way to go. | |
| Would switching from RCA-RCA to XLR-RCA from Preamp to Amp result in higher gain As you’ve been advised, no increase in output using XLR to RCA, however a fully balanced connection will increase your output by 2. I run long cables and a fully balanced connection from the beginning to the end (Streamer/CD to preamp, dbx, power ... | |
| What is a bad recording? To me, a bad recording is one where the highs and lows were rolled off. One can try to compensate, but if the frequency was never there, it’s very hard to make it sound like it’s there. | |
| Tone arm vs Cartridge upgrades Some carts require a beefy tonearm. I bought a Urishi Black and it sound bad, due to my low mass tonearm. | |
| Is AI going to kill Hifi? How many times have we seen movies written one hundred years ago become reality, when it comes to predicting the future thought to be science fiction then. IMHO, AI will be the end of mankind as we know it. It will become Autonomous which eventual... |