ianderson
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| USB sucks I’ve played with different transmission types and they all have there pros and cons and work well. USB is fine from my experience. Like to OP I had a Innuos.... Zen and Zenith in my system. (Ended up keeping the Zenith) I’ve A/B’d many cables from... | |
| Looking for a front end streamer only. Mike - the most common brands in your price range that have a significant fan base are Aurender, Antipodes, Innuos, Lumin . Sticking with one of these should bring good value and it will be easier to find one to audition. Plus as the industry evol... | |
| Innuos Zenith Mk3 vs Zen Mk3 + Phoenix Thanks for the feedback guys! This question predicated on the fact my local dealer just took on the line and his initial order started with a Zen and Zen-Mini. The Zen has broken in and sounds very good, knowing the price difference to the Zenith,... | |
| Aqua La Scala Optologic Mk2 on the cheap, used and sub $3000? Granny - thanks for that perspective, and an important one at that. When you say your buddy Ian liked the extremes better, can that be described a little please?Based on the comment about missing the mids of the La Scala Opto, would it be fair to ... | |
| Aqua La Scala Optologic Mk2 on the cheap, used and sub $3000? @three_easy & @enqery. Good pointers on the Lampi Atlantic TRP with the early version R2R DAC. I’ll have a look out for one of those too. Thanks! | |
| Aqua La Scala Optologic Mk2 on the cheap, used and sub $3000? @nquery “Holo Spring 2 LIII DAC is R2R and does native dsd well and works best in NOS mode. (The new Holo May is above the price point and won't be found used for a while)”I think your Holo Spring is a very good suggestion, (at least as a good sta... | |
| Aqua La Scala Optologic Mk2 on the cheap, used and sub $3000? @hudsonhawk where “While this is accurate, to my understanding no DAC can truly handle both PCM and DSD natively”I agree with @nqueryYou’re right only in the context of a single DAC engine. However there are DAC’s that do both natively, what you’r... | |
| Aqua La Scala Optologic Mk2 on the cheap, used and sub $3000? “Check out the new Rockna Wavelight“ive heard very good things about the Rockna gear. Unfortunately there is precious little used in the market place yet. If one comes up, I’d be happy to take a run at it. | |
| Innuos Zen Mk3 - Ultra Rendu and MAC mini My nickname in high school was Jethro for that reason, and more than once I’ve been called Think as a Brick! You’re fine.... :-) | |
| Innuos Zen Mk3 - Ultra Rendu and MAC mini Also I’d like to apologize as I thought I had all the paragraphs formatted correctly before hitting send. I wish there was a way to edit it still.So the takeaway this far is - leave the Mac out of it. If using the ultra Rendu in combination with t... | |
| Innuos Zen Mk3 - Ultra Rendu and MAC mini @soix its the non-mini, so its the Full Zen Mkiii With the dual LPS built in. (The one without a DAC) | |
| Innuos Zen Mk3 - Ultra Rendu and MAC mini @thyname mentioning the Mac was in support of having a server / rendered combo. I read a comment somewhere on the net and it was from a guy from Sonore (Barrows?) and if I remember correctly he said if the Mac was used as a server and it’s networ... | |
| How much $ in used gear streaming to beat $5000 CD player Paul - the benefits of bypassing the Computer and going straight to the purchase of the streamer (Innuos) in combo is where a lot of magic happens. Far more musical! | |
| Most Musical 6NS7 tube for a Preamp? I’ve tried lots of the 6922 and 12xx7 variant pre-amps.I totally agree In the assessment the the 6SN7 is the best tube for application.I still have many Pre’s with this tube, Wyetech Opal my current fav, Supratek Chenin, ASL Flora. The other I’ve ... | |
| My Demo results: I feel like I'm at a frustrating block in my speaker journey “If the Tannoy XT6Fs sounded dark in your system, I suggest looking into a different amp. These are anything but dark.”Only a 10 minute audition and they went back in the box. My Tannoy's took 100 hours of break in before they were decent, and it ... |