jaytor
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| Denafrips Terminator Plus/Gaia compatibility @knock1 - yes, supposedly, but I was not able to find a setting that worked with the Gaia. When I contacted Vinshine (they were still the distributor then), they said the original Gaia was not compatible with firmware upgrade. | |
| Denafrips Terminator Plus/Gaia compatibility @rikkipuu - Thanks for your reply. I'm glad I'm not the only one that had this issue. I've been using the Gaia connected via AES/EBU since upgrading the firmware. Before the firmware update, I thought i2s sounded a bit better than AES, but I ... | |
| Denafrips Terminator Plus/Gaia compatibility Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately, my Gaia is one of the first units. I preordered it when it was first announced. It does not have programmable i2s outputs. i didn’t have any problems with the Terminator FPGA update and I liked the change... | |
| DSP Active Crossover @deep_333 - Yeah, I have put this on the back burner for now. I'm having too much fun experimenting with different lDIY line stages and amps. My latest EML-20A DHT based line stage has made a significant improvement - I love the way this sounds. ... | |
| Brain Farts w/ Roon Nucleus I've been using Roon for about 8 years and bought the lifetime subscription after the first year. Besides the great user interface, what I like about Roon is the ability to use it with a wide range of devices without having to change anything in m... | |
| Dunlavy returns I owned a pair of Duntech Sovereigns for about ten years from the mid 80's to mid 90's. I loved the sound but I was moving around a fair amount for my job and these were NOT easy to move. The biggest problem with John's designs is that he liked ... | |
| Cello Palette w/ Capacitors The original Cello Palette looked like this. The knobs are small on the inside but have a larger ring that is flush with the front panel. They have a very nice fell to them. I owned one of these in the mid 80's I seriously regret selling it. ... | |
| Mono blocks for Revel Salon 1’s recommendation? Kevin Voecks used Levinson amps to design these speakers. You might want to look at mid 90's amps from them. I had a pair of Studios and Gems from that era. Very nice speakers. | |
| White cabinet popularity? @pryso - Thanks. Yea, this is mostly a dedicated listening room. My home office is at the back of the room so that I can listen to tunes while I'm working. | |
| White cabinet popularity? I painted my speakers a metallic ceramic color (Mazda color) and I really like the way they turned out. | |
| innuos pulse compared to denafrips gaia 12th I would recommend using USB from any streamer into a Denafrips DAC. These DACs reclock the input data. If you use a synchronous input (anything other than USB), you risk FIFO overflow or underflow which will cause audible glitches. I currently ... | |
| Takayuki 300B vs Western Electric NEW Production 300B I decided to test the tubes in my 300B PSET amps today since I haven't done it for nine months or so. I am using a quad set of Western Electric reissue tubes. I've had them installed in my monoblock amps since early Dec 2021. According to my Roon ... | |
| High pass filter capacitors If you're willing to spend more (unfortunately considerably more), many consider the VCap CuTF the best sounding audio cap available. | |
| High pass filter capacitors I'd recommend the Miflex KPCU-03. Very nice sounding cap. I've used it for this same purpose. | |
| Impressions from Capital Audio Fest I was with a friend that was very interested in these speakers, so we had a private after-hours demo for about a half hour and listened to a number of different types of music. I am generally not much of a fan of horn speakers, so keep that in mi... |