jpan
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| What one change to your room, system, or setup made the biggest improvement? For sure, implementing a distributed bass array and getting professional to do it. | |
| Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end? @deep_333 love your post. I want to believe it. But, seriously, how high were you when you wrote it? | |
| Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end? I don’t but I can see how you could get there. I’ve been doing analog for 20+ years and I have a very good system that’s also very dialed in. I just got into digital. There’s quite a gap but that was intentional. However, now that I’ve experienc... | |
| Silversmith Audio Fidelium 6 years later, thoughts? I moved on from the Fidelium speaker cables and I swapped out one of the ICs (between phono and preamp) but I still run two pairs of ICs (DAC to pre; pre to amps). I found something even more under the radar — Nightingale Audio — that sounded bett... | |
| Should AI generated posts be banned or otherwise regulated? No. And good luck trying anyhow. Anyone on LinkedIn? Geez. It’s gotta be 98% AI. It’s crazy. Does no one write for themselves these days? Even to comment on something?! | |
| Pass Labs Amps - Does the heat bother you? XA60.5 owner. Not at all. But I have an open space so the amps get as much “air” around them as possible. I guess if you had a small room it could warm it up a bit. However, I think the heat they give off is pretty minimal as long as they’re not i... | |
| How Much Have You Spent On Cables Throughout The Years. I'm Shocked When I Checked. @buellrider97 @mgrif104 Thank you. I’ve spent a lot; more than I want to calculate. Do I wish I had spent less? Of course. But, I feel overall it’s been worth it — to me. This year, I’ve changed out one IC and the speaker cables. Totally satisfi... | |
| Vinyl vs Streaming Do you ever find yourself questioning Vinyl in the face of Streaming? Yes, more and more, since I finally bought a DAC + streamer for my main system. I was an analog only audiophile until this year but that has changed now that I also have a digi... | |
| Went to the dark side Thanks everyone. I agree with all your comments. It’s been a great experience. I just added the Stack Audio Smoothlan Regenerator. Wow. It’s not even settled in and I can easily say Wow. Really starting to feel blown away by the whole dac/strea... | |
| Streamers - Auralic, Aurender, Lumin, others... @mdalton many thanks! The DS10 might be the perfect fit in my system. | |
| Streamers - Auralic, Aurender, Lumin, others... @mdalton thank you… The Channel D was a recommendation from J.R. Boslaire, of Wally Tools. He set up my table and DBA. Over time we’ve become friends and since he knew my system, I went with it. It’s fantastic. I love it’s simplicity and design a... | |
| Streamers - Auralic, Aurender, Lumin, others... @mdalton thank you! | |
| Streamers - Auralic, Aurender, Lumin, others... @mdalton Can you share which DAC he was using? I’m all analog and trying to learn as much about digital as possible. It’s a challenge with all the options out there. | |
| Synergistic Research Foundation PC on Pass Labs amp I have the Pass Labs XA60.5 mono blocks. I initially had Synergistic. (I forget the level). Then I did a big shootout between: Shunyata Research Sigma NR v2 RSX Technologies Beyond Power Cord Audioquest Firebird HC Synergistic Research Euph... | |
| Finite Elemente Pagode Master Reference HD09 Amp Platform I had the Finite Elemente MR HD09 (actually two). I moved on to a pair of HRS E1X and upgraded the feet. I don’t miss the HDO9s at all. And although they are nice, I find the HRS much better in my system and room. In terms of will you notice it ... |