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| late to streaming, recommendations? Congrats on the Lumin! Welcome to the club! just ordered a audiograde usb cable Shameless plug - my DH Labs Mirage is for sale on USAM ’cause I’ve gone optical fiber. (I realize you just ordered but it’s a great cable for $175) | |
| Seeking Recommendations for a Streamer (No DAC) @ejh369 Beautiful piece, well chosen! @tubeguy80 1 day in and the T3X is really something. Completely eclipses what I had before which all-in, was about $3K. The T3X is double that but there is no comparison. Even SXM radio played over AirPlay f... | |
| Analysis Plus Silver Apex RCA vs. what? (Used) Thanks @mosler666 I bought a used set of Silver Apex this morning 0.5 m for $380 The F1's look interesting, I didn't know Townsend makes cables. I'll let you know how they compare against the Zavfino's, which are a bargain IMO - partly becaus... | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found @tubeguy80 Thanks for the thoughtful response. As for knowing names, several posts mention having conversations with Veritas people, so one would assume they would introduced themselves. All good here though... | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found Sorry, it's on a need to know basis and you don't need to know! ; ) Exactly what I thought. | |
| Seeking Recommendations for a Streamer (No DAC) @ejh369 thank you! Do you know what you are getting? | |
| Seeking Recommendations for a Streamer (No DAC) Thanks @ejh369 You might have missed it on p1 but I abandoned the idea of upgrading the streamer only and bought a Lumin T3X. It arrived this morning and already sounds fantastic. The optical fiber adapters arrive tomorrow. As an aside, my DAC so... | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found Interesting you guys are all-in on such a secretive company. The vague product descriptions, off-the-shelf connectors etc. have a familiar air about them. A striking similarity to another Company with a similar name. Care to name any names of pe... | |
| The streaming revolution. @devinplombier In my view, the gluttony it shoves down your throat not only makes you feel like you’re a duck being groomed for foie gras, I don't know what streaming service you are using, but mine doesn't shove anything down my throat. It s... | |
| The streaming revolution. @soix +1 and in agreement with the OP. What is really great is the barrier to entry is so low. | |
| late to streaming, recommendations? If I was starting from scratch with your budget I'd by a Bluesound Node ICON and a Qobuz or Tidal subscription. If you have SXM radio in your car, the BluOS has native integration which is free and is great for casual/background listening. Wait... | |
| Battle of the phone pres for my system. His M4 is fully broken in and the stock tubes are barely used Sovtek 12AX7 LPS. They should sound fine once warmed up. I also provided a pair of NOS RCA 5751 black plates so he can try something a bit warmer. I used the RCAs in this unit quite a ... | |
| Bluesound Node N130 w/LHY LPS vs Node ICON @soix I agree, this was my conclusion. I assume the ICON’sstreamer would also benefit from a LPS. Not sure if you saw the related thread but I bought a Lumin T3X it arrives tomorrow. | |
| Battle of the phone pres for my system. In case you don’t have these specs for the M4 Gain: >MM 45dB >MC High 67dB >MC Low 72dB The MM load resistance is 47k ohms. The MC High load resistance is 100 ohms. The MC Low load resistance is 25 ohms. | |
| Yamaha A-S1200 + KEF R3 Meta + KEF KC62 — Good Match? You’re asking for advice after you’ve made a purchase. Usually it’s the other way around but hope it works out. Yamaha makes great gear and I think their industrial design in the 2 channel realm is really beautiful. And no, all amps with good sp... |