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| PS Audio PWD MkII vs W4S DAC2 I would giver Walter Leiderman at Underwood HiFi a call, as he carries both the Wyred 4 Sound and the Perfect Wave DACs. (He also prices the Perfect Wave DAC very "competitively", so the difference in actual price between the two DACs is not going... | |
| Clear Day Cables Speaker Cables I also agree that Clear Day Double Shotguns are really world class speaker cables, regardless of price. I replaced a pair of Gabriel Gold Rapture speaker cables that cost me $1,200 used (the ones that everyone gushes about in another thread) with ... | |
| Why DACs have no BNC Digital In The two DACs I have owned in recent years -- the PS Audio Perfect Wave and the Northstar 192 -- both have BNC inputs. I always assumed those BNC inputs were included because BNC digital outs are more common on European transports than they are on ... | |
| Ayon CD5 or a super DAC with high resolution files I would avoid spending $8K on a digital source that you have not demo'd. Digital sources, no matter the brand, depreciate faster than other audio equipment, because transports contain moving parts prone to failure over time and innovation in digit... | |
| Thoughts on Clear Day vs Grover Huffman SC's? I have auditioned a lot of speaker cables, including Gabriel Gold, Crimson Music Links, WyWires, Gregg Straley Reality Cables. Almost all were substantially more expensive than Clear Day Cables. None of them compete with the sound quality of the D... | |
| Clear Day Interconnects I borrowed the Clear Day ICs. They are very close to the Crimson Music Links, which are world class cables, in terms of sound signature. Very dynamic, great bass, very open sounding. Overall, the Clear Day double shotgun speaker cables are a diamo... | |
| Shout Out to Stealth Cables The free repair was an act of kindness...Sergei typifies the essence of this hobby.Just make sure you have a rider in your home insurance policy to cover fire/flood related damage to your Stealth cables. When my house was flooded during Katrina, A... | |
| shindo aurieges .... I demo'd DeVores in 2008 at Sound by Singer with a solid sate amp and a digital source and just didn't understand all the hype. Mind you, I had just demo'd some Sehring speakers and thought the Sehrings were far better for less money. In any case,... | |
| Suggestion for Preamp please ???? I would do more research about the difference between using XLR and RCA inputs on your amp before selling the VTL. Virtually every component I have owned was supposed to sound better using one set of inputs rather than the other -- that applies to... | |
| My first tube preamp Manley jumbo shrimp The Shrimp is a very nice preamp, although I found that it paired much better with a "muscular" solid state power amp than with a tube amp. When I switched from a solid state power amp (a B&K 4420) to a tube amp (a McIntosh MC275 and then a VA... | |
| What preamps outshine the Aesthetix Calypso? The Lightspeed did not work for me...I was picking up a lot of intermittent noise, seemed to be RF noise, related to using single-ended components and interconnects in a Manhattan high rise apartment. I also found that the Perfect Wave DAC sounded... | |
| What preamps outshine the Aesthetix Calypso? Edorr, I have tried the PW DAC straight into my VAC Phi 200. I even bought a Lightspeed Attenuator to try, given the supposed shortcomings of a digital volume control. After a few weeks, I just did not like the sound, as the soundstage seemed to c... | |
| What preamps outshine the Aesthetix Calypso? Ckoffend,Yes, I have done a fair amount of tube rolling with the Calypso, buying a variety of NOS tubes for that purpose from Vintage Tube Services.Audiofreakgeek, yes I have experimented with and am using good power cords, isolation, power condit... | |
| Morrow MA3 interconnects I was never that impressed with the Morrow MA3s. The Crimson Music Links are much better. Close to the same price as the MA3s, but far, far better extension and bass. Very musical and satisfying. WyWires are also very good, with really hefty solid... | |
| A bit overwhelmed, need preamp advice A few thoughts...first, I agree that you should look for a better DAC. The PW DAC (used) or W4S DAC2 would offer a lot of bang for the buck in your system. Second, I don't like going amp direct from a digital source. Digital volume controls are of... |