patrickcarey
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| Fully DC-Powered Home Audio System On occasion I run my entire stereo from a Yeti 1000x. Depending on the equipment, cabling and music there is a usually an audible difference in the quality of the sound. Sometimes it is subtle, sometimes the difference is impressive. Interes... | |
| High End System Building. How important is the matching, cabling and room? Thoughts ? @tony1954, @ghdprentice Glad to read you have a similar experience. Your methodologies are good. Great sound is certainly a measure of personal taste, and ongoing tuning over time. Everything is a component. All the interconnects and hardw... | |
| High End System Building. How important is the matching, cabling and room? Thoughts ? Although I didn't realize it at the time I was and have been a cable denier. for the longest time I would cheap out and get Amazon basics cables and then get mad at my equipment because it didn't sound the way I wanted it to . A couple of months... | |
| Is there such a thing as a good medium priced music streamer? Hell yes. if you separate the streamer from the DAC. blue sound node is super popular for good reason. i also have the WiiM and it is excellent. no need to spend much on a streamer unless you want a lot of bells and whistles like lcd touc... | |
| any current integrated amps in market have great dacs? What a great conversation. I owned the PS audio gain cell dac and I didn't think it was that good. I've used the PS audio DL3 which was much better. And I liked the onboard dac of the he PS Audio strata integrated. I really like that integrate... | |
| Class D amplifiers. What's the future look like? I find that in these forum threats it is helpful for someone to provide feedback on a technology or a particular sound that they have actual experience with. Although there's some real nonsense happening here as people arguing back and forth abou... | |
| Digital source & management dilema Can’t say if the OP kletter1mann OP Has found his Nirvana yet, but as a longtime Anthem user I would urge a bit of caution. the newer Anthems have a great feature set, but the sound in 2 channel may not represent the high price tag. For e... | |
| Adding a Dac and Stresmer @Silverfox: you are correct, the Auralic via Upscale only charges shipping. Nice tip, thanks! | |
| Adding a Dac and Stresmer I'm also in the market for a DAC and streamer, and I want to keep them separate components as well. My pre is a venerable Proceed AVP and a BPA2 dual mono. I don't use the DAC in the BlueSound node as it sounds like fm radio compared to the DAC ... | |
| The Proverbial "best amp" for Focal Sopra No. 1 Well... i own both the Aria 906 and the 936 for the LR. I think the pre-amp is the bigger factor, and generally has an outsize impact on sound quality vs a power amp. I have found Anthem amps to be an excellent pairing with the Aria series. ... |