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| ZYX carbon fibre stylus vs boron A few years ago I had a Zyx mid level cartridge with an aluminium cantilever. I liked the cartridge so decided to upgrade to one of the newer CF cantilever cartridges, that was much higher in the range. But I could never get it it to sound quite a... | |
| Power cable recs for Topping D90LE DAC Happy to hear that the Denafrips is working out. Always trust your own ears before anything else! | |
| Power cable recs for Topping D90LE DAC @rossb OK my experience was like yours. It sucked. Returned it! Soundstage was collapsed, no depth, no air. Picking up a Denafrips Pontus II this evening... Congratulations on having good hearing and good taste. Good that you could return it... | |
| High Value Phono Stages The Accuphase C-47 or recently released C-57 accepts 4 inputs and is probably amongst the best phono stages currently available. | |
| DAC recommendations under $7K @rossb Thanks, but better how? I may be wrong but as I understand it, Weiss is slightly softer in dynamics, a little more “polite & a little less incisive or clear. Maybe that is good, but not what I think I want. Not sure where you got th... | |
| DAC recommendations under $7K The Weiss 204/205 Mk II (when released in the near future) is the standout choice in that price range. The Weiss DACs are much better than the Chord DAVE and the Bricasti M3 (both of which I have owned). | |
| Mogami Neglex W2549 Okay, I’ll be the lone voice of dissent. Mogami 2549 are decent cables in budget systems, but no more than that. Their sound is slightly smeared, and they have a slightly warm character. In my experience, they are not capable of reproducing subtl... | |
| Power cable recs for Topping D90LE DAC Sorry, but it's not all about synergy. A crap product will sound bad in any system. Could the topping be worse than what you have? Quite possibly. The Topping DACs do not have a "huge, deep and wide soundstage". They sound two-dimensional and har... | |
| Power cable recs for Topping D90LE DAC I see my original post was removed by the moderators. But, seriously, I don't think the Topping DACs are very good (quite the reverse, and I have owned two of them), and I do think that money spent on a decent power cable for a Topping DAC is mo... | |
| Ayre and Cardas - is this still an ideal match I recall reading an interview years ago with Charlie Hansen where he recommended Cardas cables with Ayre amps, Cardas Clear Light in paricular IIRC. This was before the newer range of Cardas Cables such as the Clear Ref were released. So I doubt u... | |
| Asynchronous USB vs. SPDIF with regard to DAC upgrade a computer used as a streamer via USB is never an optimized streaming solution. Especially one that doubles as Roon Core. What your Matrix is doing is reclocking the USB signal as part of converting it to SPDIF. That will improve jitter levels go... | |
| Asynchronous USB vs. SPDIF with regard to DAC upgrade A few thoughts based on recent experience. I upgraded from a Weiss 205 with Fidelizer linear PSU to a Weiss DAC 501 Mk II, and it was a significant upgrade. Other DACs I have owned are the Chord DAVE/M Scaler, Nagra Tube DAC, Ayre QX5 Twenty, My... | |
| Mini amp with passlabs / tube like sound A Rega Io would fit the bill. Lower powered, sweet sounding solid state amp. You would be surprised how good it is. | |
| Audio Technica VMN95E vs VMN95ML I have both the 95E and 95ML. The ML is much better - more resolving, more detail, smoother, quieter, more accurate tonal balance, better reproduction of high frequencies, and also longer stylus life. The 95E is a very good cartridge for entry lev... | |
| Harbeth P3ESR versus LS3/5a by Rogers/Falcon/Sterling/etc Go to ASR if you want to visit the dumbest audio forum on the planet, filled from end to end with credulous morons begging to be convinced that the latest $100 piece of plastic crap from China that sounds like a dental drill is better than more ex... |