soix
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| Integrated for Cornwall IV Really depends on what sound characteristics you’re looking for. | |
| exploring DACs There are certainly different flavors of R2R DACs, and it appears that maybe you just went too far in the other direction with the Pagoda and definitely worth exploring further IMHO. What’s your budget, and are you looking for new or used? | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama But i am made such... Imperfect ... @mahgister I like most imperfect people. It’s the perfect ones I can’t stand. 😊 | |
| Denafrips Iris12th - signal out to Ares 12th-1 Were everything this easy to fix. Congrats, and I think you’re really gonna like the sonic improvements from the Iris and i2S. I have an Iris too and am very impressed and happy with the results. | |
| Noob question about streaming . . . Yes, that helps a lot. I’d highly recommend looking at the Usher Mini Two DMDs for several reasons. First and foremost, they deliver the sound characteristics you’re looking for and look beautiful doing it. Their build quality and components ar... | |
| Re: streaming recommendations for newbie If you go for a used Node, better to get the Node n130 or Node X (or the current version) so you have a viable USB output — earlier versions lack this valuable connection. | |
| My new review for The Absolute Sound comparing AGD GAN amps with BHK300’s Nice objective review and better than typical TAS reviews because you deftly compare two excellent amps and articulately explain critical differences, which really provides a useful relative perspective on each amp rather than just extolling the v... | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama I think it’s fair to say @mahgister is guilty of smiley face emoji abuse. 😜😝🙄 | |
| Noob question about streaming . . . What improvements are you looking for, and what sound characteristics are most important to you? Sharing this info will get you much better recommendations here, and glad you’re upgrading your speakers — you’re in for a real treat! | |
| Give Up on Bacch? Looking forward to your thoughts and glad you have the time to evaluate. | |
| Re: streaming recommendations for newbie You could get a streamer/DAC combo unit like the Bluesound Node X or the Eversolo DMP-A6 and be off and running for under $1000. But, if you’re more serious about audio I’d go with a separate DAC and streamer as you can upgrade each in steps, whic... | |
| People complain about lack of bass, not enough mid range. Solution? Ok, I get it now. No room acoustic treatments needed and bi-amping is the key. I'm doing it all wrong. @baylinor Heh heh. As my buddy who’s a computer consultant used to say about his more tech-challenged clients — We’re dealing with about 100... | |
| Looking for an HDMI cable If you can make the 0.5m length work — that’s the shortest they seem to offer for this cable — then do that. i2S was initially designed to make connections internally within a component and so wasn’t designed for distance, so that’s the reason to... | |
| If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments? I can’t even. | |
| Looking for an HDMI cable This DH Labs cable gets some good feedback here and won’t break the bank. With i2S you wanna go as short as possible as performance degrades with length. They’re offering 10% off if you give your email. Best of luck. https://silversonic.com/pr... |