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| Japanese cable brands Hijiri and Acrolink look great. Always wanted to give them a try but never had the opportunity yet. Tiglon is a new one for me, I like the look of their higher models in particular. I might have to give that White Tiger LAN cable a try at some poi... | |
| Speaker hunt -> To leave or not Leave Martin Logan Behind A friend of mine was a big ML fan for many years. He moved up the ladder until he eventually had I believe the ESL12A or something like that, maybe one step down from your 15A (ML products mostly look the same to me so hard to remember). They soun... | |
| Why aren’t BNC jacks common? I love BNC. Recently got rid of my streaming transport which was an Auralic Aries G2.2, since Auralic went out of business I figured it was time to move on. The inclusion of BNC was a factor I looked for when checking out new devices. Not a deal b... | |
| SW1X II balanced DAC I've heard a few models in their range. They have a really unique and interesting sound. I'm no reviewer so it's hard to explain. The lower models seem pretty fairly priced, the higher models get expensive but seems appropriate for what you get. ... | |
| USB cable recommendations @signaforce I was lucky to get the Pink Faun USB second hand for a crazy good price. I recommend finding a dealer who will let you borrow some products or else buy and return with minimal/no fee. Or, the smaller internet direct brands like Verit... | |
| USB cable recommendations My recent USB experiments involved Clarus Crimson, Crystal Cable Diamond, Audience Frontrow, Pink Faun, Veritas Audax, and a Chord Company Shawline. I liked the Veritas Cables Audax and the Pink Faun USB better than all the rest, with the Verita... | |
| Hegel Viking sound I've never known Hegel to be particularly bright. Maybe a burn in issue? Bad match with cables? | |
| Schiit Mimir impressions? I plan to pick up a Mimir for a little setup I'm building. It seems like a great value, nothing else I can think of has all those features and pedigree for such a great price. | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found They sent out an update today talking about necessary price increases. I knew silver had gone up but not that much! If my portfolio had some exposure I'd probably be selling right now. If any cable brand claims to use pure silver and hasn't incr... | |
| McIntosh C2800 recovery mode – my experience and excellent support from McIntosh Say what you will about McIntosh when it comes to sound quality (people have strong opinions in both directions), but this is exactly the kind of service that keeps people coming back. I hope that whatever happens during the frequent mergers and a... | |
| Ikigai Audio Sugure Digital Cables They look like well designed, high quality cables. I'm sure they perform at a high level. Don't know if I see anything there justifying such extreme prices, but value is always in the eye of the beholder. | |
| Anyone here using or has tried a Torus TOT MIni or Max? The Tot series is quality. I agree it makes more sense to just get the Max and have that full capacity just in case. For a similar price I would also look at the Keces IQRP series. Balanced transformer based conditioners with great performance. T... | |
| Magnus Audio? @jjss49 Thank you, that was my initial assumption but you never know. @steakster Thanks, great info there. I was not aware of the Canary connection. I am adding Magnus to my list of things to research more, since the opportunity to build a secon... | |
| RCA or XLR? All things being equal I prefer the design of XLR cables. The connectors seem like they will last forever. RCA always feels like each time I insert I am putting a tiny amount of wear and tear on it, which means there is a finite number of times I ... | |
| BNC/DAC question I know a few people using BNC cables for clocking in their systems. One with dCS, another with Denafrips. They both use Veritas Nexum B cables, after hearing me rave about the brand. I'm told it makes a big upgrade over the basic cables they had b... |