I also have the H390 and the Dac is good, I would in no way call it world class. It is far better than the Schiit Bifrost I have, but nowhere close to the Denifrips Pontus ll that I also have.
Maybe the Journey is Over?........Well......
My wife hopes that I have my final system, but I am not going to guarantee that! I have recently been busy upgrading. I had Blue Jean Cables for coax and speakers and now I have Audioquest Rocket 33 speaker cables and Audioquest Carbon Coax. I also replaced my Audiolab 6000CDT with a Jay's Audio CDT2 MK3. I then upgraded the CD puck to a Headquarters Qstab. I ordered three more GIK panels this morning to complete their recommendations for acoustic treatments. After those are installed, I am going to keep it the same for a while. It sounds very good now but H590's are coming down in price........no don't look at those.....be happy with what you have.........but what if?
My current system:
Hegel H390 amp
Jay's Audio CDT2 MK3 Transport with Qstab
Tyler Acoustics Highland H3.5 speakers
Isoacoustics Gaia II isolators
GIK Acoustics panels as recommended by GIK.
Audioquest Rocket 33 speaker cables
Audioquest Carbon Coax
Pangea Audio Vulcan Amp Stands
Furman PST8 power strip
Four Schuman Generators
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@rick_n I’ve got a nice one. Maybe too nice? Sometimes I wake up to silence after the spinning has long stopped...lol. |
@wlp3 There are many articles out there about Schumann generators. They are devices that generate 7.83hz in the room. Schumann resonances are global electromagnetic resonances, generated and excited by lightning discharges in the cavity formed by the Earth's surface and the ionosphere. I have four of them. I have found that they improve the depth of the sound stage and eliminate the glare associated with CD playback. |
I used 4 of them at critical locations...Cheap chinese battery one and a USB one ... As said above by baclagg they made a difference in the blooming of the sound making it more natural ...A better impression of depth is true impression indeed ...For the effect on digital glare i dont know but i believe it...I never had digital glare in my system before trying the S.G.but it makes the sound "aura" more natural for sure ... I never read any real explanation why they work so well ... My own explanation but i am no scientist, is that they introduce some dithering effect making clearer the noise/ signal/ratio... I put them near my gear ... I experimented with cheap 10 bucks one, then i discovered that they dont need to be precisely spot on on the Schumann frequency...The cheap one are not precise and work well ... I deduced that they work more as a dithering effect tool than the precise magical 7.83 effect ... Any low hertz range frequency near 10 hertz will do and his harmonics as some dithering effect ... But beware : dont experiment with that BEFORE your system is already relatively satisfying ... S.G. is not A SOLUTION ... The effect could even not be perceived on bad audio system ...It need some minimal quality synergy already in the system ... S. G. are cherries on a cake not the cake ...But if your system is already good they will make it shine ... The same is true with ionization of the room ...very subtle but real ...it is cherries on a cake not acoustic or gear solutions ... |
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