@nrthomas2 at twice the price the Mystique should better the ANK! Ya had me going for a minute though when you mentioned "Mojo" I thought you were talking Chord Mojo...LOL
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I am down to the last piece of the puzzle. I am very happy with the sound of my system at this point, so I’m not sure if the DAC needs to be improved on. What I am looking for is to hear those background subtleties in the music a little more pronounced. The strum of a guitar, the stroke of the piano keys, the clicks, ticks & tingles that accompany the music. I do here that now, I just wondered if there is a way to elaborate on those background sounds (details) a bit more.
Is it the DAC that will make this happen? If it is, they say my Gustard R26 is as good as a $5K DAC, how far over that $5K do you think I have to go?
Thank you for your help and suggestions and the best to you all over the holiday season and beyond!
PS: I listen mostly to Jazz
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@audphile1 Well, I finally got around to taking the FMCs out of the equation and oddly enough, the system sounds better with them in place, at least to my ears! Another thing I found was moving further back from the speakers sounded better. They are only 6.6’ apart due to space limitations and I was sitting 10 feet away. If I sit 15’ away, things sound better. I will play around some more on the weekend, but I would say at this point the Gustard R26 is performing well. I would love to try some other DACs I just need to figure out on just how to do that! There needs to be some sort of a DAC Club, so people could swap DACs around and try some different products out.
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@navyachts , looks like you are just about ready to chase your tail.... That gustard is about as good as it gets these days. - Put your dac and ALL front end components on a AQ Niagara 5000 or 7000, which would be a higher return on investment upgrade w.r.t to subtleties pursued. - Treat the room, not just put up a couple of panels for decorative purposes. If that still didn’t cut it, it’s about time to discard brand loyalties, ditch whatever speaker you’ve got and start looking into "higher" resolution speakers.
Or...you could just have a couple of vodka shots/calm the squirrels in your head before listening (cheap fix). |
@deep_333 +1 Thx |
@navyachts If you are happy with what you got, you are there. Out there, here be dragons. |
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