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@grannyring

Looking forward to your impressions on Galle Transport. Also, would like to hear your thoughts on Paul Pang Audio PLATINUM M LAN CABLE. This cable reminds me of braided construction of Pink Faun Interlink LAN. I just added a pair of FTA Metis and loving the organic and detailed sound.

Well, the Paul Pang LAN cable replaced the topline Network Acoustics cable in my system. It is a more relaxed and “at ease” sounding cable compared to the high resolution of the NA cable. That’s how I would describe the difference…at least in my rig.

As you know I am a big fan of the NA filters, switches and cables per my numerous posts over the years on their effectiveness. Since setting up my new system I found it sounded more to my liking without any ethernet switch or filter in place. This fact took me by surprise and still has me scratching my head. The Innuos Pulsar is the piece that brought on this change. It may be interesting to try the new NA Tempus switch I suppose, but I really like where the system is at right now.  

@grannyring

That’s an interesting shift in your setup. It sounds like the Innuos Pulsar changed how your network components interact, making some of the previous tweaks less necessary. And, to your preference Paul Pang cables appears to have a natural presentation.

I can understand the temptation of trying Tempus switch but I think your system is in that “Don’t mess with it” sweet spot.

Agreed! I will just move forward without a switch. I had an opportunity to listen the Cinnamon Audio Galle streamer over the last two days in my rig. I currently own an Innuos Pulsar which is really fantastic. It turns out both are actually priced about the same at around $8000 MSRP.

The comparison was interesting. The Galle streamer was used with both Roon and a Jriver. I preferred Roon’s feel and features, but felt Jriver sounded a little better. Jriver was a little more buttoned up/refined sounding during complex passages and sounded a bit cleaner with less digital “edginess” if you will. Improved purity of signal is another way to put it. Not a huge difference, but discernible to those who really care about such things.

Comparing the Pulsar to the Galle streamer proved interesting. The differences were not anything approaching day and night. Both units are really first rate and so enjoyable. I had a slight preference for the Galle in my system. However, remember I have the matching Galle dac. The Galle offered a bit more overall clarity while the Pulsar had a tad more scale and stage size. The Galle sounded more intimate while the Pulsar was less immediate sounding with the presentation set back a bit more. The biggest difference to me was in this one area; at lower volume levels, 40-50db average, the Galle sounded a little more vibrant and impactful. This was not really noticeable as the volume was turned up however (60 -80db). I listen at lower volume levels often so this difference, in my particular system, can be important.

I am not sure this comparison would play out the same way in another system. This is the nature of audio where different systems and preference play a huge role on what one prefers. I have decided to buy the Galle as I like it as much as I my Pulsar and it is the natural mate to my Galle dac! 

 The biggest difference to me was in this one area; at lower volume levels, 40-50db average, the Galle sounded a little more vibrant and impactful. 

That's interesting. I wonder what it is that would be affect that? There is another thread going on where the listener can only listen at 50db, and he was looking for speaker recommendations, and I wondered if it was the speakers or the amp which caused lack of sound quality at lower SPL's, well maybe it is the source? 

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