I know when I spoke to Bill at ADDpower and was considering which to get first a switch or a symphony. Obviously, he gave me a biased answer and said to get the symphony first. I can’t recall why he gave me a good explanation why. But I do feel I remember him saying that it wouldn’t interfere with a switch if you purchased one down the line. Hopefully that’s the case as both are doing two different things.
Can there be too much?
Hi, All,
I posted this topic once before but wanted to get some more opinions from the brilliant minds here
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I recently added a Network Switch to my rig (LHY SW8) and removed my ADD-Powr Symphony I/O. The rest of my Streaming gear is:
Eversolo DMP-A6 Master (TP Power supply replacing original), feeding a DENAFRIPS Hermes DDC which is connected via I2S to A Pontus II 12th DAC.
Is there such a thing as too much/too many components that at some point may actually do more harm than good? I honestly have no idea if the Symphony will play nice with with the LHY in the same chain. Should I reconnect the Symphony to my rig? Thoughts? I know only way to be sure is to try and then listen, but unfortunately access to my rig requires me to transform into a contortionist which is much harder now at 56 
. Just wanted to get some opinions...Anyone familiar with the Symphony and if so, thoughts on that piece as well just because there's not a lot of info out there on it...
Thanks in advance for your time...
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The philosophy that has worked for me is the absolutely highest quality and fewest number of single function components in the loop. The "straight wire" approach even reaches into the component and dictates... no tone controls. So I have a flagship streamer (take care of any deficiencies of the network) and top notch DAC. Sound quality is as good or better than my very high end vinyl rig. |
Thanks All! Great responses! @audphile1 question 2 is yes indeed, isn’t that why we’re always tweaking things because maybe we could be missing something😂? Indeed my friend especially already having the symphony I am thinking maybe I could be missing something?
@gkelly I too spoke with Bill before first purchasing the Symphony and whilst he was very gracious because I had no clue how best to connect it, I never felt like he answered my questions directly as far as how best to connect. My question was to do both USB and Ethernet or just do either? Though I did find 1 review that stated they had no idea how or why the Symphony did what it did, but it made a noticeable improvement and they used both Ethernet AND USB connections to the streamer/DAC.
I also agree with the less is more theory on many things (love the straight line theory @foggyus91) just wasn’t sure that applied to audio as well…
I know when I first added the Symphony (this was before adding the Hermes and LHY switch) I did notice an improvement. System sounded more “alive”. And like I said once I got the LHY is when I removed the Symphony…
Thanks for your time and advice I look forward to hearing from any and all with more thoughts… |
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