audioman58
Responses from audioman58
| Upgrade Internal DAC of Node or go with Atoll ST120. The blue sound node is very low quality,it’s fine if audio quality is an afterthought rule of thumb 25% on average goes into a product including packaging the rest overhead and markup meaning $125 , buy a $950 Denafrips aries2 dac even run ... | |
| Does dose anyone see these speakers in real? You would have to have a serious mental problem to buy these , invest-in gold save your money, as a speaker I can think of many speakers far better under $20 k | |
| Most Extensive State-of-the-Art DAC Survey Ever! The Terminator + is my end all dac ,my brother has a $35k DCS Rosinni and it’s s noticeably better but not as much as you would think maybe 5-10% at best and not even that in some areas , for $6400 a steal I had it in j6 system for 2 days , andI... | |
| What happened to scammer Noah Schumacher? I suspect he went to visit Canada ,a friend in Montreal had a similar circumstance with a old McIntosh Vacuum tube Tuner. | |
| Anyone else feel like it’s the Wild Wild West? I have done a lot of comparisons via audioclubs and my own pocket ,around $12 k on digital is close to my limit with cables if that does not get it done then there is something wrong elsewhere imo the Denafrips Terminator+ is the best dac I ... | |
| can i get a significant dac upgrade over my Lumin d2 for 2k? Easy , check out all the great reviews of the Denafrips Pontus-2 a great R2R dac that does everything well , even at $3k don’t know anything that is good in all areas , to get a Big step up. The Denafrips Terminator2 is like going Mercedes... | |
| Did you notice.... A good dedicated ac destroys a wobbling disc thsts why I got away from discs ,streaming at its best starts with a verygood dac likethe Denafrips terminator2 or ter+ night and day better in every respect from several dedicated linear power supp... | |
| Weak Link in chain as I upgrade from mid-fi? Buy a good dedicated dac like the Denafrips terminator2 night and day better sound , even witha newer computer with SS drives, the source is where your system makes or breaks the audio signal your system has very low quality digital this upgr... | |
| Streamer Upgrade I personally don’t find a dedicated streamer necessary from my comparisons a little green computer with SS drive, and linear power supply sounds very clean ,a much bigger difference is your main power into the house ihad installed awg10 cop... | |
| Recommendations please! Hello Ato all,having owned a Audio store and knowing upgrades or modding very well ,many preamps miss the boat at the end the volume control is very important and using the little round silver alps pot is such a down grade ,it has plastic carbon... | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? The world record for snakes is over 20 feet 🦶, I owned a Audiostore for 10 years personally I use between 4 and 6 feet and cannot hear any difference what truly counts are the end connection points , here purity copper with gold,silver or rho... | |
| My Major System Upgrades in 2022 and Impact of Each Being in a multi state audio club ,I have found the MBL speakers to be much more resolved and lowest distortion vs box speakers ,even their 120, 126 stand mounts ,with subs for lowest possible bass is Outstanding and outboard dacs of high qualit... | |
| Pass Labs 150.8 and XP-20 versus PrimaLuna Dialogue Premier HP integrated The pass labs is much better sounding as well as engineering built , one of prima luna biggest weaknesses is its volume attenuator ,still using a Low price Alps volume pots which is a $20 item and cost a lot in detail ,especially low level., vs... | |
| What Digital to Digital Converter Do You Use? Why? Denafrips IHave been using along time great build quality, great value and their whole line up sounds very good ,I own the Aries2, pontus2 , Terminator 2 , the Terminator 2 makes everything sound great even streaming recordings Thst are not ... | |
| Sound quality of Roon Roon is very flexible if you truly want the best streaming experience ,and Taylor to your audio system liking. with a little lear7ng effort HQ player is by far the best out there and Roon was designed with this jus T look up the reviews, then on ... |