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| Upgrade from Martin Logan Sequel II's to ???????? Look into the latest version of ATC SCM40 passive. Used within your budget. I owned ML Aries and Montis and heard the Sequel and SLIIII. They’re old. The SCM40 will have similar delicate and warm sound but will be more resolving and easier to dri... | |
| Options to improve digital sound mac mini is definitely not the best streamer. if Roon is in the picture here I would keep it simple and run the roon core on mac mini and get a dedicated streamer that’s a roon endpoint. Not a fan of a server/streamer combo and at this price point... | |
| When using a power conditioner, why is it advised to run amps directly to the wall? There are active (Puritan, Audioquest) and passive (Shunyata) power conditioners. Then you have power regenerators (PS Audio) and isolation transformers (i.e. Torus). Good passive power conditioners like the older Shunyata Hydra, which I have ... | |
| Chair @lallitk yes absolutely. It’s on the list. Just haven’t gotten around to it yet. | |
| Qobuz vs Airplay If the Mind can do Qobuz Connect or Tidal Connect give these a try not a bad UI. As to Apple Music Airplay vs Qobuz yes there’s a difference but it may not be important enough for you. Try and see. | |
| Which amp with Wilson watt puppy 8 OP looks like you’re deliberately trying to push the electronics and speakers to their limits. You will end up melting the resistors on the Wilsons in the best case scenario. Is there any logic behind this? What are you trying to accomplish? | |
| T + A streamers. I need help. DSP is what makes the sound quality different. Some streamers have proprietary processing when you stream using a native app. This processing may be partially bypassed when using Roon or Tidal Connect, Qobuz connect or Mconnect/Mcontrol. In addit... | |
| T + A streamers. I need help. Try Roon. All you need is a computer to install Roon core. UI is the best. Downside? You have to compare sound quality of roon vs native app. With some streamers there may be differences in sound quality. Try and see. | |
| Aries-Cerat DAC's https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/aries-cerat-helene-review | |
| Adding an extra 1ft to premium speaker cables @jl35 that’s right. | |
| Help please! Something amiss with my digital chain Preamp is key in your setup. | |
| Help please! Something amiss with my digital chain I was wondering the same but I guess he may be able to get away without a preamp with the low power amp…still strange. | |
| Help please! Something amiss with my digital chain Auralic wifi is decent. I doubt using cheap Ethernet cable to hardwire it will make any difference. DAC direct to amp in my experience is not ideal and you’re using the Auralic to control volume? I would add a good preamp. Also make sure everythi... | |
| Which amp with Wilson watt puppy 8 If I’m not mistaken the resistors in Wilson Audio speakers will melt and protect the drivers. But I’m wondering why you are driving your speakers to such high DB levels? These speakers will handle high volume and powerful amps. But once the amp st... | |
| OT: Espresso machines I use Fellow Opus grinder but I don’t do espresso. Happy with it. For espresso one of my friends uses Gaggia for the last 10 + years and the espresso is delicious - I had it many times. For me at home it’s either Cafe Cubano in a Bialetti stoveto... |