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| Amp upgrade advice I used to have an Adcom 545 and a B&K 200.5 multi-channel. The Adcom was a very early amp and I ended up not being impressed with it at all. It was okay, but it was warm sounding and very dirty (not clean at all).The B&K had tons of curren... | |
| Krell KCR-HR or Krell KAV280i I have worked with the KRC-3 as well as the KAV-280p.The KRC-3 has the older "D'Agostino" sound. He tended to like a more warm sound. It was nice, but I remember hearing some sibilance issues - could be from the warm/lush type signature.The KRC-... | |
| DAC Opamp Upgrade I just replaced the Dexa output buffer op amps with some remaining Sparkos I still have. So now I have all Sparkos in both DAC and preamp. (3 stages in DAC and 2 stages in preamp). The sound is now the best I have heard it. I think it may need jus... | |
| Financial bind and need a nice XLR I will still try looking for used Audioquest cables. Music Direct has a demo pair of Audioquest King Cobra for $155. Or check US Audio Mart for used ads. | |
| Oppo BDP-103 vs UDP-203 audio only Have you thought about upgrading your 103 to a linear power supply? This will be a significantly better result than just a stock 203. Though, a 203 with linear power supply would be best. Look at the OPPOMOD website. | |
| Distortion Problem with USB from PC to DAC Agreed. Likely a short somewhere in the dac that is causing over-voltage and heat. This is is why the sound distorts after a bit. | |
| Furutech connector issue Yes, I have had this problem with several Furutech XLR connectors. Some XLR sockets can sometimes be too deep for the Furutech female plug. I normally grind down the outside shell maybe 1mm or 2mm using a belt or random orbit sander so that the ... | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... I just recently have taken a hard look at the Denafrips DACs. Relating to stfroth's description that this DAC is a tad dark sounding. I believe that it mostly has to do with their choice of using Elna Cerafine and Elna Silmic capacitors. The El... | |
| Let's talk power cords @willemj - there is no economical reason why we would want to publish and prove in a scientific journal. High-end audio companies have a hard enough time keeping in business with the tough internet market as it is. We do not have the same path a... | |
| Amp recommendation and setup advice please You might be able to use an audio output from the TV. The NFB has one set of RCA analog stereo inputs (IN5). You might have to get a special cable. It would not be as good as digital input, because you would be using the DAC in the TV, but it wou... | |
| PADIS vs Furutech fuses You do not need to play music to burn in fuses. As long as the unit is powered up, A/C is being cycled through the fuses. | |
| Amp recommendation and setup advice please No, it would not work.Please re-read this entire thread very carefully. We have already covered the ideas of an HT Receiver or HT Processor. This is what you would need for HDMI stuff. During our discussions, the direction went towards a high-e... | |
| Amp recommendation and setup advice please The length of toslink doesn't matter like COAX. As I said, you could try using the toslink output from the TV, but it's likely that it won't work with a 2-channel DAC like the Audio-GD. You may have to get a cheap Sony bluray player to stream Ne... | |
| DAC Opamp Upgrade I am using an Emotiva XDA-2 DAC, but at this point I have completely rebuilt almost everything in the DAC, except for resistors. All electrolytic capacitors have been upgraded. Voltage regulators have been changed to Sparkos discrete regulators.... | |
| Amp recommendation and setup advice please Well, initially you only said satellite. Including the Netflix stuff may cause some difficulty. You could try connecting a toslink from the TV, but you have to make sure that it can be setup to ouput a stereo digital signal (Netflix will have st... |