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| Denon 4520CI + 4806 combo as pre-pro and power amp First thing - I totally understand you’re on a budget and I’m not knocking the 351R in any way (I have not heard Cambridge stuff). I’m just pointing out things to think about and things that I would find important to know.That being said, the 651R... | |
| Questioning the need for a DAC I'm not saying there is no difference between CIA DAC and Oppo, but there is a point where the quality of the interconnect (as well as power cord, resolution of the preamp/amp, etc.) becomes a limiting factor. I have experienced comparing two DAC... | |
| Denon 4520CI + 4806 combo as pre-pro and power amp @adumadu - What kind of speakers are you using? Keep in mind that that Azure 351r has a smaller power supply and very limited output transistors (50w x 5). You can see the square heatsink in the middle in this picture - limited power supply capaci... | |
| Sources for 8 amp audiophile fuses The only reference I could find is a 10mm x 38mm fuse size (0.406x1.5"), such as this:http://www.littelfuse.com/products/fuses/industrial-power-fuses/midget-10x38mm-fuses/flm.aspx http://www.alliedelec.com/littelfuse-0flm008-t/70184536/ This is a ... | |
| Sources for 8 amp audiophile fuses http://www.vhaudio.com/fuses.html http://www.partsconnexion.com/ https://www.thecableco.com/Catalog/Fuses What kind of sound are you looking for? Fuses sound different. What monoblocks do you have? | |
| Is OPPO losing it's way? I have heard the Oppo BDP-105 stock and for the price you are paying for it, it is an excellent product. You get a whole lot for the cost. That being said, there are definitely better DACs out there. I have completely rebuilt the analog and pow... | |
| Is OPPO losing it's way? I wouldn’t say anything really negative about a vendor’s choice of DAC chip. The DAC chip itself has very little to do with sound quality. That being said, it could be anything from two different design teams working on the UHD player and the Soni... | |
| SS amp for B&W 801ms2 Emotiva XPA1 or W4S SX100 @dimora - I agree on the Emotivas. They are very nice amps for the money. The XPA-1 amps are a bit too much in the high frequencies (a little bit too bright and harsh) and running them in Class A mode definitely helps with this. You could also rep... | |
| HIGH Quality Electric Service Panel @jea48 - thanks, I haven't looked at 8awg or 6awg Romex, so I didn't realize they were only available in stranded. Also, you're right on the outlets only allowing a max 10awg wire, though the Furutech outlets do have multiple inputs, so you could... | |
| HIGH Quality Electric Service Panel Per the MSB topic -- one thing I have discovered through power cord experimentation and testing is that the larger gauge solid-core A/C power wire will have a natural roll-off of high frequencies. This was very apparent to me when I constructed a ... | |
| What interconnects are you guys using for bi-wiring speakers? I need a Y XLR based cable. When I was researching the 8802a a while back, I could not absolutely determine if the internal circuits were fully "differential balanced". A piece of equipment could have a true balanced output that is not differential - it depends on how the c... | |
| What interconnects are you guys using for bi-wiring speakers? I need a Y XLR based cable. I don't know much about tube preamps because most of what I have dealt with are solid-state preamps and processors. I had seen some DACs and preamps that do have separate actual output circuits for XLR and RCA, however, they are all opamp-based a... | |
| High Quality Universal Player?? If you're not wanting the balanced XLR stereo outputs of the Oppo 105, the CXU looks to have a very good audio stage. Different approach than the oppo. Five wolfson DAC chips, and it looks like each channel output has its own individual SMD op a... | |
| What interconnects are you guys using for bi-wiring speakers? I need a Y XLR based cable. I did some more thinking on this thread.@eniac26 - wow, I have never seen a normal 2-channel preamp that has more than one "active" XLR output. That Classe CP-800 is pretty unique in this sense!@mgould - Looking at your Marantz 8802A, it actually... | |
| What interconnects are you guys using for bi-wiring speakers? I need a Y XLR based cable. this may be a better XLR splitter than the ProCo, if you decide to go that way:http://audiosensibility.com/blog/products-2/specialty-cables-occ-copper-and-occ-silver/#!/Impact-SE-XLR-Splitter-Cable/p/39328518/category=5528439 |