cio52
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| DAVE w/ or w/out M Scaler? I believe he was saying that he preferred the sound quality when using the optical out of the M-scaler to the optical in on the DAVE. He mentioned a video of the M-scaler they were going to make but it was never made or released AFAIK. | |
| DAVE w/ or w/out M Scaler? I have the TT2 with M-scaler and really love it. BTW I upscale all my 44.1 files to 88.2 and 48 to 96 from my Lumin U1 (mega) to the M-scaler via USB. Making this first increase before the M-scaler made the sound quality more natural/believable ... | |
| Krell KSA 200s with BW Matrix I had the Krell KSA200S and a KLS pre with Phono stage that was an incredible set up with B&W Nautilus 803 speakers. Sold the KLS because it did not have a remote control but it is the best sounding pre I have ever owned. I kept the amp for ... | |
| PS Audio BHK 250 Power Amp owners? I've owned my BHK 250 amp for a couple years now. I really like the amp and believe the tubed input stage helps the sound quality when it comes to providing a rich and lively sound from my DALI Epicon 8 speakers. The speakers are rated at 5ohms ... | |
| Anybody here upgrade from Chord Qutest DAC" Qutest with M-Scaler gets close to the Hugo TT2 plus M-Scaler filter length 1,064,960 divided by 1,114,112 =95%. If you don't need a headphone amp, bluetooth, and balanced outlets go with the Qutest and save a few thousand dollars. You don't ha... | |
| Chord Cutest or Wadia 321 I'm using the Qutest with the M-Scaler. If you want to expand your system look into a Chord M-Scaler new or used it is fantastic and allows you to upscale to 705.6 and 768khz and native DSD512 using dual BNC cables (supplied with the M-Scaler). ... | |
| Music Server Advice Put a Roon Nucleus on your LAN and wire it via ethernet (whatever it takes) to a Lumin U1 or U2 then attach the USB to your Esoteric. My system is Nucleus to U1 to Chord M-Scaler and currently Chord Qutest so everything is upsampled to 705.6 or 76... | |
| Compact Floor-standing Speaker Recommendations under $4k Edit to post above. The tweeter is 1.125" or 29mm on the Dali's | |
| Compact Floor-standing Speaker Recommendations under $4k Go to the Dali website shown above and look at the Oberon 9 floorstanders and read the reviews. The have twin 9" woofers, 7" midrange, and 1.25" soft dome textile tweeter. Frequency is 35hz to 26khz but they can be heard well into the 20hz range... | |
| Which Solid State amplifier would you recommend for my budget? I would recommend a PS Audio BHK 250. Tube input stage, 500 watts into 4 ohms. It’s a very satisfying amp. Had the Krell KSA 200s and I would characterize it as “illuminating “. | |
| Basic Questions If you are happy with your present system you don't need to change anything. The reason to add a pre/amp or integrated is for the HT passthrough feature. You could then run your two channel sources through the new pre/amp equipment instead of th... | |
| Roon DAC? help please....took a chance on Pachanko Labs - know nothing about Roon Pachanko Labs is not listed as Roon Ready or Roon tested. Again, I would look closely into them. Good luck with this. | |
| Roon DAC? help please....took a chance on Pachanko Labs - know nothing about Roon Your Constellation Mini will be your Roon endpoint and recognized as such. So just about any DAC will do, but, it’s always best to buy Roon approved equipment. Your core and bridge must be on the LAN so the endpoints can be recognized. You will n... | |
| Looking at best option for 20-25k for DAC Streamer combo As mentioned above, keep the Lumin to stream and add the Chord M-Scaler and Chord DAVE. | |
| Speaker Suggestions $30K Sasha DAW competitor? I would suggest listening to the Dali Epicon 8 speakers. They are relatively tall at 50 inches with the stands. They have a 29mm textile dome tweeter with a 55mm ribbon and they sound smooth and accurate IMHO. The 6.5 inch mid is above the twee... |