ddafoe
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| What are you using as a streamer? Constructive feedback please. Bricasti M5. Handmade in USA, bulletproof build, flawless performance. Roon ready. Can be had brand new for $2k. No USB needed. +1; I can recommend the M5 as a Roon streamer. I purchased one and was amazed at the better sound quality I heard ... | |
| Questions about Ethernet Cabling @arafiq, I agree with you on the performance of the opticalRendu for its relative cost. I purchased one after I had added fiber and swapped out my Bricasti M5 + whatever fiber converter I had at the time and I thought the sound quality of its US... | |
| Questions about Ethernet Cabling I can confirm that running a fiber cable from ones internet router (as in my case via a Ubiquity ethernet switch with a fiber uplink) to your audio room, already makes a substantial improvement over the 15 feet cat6 standard cable that I had e... | |
| Questions about Ethernet Cabling Have you considered adding fiber to your setup? I replaced my ethernet run with fiber and was very happy with the results. I terminated the fiber at my equipment rack with an EtherREGEN before feeding a short but high quality ethernet cable in... | |
| Bricasti M3 or Lumin T2 @oddiofyl, if you like the RME sound I think you will like the M3 sound. I've owned the RME ADI-2 DAC FS and Bricasti M3 and thought the RME was cut along the same lines sonically speaking. It reminded me very much of the M3; I found the M3 to... | |
| LSA Voyager GAN 350 versus Merrill Audio Element Amps or AGD Grand Vivace and Vivace Amps AGD just announced a $5499 stereo amp; I would love to demo this one vs my XA30.8https://positive-feedback.com/industry-news/agd-introduces-the-new-agd-tempo-gan-mosfet-reference-st... | |
| Experience with Moon by Simaudio amps & preamps Moon harsh? First time I have ever heard those two words in the same sentence when discussing Simaudio.Yea, my experiences with owning Simaudio also wouldn't have me consider it harsh or bright.I personally would use the term very detailed and p... | |
| Which Harbeths? - if you feel more treble energy with the Totem, it is very likely that the cause is that they emphasize energy on the treble (often in order to grab the listener’s attention). Conversely, Harbeth not not emphasize treble, and it is a relief whe... | |
| Splendor D9’s.2 vs B&W 803 D2 which I own Personally, I think that is one the strengths of the D7/D9 in that they don't require beastly amplifiers to really boogie or sound-good. Since they are decently resolving ( some even say harsh, hot, etc... :) ) matching them properly is good a... | |
| Pass XA 25 versus Parasound A21+ - anyone compare? The best experience I had with Pass was still too lean. At least with the dot 8 series I've owned (X250.8 and now XA30.8), my experiences with Pass are the opposite to this finding. I actually would have guessed folks who don't like the Pass ... | |
| DAC Upgrade Advice, budget $5k the Mojo mentioned by @hilde45 above is an absolute stellar DAC and looks to be quite a bargain at that reduced price. +1 on trying the $3500 Factory reconditioned Mystique v3 DAC. I purchased the balanced version of it last year after purch... | |
| High Quality dac with network streamer saves $1,000s @rsf507 I purchased a very basic switch: Amazon.com: TP-Link 8 Port Gigabit PoE Switch | 8 PoE+ Ports @63W, w/ 1 Uplink Gigabit Port + 1 SFP Slot | Desktop/Wall-Mount | Plug & Play | Limited Lifetime Protection | Traffic Optimization (TL-SG... | |
| High Quality dac with network streamer saves $1,000s By using a switch that cleans and isolates your Ethernet line is a repeatable experiment , there are very pricy ones out there up to $3k ,for under $650You can also buy a sub $100 switch with a fiber port and run fiber up to your streamer before ... | |
| Bricasti M3/M1SE One thing to note if your interested in the streamer is to order it with a new M3. I purchased an M3 but without the streamer and then found out it is $1500 to add after the fact.I liked the M3 sound but didn't love it so ended up buying a used ... | |
| What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”? Mojo Audio Mystique V3 Balanced NOS R2R.My favorite (by a decently wide margin) over all my previous DACs (Bryston BDA2, Berkeley Alpha v2, SimAudio 380DSD, Bricasti M3, Topping D90 MQA, RME ADI 2FS). |