drewan77
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| Is DEQX a game changer? Strange, it’s possible that there is a fault with the Full Digital Output on the PreMate (I use it on my HDP-5, linking to a slave HDP-3 & have never had any issue).On the Dave using the setup function, have you selected PCM rather than DSD (P... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? @steveo888 - your post implies that you have two sets of digital inputs connected to the Dave:1. BNC from PreMate to Dave2. USB from server to DavePlease check if the Dave input is defaulting to USB rather than BNC. This could be the reason why th... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Good point Al, I think you must be correct (I was imagining a variable output digital signal might overload the inputs on an external DAC). I use the digital pass-through from my HDP-5 to HDP-3 & of course it does control volume although all c... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? I have emailed Alan Langford & Kim Ryrie at DEQX that the image on p24 is misleading & it would be better to say ’Integrated amplifiers’.The illustration suggests a DAC that will have a variable volume output (?) to a power amp maybe takin... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? fluffers - Your post suggests that your DAC had been able to feed your amplifiers directly prior to adding the PreMate. Is that so?The PreMate is normally sequenced as a preamp in the chain immediately prior to power amps - or by ’amps’ do you mea... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? 1. Connect directly to the PreMATE DAC as these are high quality & transparent.2. If you get an M23 from another source, you will need to have the files converted - probably by Alan Langford at DEQX & my experience is that he may take quit... | |
| Best MM? I've been an IQ3 user for several years - really fabulous MM cartridge. Tracks impeccably, full range balanced frequency range, dynamic & lively but also smooth and non-fatiguing. Deep soundstage with pin-sharp imaging. I got this as a 'damage... | |
| Cover songs that are better than the originals. To me, most aren’t but these are...Beach Boys: California Dreamin’CCR: I Heard It Through The GrapevineSpoiler: Electrifying (Grease, ’You’re The One That I want’)Spoilers’ heavy metal version of this is a hoot & I once caused my best friend’s... | |
| I can not live without "Room Correction" Digitally corrected, fully time/phase coherent speakers in a room with acoustic treatment require minimal digital room correction.My system uses two DEQX processors in a room with superchunk bass absorbers, speaker first reflection treatment (wall... | |
| How do you store and catalog your vinyl? I have ~2500 LPs & for simplicity & versatility, file similarly to many distribution warehouses:Using Ikea shelving, I have 4 rows x 6 columns, ie 24 cubes filling part of the music room wall. These are labelled A-D on the rows & 1-6 o... | |
| Will fine tune adjustments with protractor help with "brightness?" IMO it's easy to obsess about tiny differences from the various alignment setups....I use an SL1200G & have a Roksan Black & a Goldring 1024, both using the 1024 Gyger S stylus & mounted on identical headshells - the Roksan using Baerw... | |
| Technics 1200 Critic Fremer Praises the newer 1200G I’ve had an SL1200G since January and continue to be amazed at the way it plays music. I don’t like the DJ brutal looks & only bought it to use various spare carts that have been building up over the past 40+ years. I’d sold a bunch of hifi ge... | |
| Changes that made a difference (in order of effect). I spent a lifetime changing equipment but was never satisfied until speaker & room correction in 2012. Only changes now are source components.Long thread here:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/is-deqx-a-game-changer?highlight=deqx | |
| AAA vs DDD... I've been a 'vinyl head' all my life but many (most?) new LPs are ProTools digitally mastered anyway & often sound fabulous compared to some older 60s-70s albums which can be thin or dull sounding. I prefer to focus on how the music SOUNDS rat... | |
| Open Baffle. Why are they mostly limited to DIY? seanheis1: Many OBs need space to breathe and should ideally be kept well clear of front and side walls.One other comment about bass & the reason I use subwoofer reinforcement below 50hz: Much live music is amplified through horn or box speake... |