dukebdevil
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| Favorite mid-tier streamer +1 Eversolo. their bottom model even has balanced pre-out (I know you said don't need a DAC, but take it in context- how many devices consider balance below $3000). I had always been a "why shouldn't a dedicated windows laptop with PS Audio USB d... | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? IMO 15" HSU sub is for home theater. Your Revel have two 8" per enclousre(consider large for most tower designs today) mid/woofers. Two easy experiments. Listen to some music on just the HSU. next, defeat the EQ and let the Revel run full range w... | |
| Warm, yet detailed tube preamp You didn't mention budget but you could upgrade to a Rogue RP5 v2 for less than half the $$ of these other options. I spoke to Rogue regarding an upgrade path from my integrated Cronus Magnus III. They said that the RP1 would be an upgrade. I ... | |
| question about Balanced signals. @atmasphere sorry was trying to sum it up without going into details (because that is where we tend to make our technical mistakes). In this last post, I should not have said "cable" . As you clearly are aware, it is the whole design that contr... | |
| question about Balanced signals. @atmasphere Thank you for the xlr cable suggestion. I too like to save money and even if on short runs, an unbalanced cable is able to sound "clean", that cable is likely to be much more expensive to get similar performance to the balanced path. ... | |
| question about Balanced signals. @rauliruegas thank you for locating that info. agreed, everything I have read about Balanced says you gain about 6dB of gain over unbalanced, not lose. this helps explain why we were confused when trying the PSA Dac Jr as a preamp. it was too w... | |
| longshot but any comparisons of Rogue RP-5 v2 and Audio-GD Vacuum HE1-XLR @roxy54 you mean you've spotted a typo in the repost? the original title has "Audio-GR" and figured some wise guy would be "what's that?" you wouldn't be that guy ;) | |
| Component contributions to “sound stage” @williewonka just read a Morrow Audio blog. cotton is king. For interconnect cables and speaker cables, cotton has proven to be an exceptional insulation with a D.C. around 1.3 | |
| Component contributions to “sound stage” for me, this was an obvious answer. bought a used CJ PV-12 and wow! soundstage and not just LR but depth (if only we'd had MQA, I could add height -joking). EVERYTHING else same- speakers, placement, room acoustics, DAC, amp, cables, home wirin... | |
| Tube preamp with Adcom amp I started my mid-fi journey with NAD, then Adcom. my hi-fi started when I added a CJ PV12-L for a preamp with the Adcom 5400. I have never heard depth in soundstage like that first listen. Always targeted the L-R soundstage but the CJ was 3D. I... | |
| Musical subwoofer under $2000 I have ML ESL-X for 2channel and wanted something "quick" to blend with electrostats. SVS was an excellent option. as others mentioned, DSP app lets you dial it in. My experience with SVS: beyond good! - ordered an SP2000-pro AND a micro (dua... | |
| ARC amplifier with Conrad Johnson Preamp I had the CJ-PV12L and regret not trying replacement tubes. It had two issues that didn’t get resolved in the shop. audible noise at low volume also channel imbalance. it has a balance control, and the noise didn’t increase with the gain, so could... | |
| how does the app affect Sound Quality once streamer connects to the provider endpoint? @ghdprentice thank your responding. you have adderssed the bits I already understand. OP (me) is questioning why many posters say aurender's or lumin's or or auralic's roon app sounds better. the SQ question- which should be moot when using ... | |
| Looking for an all-in-one just-add-speakers streamer for my son to take to college OP didn't mention budget, but I am very pleased with Arylic for my "not the main system" $153 on sale https://www.arylic.com/products/arylic-a50-wifi-bluetooth-multiroom-full-digital-hifi-amplifier-with-airplay-dlna-multiroom-control i have thei... | |
| New blog post: Living with Focal Speakers my Focal experience is in the car, and those titanium inverted dome tweeters in the front pillars sing and ring! About as good a reproduction as one can get of the live sound of a drummer riding a cymbal, might well be fatiguing in the home, but ... |