jazzman7
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Thiel CS7: Does a manual even exist? Suggest reaching out to Rob Gillum at Coherent Source Service. Rob was a long time employee of Thiel and continues to provide support for Thiel speakers. rob@coherentsourceservice.com Also suggest posting on the Thiel Owners thread here on Aud... | |
Thiel Owners Just in case anyone is interested, updated my Virtual System in Audiogon to reflect the changes that I have made over the last few years. These include some significant upgrades to my digital signal chain. https://www.audiogon.com/systems/11920 | |
Chord M Scaler with HiFi Rose 130 streamer? moose89, I have to very much agree with @carlsbad2 that at the moment Spotify is your most limiting factor. I think you owe it to yourself to check out a streaming service that streams at CD quality and above. I had a Chord Qutest in my main rig ... | |
Digital Advice In your shoes with your budget I think you would be best off with a stand alone streamer with it's own built in DAC. Something like a Bluesound Node would fit right into your budget. Its user interface is both robust and intuitive, and supports a ... | |
Melco Audio N100 Won't Pair with App Support for Melco in North America is provided by Luxman. I’ve had good support in the past from Jeff Sigmund who is the President of Luxman America as well as from his colleague, Matthew Doyle. https://luxmanamerica.com/ | |
CD player recommendation with good built in dac under 1k new or used? please and thanks Used Bryston BCD-1. Bought one in 2012. Still use it as a digital transport. But the built in DAC is very good in it's own right. | |
Holographic DAC With Air And Decay Might I suggest the Rockna Wavelight for consideration. I've had one in my main rig for a year and a half now and am very happy with it. Replaced a Chord Qutest and was a definite upgrade. TMR has one on hand in silver at the moment. | |
Streamer between Roon Nucleus Plus and DAC @tcutter Yes. Most definitely, do consider getting a better Roon-ready streamer. | |
Streamer between Roon Nucleus Plus and DAC @tcutter I too am a Roonaholic. When I first started with Roon, I had my Roon Nucleus with Sbooster LPS streaming to itself feeding a Chord Qutest via Curious USB cable. It made for an enjoyable combination. A few years later I acquired a Brica... | |
Suggestions on improvement +1 for venturing into streaming. A Bluesound Node and Qobuz subscription is well within your budget and opens the door to a ton of music discovery and enjoyment. | |
Solo streamer @old_ears Your welcome Glad to be of service. On a more serious note. The advantage of I2S via HDMI is that the clock signal and the data are maintained in separate lanes within the same cable, and that I2S speaks more directly to what is na... | |
Solo streamer @old_ears Whatever the digital connection, synchronous or asynchronous, both the source’s clock and the DAC’s clock will both be in play. There will be a handshake between the two of them. It’s just a matter of which clock will be the controllin... | |
HOW TO REPLACE THE CHORD QUTEST POWER SUPPLY WITH THE S BOOSTER MARK II Sorry to contradict, but I believe the Chord Qutest requires a 5 volt power supply. As far as amperage - 2 amps or greater. And I do own a Chord Qutest. Have used IFI Ipower Elite 5v power supply with Qutest. Use Sbooster 19v power supply wit... | |
HOW TO REPLACE THE CHORD QUTEST POWER SUPPLY WITH THE S BOOSTER MARK II More than likely the external power supply you purchase will come with a cable and a set of nibs. It's just a matter of selecting the right nib for the Qutest. There will be no need to cut any wires. You will simply be replacing the stock power s... | |
Hunting for an integrated for thiels cs 2.3. Anthem, Hegel, Bel Canto? If you can find a Coda CSiB integrated amp within budget, perhaps used, that would be a delicious pairing. I currently employ a Coda CSiB v1 (150 watts into 8 ohms, doubling down as you halve the impedance, with first 18 watts in Class A) to driv... |