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| Who out there wants to, or has, validated an amazing cable find? @classic8 Would you consider Audiomeca and Xangsane reliable vendors? Yes, that has been my experience. kn | |
| Bluesound Node (2021) PS upgrade to Teddy Pardo; is it worth it? I just ordered a Teddy Pardo Dual 5V lps for my Node (2021) and my Chord Qutest DAC. I will report back on the results. | |
| Linear Power supplies for DACs...? If not, buy a new DAC yours must be pretty old and junk since even cheap ones now have pretty good filters. In others words it’s placebo. Good modern DACs work really well with whatever power supply they came with. @djones51 Thanks for letting ... | |
| LPS Options Teddy Pardo’s whole value proposition is that they use a different design that shuns large transformers and capacitors that are, according to Pardo sales materials, noisy and require recapping in ten years. As if anyone on Agon keeps any piece of... | |
| Premium Power Cable Survey: The Results Are IN @waytoomuchstuff plus one for that idea. Share the link if you set up the GoFundMe page. kn | |
| Cable Between Node 2i and Chord Qutest? This is an old thread, but for future readers who might stumble onto it, I have evaluated the DHLabs coax against some other wires with a later generation Node and found a huge difference in sound performance. @ianrmack, I ended up buying a used ... | |
| External Linear Power Supplies @jerrybj how is your Teddy Pardo power supply working for your Pro-Ject? | |
| Does a turntable mat make any difference? I have 5 different mats and they all sound different. Even the two mats that are made of felt sound different from each other. The mats are also all different thicknesses, so there is that. Even though I have the capability to adjust VTA on my ... | |
| Who out there wants to, or has, validated an amazing cable find? Lots of views here. I am a firmly midfi guy so take everything I say from that perspective. I use an assortment of wires from Audioquest, Shunyata, DH Labs (good value) The Chord Company, Nanotec (outstanding value), Furutech and some from China... | |
| iFi iPower X - hifi bargain? @alexberger here’s another experience with the iPower X. I have replaced my Chord QuteHD with a Chord Qutest which requires a 5V power supply. I didn’t have any 5V lps on hand but do have a 5V iFi iPower and a 5V iPower X. Both of the iFi switchin... | |
| Power supply poll for Chord Qutest Thanks for your input folks. @mickeyb, you might be missing something. Converting any switching power supply in your system to linear supply has the general benefit of getting noise out of your mains that even your Furman can’t completely clean ... | |
| Bluesound Node (2021) PS upgrade to Teddy Pardo; is it worth it? @gladmo late to this thread. Don’t know if you are still using a Node as a server/streamer, but I did a comparison of coax cables ranging from $40 to $1,500 between my Node 2021 and a Chord Qute HD DAC with an MCRU lps (supplying the DAC), and un... | |
| Linear Power Supply for a DAC @lowrider57 thanks for your fast reply. Yes, I have considered the cost/benefit of using $350 lps on a $500 streamer. I do like the Blu-OS user experience and the quality of sound. Going up the Blu-OS ecosystem to NAD streaming gets expensive q... | |
| Linear Power Supply for a DAC @lowrider57 are you still using the Swagman SE lps, and if so, on what piece of gear? I just got a Qutest DAC and had Swagman provide a quote. I have two of his pieces, one of them the SE, and I like them a lot. I also had an upgraded MCRU lps ... | |
| Bought the Chord Qutest. Love it. Hate the power supply. I realize this an old thread, but adding a few thoughts. I am a big fan of lps to replace switching supplies in my system. This is for three reasons: 1) get switching supplies off my power distributor completely to reduce noise potentially fed b... |