mbolek
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| Xangsane Cryo OCC vs Sterling Silver XLRs @stillbuyingtoys Good point. I bought a 1.5M 5500 with plans to cut and make two shorter cable pairs. I want one pair for connecting my swarm sub amp (about 20") that will use the Xang stock XLRs. Was going to re-terminate the remaining to te... | |
| Streamer, no DAC please? I'll be looking at the new steamers from Matrix Audio. The TT-1 seems to be close to your budget at $1800. | |
| Xangsane Cryo OCC vs Sterling Silver XLRs @stillbuyingtoys Good to hear. I'm still on the fence on which cable to try next? Xang 9005 or the solid core Audiocrast IC102. I did pick up the Viborg silver XLRs. I've been partial to solid core designs based on all my success with DIY He... | |
| Xangsane Cryo OCC vs Sterling Silver XLRs @stillbuyingtoys Just received the 5500s. Pretty impressive build quality and very nice packaging (similar to Viborg). Out of box sound is good. I’m not a burn in guy and would be happy adding these to my XLR stable. Added a couple pics to my sys... | |
| Xangsane Cryo OCC vs Sterling Silver XLRs @stillbuyingtoys I have not received the 5500. Can’t expect the next day shipments like Amazon... I looked at the pricing again and it has doubled what it was back in Jan (maybe they play the discount game as does Amazon). I figured if I liked th... | |
| Xangsane Cryo OCC vs Sterling Silver XLRs @stillbuyingtoys I've been doing the DIY cable thing for years. The options from Xangsane have peaked my interest. I recently ordered their XLR OCC variant (Xangsane XS-5500 frozen 6N hifi OCC). Looking at the bulk silver 1105 (stranded) and ... | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found @v-fi Not Yet. I don’t expect a huge performance upgrade with the silver. The Magnus is a good cable and probably on par with my DIY helix copper builds. I’ll see if the Argentum can extract more details as I run through some of my Qobuz playlists... | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found @lak Yes. Argentum XLRs (they made me a 1M pair). I asked about using AECO connectors but they prefer using the silver Viborg's. | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found Just hooked their Argentum X between a Laiv DAC and Hifi Rose RA180. I did try the Magnus and felt my DIY OCC and Triple C XLRs were as good or slightly better (IMO). The Triple C has been my reference (WillieWonka Helix design w/ AECO connecto... | |
| sources for DIY speaker cables Serious AWG OFC.... https://www.parts-express.com/Mogami-W3104-1-ft.-Superflexible-High-Definition-4-x-12-AWG-103-1026?quantity=1 Chris has better copper.... https://www.vhaudio.com/wire.html Canada really good... https://partsconnexi... | |
| sources for DIY speaker cables Connectors.... AECO, ETI (go with low mass) Viborg (amazon) tech flex..... | |
| HiFi Rose RS150B vs. Eversolo DMP-A10 Any intel on the new RS151? | |
| EverSolo DMP-A8 with Denafrips Pontus 15th, both have i2S Why would you want a DDC? Use I2S from the A8 straight to Pontus. Less is more! In my case, I'm very happy with direct I2S from my A8 to a Harmony DAC. | |
| Eversolo DMP-A8 Understood. That is an app/SW dependency. You let me know once you connect the I2s out, if any other outputs are active. Let me know otherwise. | |
| Eversolo DMP-A8 @dandion So you have both physical connections from the A8 to your Laiv and amp? I have no output via my analog RCA to my amp (Hifi rose RA180) with the I2S connected. I soon as I remove the I2S connection, the RCA outputs works. Am I missing some... |