nymarty
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| Don’t buy used McCormack DNA 1990s amps Thanks @soix ! How am I supposed to sell my DNA-1 now? I was banking on some poor unsuspecting audiophile to overspend on my 25+ year old amp and that will never happen now. All joking aside though, it's still a really good amp and I'm caught b... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 Following this thread to learn more about some higher priced DACs and this digital amp from Peachtree. | |
| PS Audio M700 with the Vandersteen 2ci I’m auditioning an Orchard Audio Starkrimson Ultra stereo amp right now with Vandersteen 3a Signatures. It’s a great pairing. It’s the first class D amp I’ve ever had in my system and it’s a very good amp. The amp provides some of he best bass ... | |
| Where should I go from here with my digital front end? This is an interesting thread. I’m very curious about what the fiber connect will do to improve your digital signal. I’m generally curious about the whole bits part of the chain and what magnitude of improvements can be made there. For $163 it’s ... | |
| Need 25 foot interconnects @holmz I think we’re all right. Let me explain. I set up the balanced cables out of my preamp (Schiit Freya +) and ran them to the Emotiva XLR to RCA converters to another short RCA interconnect to Belles Aria Monoblocks and, eureka, no hum,no ... | |
| Help fine-tune my speaker search Update on the speaker search…. I bought a very nice pair of used Vandersteen 3A Signatures yesterday. I’ve always liked a Vandy’s when I’ve heard them so I thought the best thing would be to just try a pair in my room. Will use them with the Bel... | |
| Need 25 foot interconnects @holmz I was able to try your original suggestion. I was on Emotiva’s website to buy a 12V trigger and they had XLR to RCA adapters, so I bought 2 of them. I hooked up a pair of 20’ balanced XLR cables to my preamp, added the adapter just befor... | |
| I’m about to push the button to get 2 SVS 3000 micros to add to ATC SCM40s. SVS doesn’t get enough love in the audiophile world. Nice choice of subs. I use two SB1000 Pros and like that they can do both low level or high level connections. I also really like that you can dial them in from the listening seat via the app.... | |
| Need 25 foot interconnects @dougthebiker for the win on solving the hum. Thanks! One of my amps - Schiit Vidar - was in the system after swapping out the monoblocks. When I disconnected everything from the amp except speakers and power, there was still that hum. Couldn’t... | |
| Need 25 foot interconnects Spoke too soon about no hum. It got really quiet in the house tonight and had a good listening session and left the earlier comment where I said "No hum. No noise." When I stopped playing music and stood up, I heard a slight hum. I got closer t... | |
| Need 25 foot interconnects Thanks, all. It sounds like the consensus is to stick with single-ended RCA cables of good quality and with good shielding. I’ve had no issue with the 15’ RCA cables I’m using now and they were fairly inexpensive. No hum, no noise. Open to any s... | |
| Need 25 foot interconnects @holmz thanks for that advice. I also read that Cardas makes an XLR to RCA adapter that I can order with the ground pin floated. Would that do the same thing as the Jensen? Or would I just lose the value of the balanced cable by floating the gro... | |
| Any love for the Belles Aria or other recent Belles amplifier? I was lucky enough to find and buy a pair of Belles Aria monoblocks recently. Listening to them for the 2nd night in a row and really enjoying them. Despite having less power than either my Schiit Vidar or McCormack DNA-1, they seem to dig deeper... | |
| Help fine-tune my speaker search The speaker journey was derailed a bit by some amps — Belles Aria Monoblocks to be exact. I listened to the Aria Integrated at Audio Connection and liked the amp’s overall sound with the different speakers I heard it with. When I found them used... | |
| Belles Aria upgrade over VT01, sa100, sa030? Waiting on delivery of Aria Monoblocks. Really enjoyed hearing the Aria Integrated so took the plunge on used monoblocks to try out in my system. |