painter24
Responses from painter24
| Poll: Most impactful component My room. Whilst I'm grateful ful I have a dedicated room, I know it is too small for what I want to achieve, so I have to live with compromise despite room treatments | |
| The weirdness of it all @bugredmachine What did you make of the NRG Custom Cables - the "5"? These are not widely spoken of, but they were a welcome addition to my modest system, plus they are reasonably priced, and Nawaz is a joy to do business with I have this fee... | |
| What sonic qualities connects to you deeply and emotionally? Sometimes lyrics; the line from Wichita Lineman for example: "And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time" This never fails to bring a tear; if lyrics were boxers, this lyric drops me to the canvas every time. The melody of th... | |
| Cen. Grand DSDAC 1.0 (vs Pontus II) @audiofilo123 me too. I took a punt on the relatively unknown Cen. Grande, but would look forward to reviews/comparisons as the brand gains a foothold in Western markets. I've never heard the Pontus in the flesh, so not much use I'm afraid 🤔🥴 | |
| Cen. Grand DSDAC 1.0 (vs Pontus II) @cd318 I used own the Ares 2, but that's not really a fair comparison with the Cen. Grande. For what it's worth, the distributor I deal with is also a distributor for Denefrips as well as Cen. Grande. He feels that the Denefrips doesn't compete ... | |
| Quantum Science Audio Thread I’ve had the QSA Jitter Plug Yellow (UK version) running in my system for around 4 weeks now, and like what it does; adds a touch of warmth to my ears at any rate, which is welcomed, plus the expected noise floor decrease, instrument separation, a... | |
| Jazz like this? Suggestions @moto_man after a strenuous working week in the UK's National Health Service, Mr Ringblom & Co's is the first album that's lined up while me and Mrs Painter settled down to chill with a few beers and glasses of wine; just the tonic 🙂 | |
| Lyngdorf TDAI-1120 Curious @soix thanks for this, yep it does seem unnecessary to re-digitise the analogue signal out from my DAC (it's a Cen.Grande dsdac 1.0 Standard, it converts PCM to DSD, like one of the PS Audio DACs). I think if I go for the Lyngdorf, I go all in an... | |
| Audio Alchemy Nostalgia Trip @roxy54 I am a sentimental fool to be sure. The Audio Alchemy was/is a trip down memory lane; for me it's something to pop in my system now and again just for the fun of it. I do have 2 other DACs, no NOS DACs unfortunately though that is on my li... | |
| DH Labs I recently bought the DH Labs Mirage USB to replace by AQ Carbon between streamer and DAC. To my taste, an improvement over the AQ: more body with the Mirage. I live in the UK, and after trying to order direct from DH Labs website, it became app... | |
| Jazz like this? Suggestions Hi guys, apologies for not responding sooner; been strung out with work. Thanks for all the suggestions, great response 👍 Some I'm already familiar with: Coltrane, Davies etc, some I'm definitely not familiar with. You've given me loads to pour ... | |
| Jazz like this? Suggestions @dougsat thanks for that. I had the "On Vacation" album already listed a couple of weeks ago, which I really like, I've added "The Good Life" too and will explore Mr Bronner more. I've listed Carl Winther for tomorrow's listening session as well ... | |
| Jazz like this? Suggestions @gosta @ps thanks for the suggestions both. I'll check these out. I did have Roon a while back but preferred the Innuos app sound-wise, but that's a different conversation 🤔🥴, maybe I'll give it another go; my system has evolved since then. | |
| Left RCA out on DAC not working @jea48 that's the thing; the first ICs I used were the Lavri/AECO, it was only some time later I wanted to try copper ICs instead of the silver Lavri, and I discovered the problem. I feel it maybe as you say; the AECO's longer center pin may hav... | |
| Left RCA out on DAC not working @jea48 you're correct of course re: the ground pin on the AECO plugs, and yes the centre pins are longer than normal, which may account for why the AECO plugs work......would this mean the left RCA out plug onbthe DAC is in someway faulty? |