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| Tidal or Qobuz Interesting that multiple people report opposite conclusions on which one sounds better. Maybe this is due to personal preferences in sound or, as @nyev mentioned, there could be other variables at play. Maybe differences in hardware, internet ser... | |
| Audio racks that can handle heavy components I haven't heard Atacama from the UK mentioned. I spent a lot of time looking a while back and ended up purchasing the Evoque Design Edition. It has been extremely solid and hasn't flinched with 200lbs on it. I thought it was "reasonably priced" re... | |
| Pass XA25 for my system Happy New Year everyone. I wanted to circle back to this thread since the new amp has been playing for 5 days now and I have some initial thoughts on it. It is exactly what I was looking for and I am really pleased that I went with the Audionet Am... | |
| Advice on Optical Ethernet Conversion Hi @jimboman. Thanks for the kind words. I have an Audionet Amp heading to me to try replacing the Hegel, but it already sounds pretty great as is. I am running Roon on a Sonicorbiter i9 optical server and going through fiber to the OM. I can ups... | |
| Advice on Optical Ethernet Conversion Got it. Your OM is on the upstream side of the fiber whereas mine is on the downstream side and feeds directly into my DAC. That probably explains some of the differences we are observing. Your Lumin probably does a very good job of feeding a clea... | |
| Advice on Optical Ethernet Conversion @jimboman Congrats on the Bricasti M3, that is what I also have and I like it a lot. As I mentioned previously, I run an ethernet cable directly from the OM into the Mdx network card on the M3. Is that how you are also using your OM? For me the OM... | |
| Advice on Optical Ethernet Conversion @sns "I should also add the Mundorf diy DC cables made a far larger difference than I was expecting" I can second this observation. I tried both the Sonore DC4 and a Ghent GAC-4/1 star quad and didn't hear much difference over a cheap stock cable... | |
| Pass XA25 for my system Seems like a lot of good recommendations and feedback here - Coda, Plinius, Pass. I may have to try the Pass at some point just to see why so many people and reviewers think they make great amps for a variety of systems. I also hear they have grea... | |
| Pass XA25 for my system Cbrez, you have a nice system. I remember coming across it at some point and it was one of the reasons I was thinking about the XA25. I have the Ray Reserve tubes and Gold Lion 12AT7s. I thought they were a nice improvement over the stock tubes, ... | |
| Pass XA25 for my system Lot's of thoughtful comments here so thanks to all who chimed in. After reading the comments, I do think the XA25 might be a little too warm for my tastes - even though it may be less warm than some other Pass offerings. My room is not very larg... | |
| Pass XA25 for my system Thanks for the input. To clarify, the Bricasti is still running balanced to my LTA preamp with Lundahl transformer conversion in the preamp and then SE output to the Hegel. I agree it is best to keep the Bricasti running balanced. My impression f... |