sls883
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| First impressions: Silversmith Fidelium interconnects Interesting. I use Fidelium speaker cables and I'm very happy with them. Not sure I'm up to spending $2k on interconnects. I've spent too much already. | |
| Start with Upgrade to DAC? @mike4597 I have an Innuous Zen MK3 and I'm very happy with it. I didn't buy it for the cd ripper, but I actually use it a fair bit. Pop a cd in and it rips a copy to my library in under 5 minutes. Real easy. I use the Sense app by Innuous wit... | |
| Next upgrade options I touched on this earlier, but I have a pair of the same subwoofers. My son has an excellent ear for music and his hearing is better than mine. He talked me into increasing the gain on the subs tonight and it definitely helped add some fullness to... | |
| Gustard U18 with Gustard R26 dac? @soix I do think there was a slight improvement with the DH Labs cable, but I was swapping out interconnects at the same time and haven't done any seriously listening with the two different HDMI cables. I need to do that some time. This is unr... | |
| Next upgrade options Just guessing here, but the first thing I would try is new speakers. I've read a number of comments about some B&W being bright. You could maybe raise the crossover frequency on your subs, but that won't fix the brightness. I'm running Von ... | |
| DAC upgrade from RME You mentioned that you aren't too interested in Chinese r2r dacs. Sounds News gave a rave review of the new Gustard X30 dac. It's Chinese, but not r2r. Price is $2999. You might check it out. I'm very happy with my Gustard dac, but it's an r... | |
| Deals Gone Bad I've been fortunate. Haven't had any audio purchases go bad. I bought a used conrad-johnson Premier 17LS2 on ebay. It developed an issue in one channel. I worked with the seller trying different tubes etc and it didn't go away. They let me re... | |
| Looking to downsize and for suggestions for amp(s) I like my Coda Continuum No 8 V1. It's not huge and fits in my cabinet. Only 62 pounds. Plenty of power. They have different configurations for this amp. The V1 that I have runs in Class A up to 18 watts. | |
| Audirvana streaming Did some Googling. I think my issue is Qobuz related. It either didn't recognize my subscription, or it was an album that was only available for sampling 30 seconds of each song. | |
| Start with Upgrade to DAC? @slorider45 I haven't heard the Denefrips, but I know they get good reviews. You might also research the Gustard R26 r2r dac. It's what I have and I'm very happy with it. It's one of the least expensive pieces in my system, but I don't f... | |
| Can hi-end cables benefit less expensive electronics? I've used inexpensive DH Labs cables in my office system (Cambridge integrated amp and NAD cd player). Never tried anything better, but I doubt it would make much difference. Speakers are decent Wharfedale and a NHT subwoofer. What I wonder abo... | |
| Audirvana streaming I'm using the Sense app from Innuos. A couple of days ago, I was streaming an album on Qobuz and it was playing like the first 30 seconds of every song. No idea why. I closed the Sense app and restarted it. The problem went away. | |
| SACD/CD Drive Mechanism Replacement I have a relatively inexpensive Denon DCD-1700NE sacd player. For around $1500, I think it's a really nice sounding player. I only have a few sacd, but a ton of cds that I've collected over the years. I had been playing cds almost exclusively, ... | |
| Weiss 204 Dac or LTA Audio Aero Dac as an upgrade from Chord Qutest Dac @kairosman I appreciate your comment. I have a Gustard R26 and a U18. I'm using it with a Innuos Zen Mk3 streamer. I've thought about trying a new dac, but I'm pretty happy with the Gustard. With the proper cabling it sounds really good. | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? Would you be buying the used speakers from a dealer? If yes, do they offer any kind of guarantee or have a return policy? If they are newer speakers, replacement drivers are probably available, but I'd check. I'd be concerned about buying an old... |