vthokie83
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| Best Dedicated Streamer Tracyiver, Your streamer budget is WAY out of my price range, so I can’t give you a recommendation there. But I agree with Soix on adding a Denafrips DDC like a Hermes at $1,250 or the top of the line Gaia at $1,800. Adding the entry level Iris ... | |
| Streamer Upgrade Willg, Since you have the Yggi on the way, I'd definitely give it a shot with the Node. I have mine wired directly from my switch with a Supra Cat 8+ ethernet cable, and go from the Node to the Yggi with a nice USB cable (again I use Supra Excali... | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? Nyev, Soix, CurtDR, and all of you are correct. Of course there are ALWAYS differing opinions when discussing power cords, or interconnects, or HDMI/Ethernet/USB/I2S cables, or balanced vs unbalanced, or clean power, or separates vs integrated, or... | |
| can i get a significant dac upgrade over my Lumin d2 for 2k? Great for you, please do report back when you have it up and running | |
| can i get a significant dac upgrade over my Lumin d2 for 2k? Soix, As of right now using a 1 meter Audioquest Vodka 48 HDMI (8K) for testing, and since I'm comparing the system with/without Iris.....don't yet want to muck up the works with different cables. I do have a Supra 2.1 UHD (8K), that I think s... | |
| What do the arrows mean on my cable? Jea48, thank you for the explanation and link, always better understand the technology behind what sounds good to us. If anyone is bored and wants to read further on some of the technology, I've placed links below. It has to be no coincidence that... | |
| Best budget USB lollipopguild, The fact that a $140 Supra Excalibur can compete with a $600 Curious Evolved and an $800 Audioquest, tells me what I need to know.....and what I've heard, Supra makes great cables. After I've completed my system install, I'll start... | |
| What do the arrows mean on my cable? If you don't believe any of this and think it's snake oil, then by all means continue that thought. Most of my analog RCAs, digital RCAs, and XLR cables are from Morrow Audio, which uses individually insulated copper strands inside of it's cables... | |
| Best budget USB Have both the Supra 2.0 and Supra Excalibur USB cables, both are excellent but the Excalibur is worth the extra money $140 for a 1 meter Excalibur on eBay (only buy from Zendada as they are the official importer in the US)....a steal of a cable | |
| can i get a significant dac upgrade over my Lumin d2 for 2k? +1 for the Denafrips Pontus II DAC, though I have not heard the Gustard. I'm also a little over a week into testing a Denafrips Iris DDC feeding the Pontus, and yes does it make a very noticeable difference.......from a Node 130. Cost of the Pontu... | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? Wow, never considered cable length to factor in; dumb luck that most of my power cables are 2 meters long. More noticeable than comparing different cables, was getting dedicated power to the equipment. This was an immediate and noticeable change. ... | |
| Suggest your most desired MSRP $1,500-$3,000 Stand Mount for a Shootout. +++ Buchardt Audio S400 MkII speakers, $2,000 to $2,250 (at current Euro exchange rates) depending on veneers, plus free shipping world wide | |
| Opinions before purchasing Sorry, left out the pricing for the Polk speakers....pricing is per pair: Polk Audio Reserve line (R200 $600, R500 $1,000, R600 $1,300, and R700 $1,700) | |
| Opinions before purchasing RedonKawa, For the money, I would look at the following.....and you should be able to test drive all of them without much trouble. Pricing is per pair. (1) Polk Audio Reserve line (R200, R500, R600, and R700) (2) Triangle Borea line (BR02 $600,... | |
| Need help. I need recomendations for amp, or amp/preamp JlJon, Do you have a DAC already? |