lowrider57
Responses from lowrider57
| Budget Music Streamer A reclocker will always help. And good idea trying the OPPO. Also, I strongly believe in using a high quality digital coax to the DAC, either from your source or from the reclocker.Also, it's possible an aftermarket fuse may relieve some of the d... | |
| Budget Music Streamer The Kanexpro may very well be part of the problem. Using HDMI is not the best quality for 2 channel audio. As for the Benchmark, it is revealing and does have a forward presentation, but has a very good clock to correct jitter.I'm using a Bluesoun... | |
| Using a lap top cd drive instead of highend cd player The Pioneer would simply connect to the AN RCA input. I'm guessing that your dac has RCA and BNC inputs.What coax cable are you using? The quality and length of the cable significantly influences sound quality. | |
| Using a lap top cd drive instead of highend cd player The outputs of a transport are typically S/PDIF coax, USB, and optical.But since the Audio Note is unique and may not have a USB or optical input (it’s offered as an option) RCA or BNC coax is used.A CDP will have the same digital outputs as a ded... | |
| Using a lap top cd drive instead of highend cd player I agree you're not getting the best jitter correction in your setup. There are several versions of the Audio Note DAC3.1, they are either NOS or 1xoversampling Dacs and do not upsample. To achieve the highest SQ, it's important to have jitter corr... | |
| Try before you buy? Good point by nonoise. What would be your protection? Maybe require a credit card on file? | |
| Try before you buy? Good idea by Elizabeth to inquire at CC ’incognito’. Also read all the threads in the Archives and on Google.The Cable Co. is not cheap, but they run a first class operation. The have a database of components and cables and the synergy between the... | |
| How long should Pre amp (12au7) tubes last in Rogue Preamp? IME, my Rogue preamp was easy on tubes (12au7’s). The tubes in my Perseous Magnum lasted for years. There is a difference in the quality and longevity of tubes based on the dealer you buy from. Only two tubes died and they were not purchased from ... | |
| Recommended sources for tubes The Bluesound Node 2i is a cost effective high quality source. Since you don’t own CDs, why buy an all-in-one budget source like the Marantz? All electronic devices are in one box most likely using a shared power supply.The Vault would not make se... | |
| Are high sample rates making your music sound worse? My long term dealer and I sat in DCS demonstration room and agreed that upsampling to 192, generally but not always, resulted in a better listening experience, and indeed preferable to upsampling to dsd. I have then at home set my DCS upsampler to... | |
| Greatest Rock Drummers Carl Palmer is the only one who could wear Buddy´s boots. Dont think anybody equals Buddy. But a good comparison since Carl used the Buddy Rich method in his drumming. | |
| Imaging question Is the album in question an original analogue recording (1983) or a digital remaster? | |
| How good's your hearing It would be very interesting to know the test results of the older mixing and mastering audio engineers. | |
| How good's your hearing Take the high frequency test I heard 18kHz, in fact at the ENT and audiologist's office I heard 19k. I was told I have the hearing of an 18 year old, btw I'm 60.I have hyperacusis, which means I'm so sensitive to high frequencies that they can cau... | |
| A Better Bluesound AC Cable? Bob, I never tried the internal DAC only because I have a very fine Audio Note plus a High Fidelity S/PDIF cable. Sounds wonderful with the Wireworld PC, but pretty dull and uninvolving with the stock. |