roncagg
Responses from roncagg
| Metrum Onyx versus Metrum Pavane I can’t comment on the Pavane but I feed my Onyx from the baby Ambre via spdif and it sounds better than when I had the USB connection from SoTM sms-200 (which was itself improved when I went through a schiit eitr to convert to spdif prior to gett... | |
| First DAC: Metrum-MHDT-Rega-or? I love and have had Metrum DACs for years, but I would also love to try the border patrol DAC which comes up used in your price range sometimes. I recommend the coax SPDIF connection at that price point because adding all the USB reclockers and th... | |
| Which area of components to spend the most $ on? Boy I was wrong all my life! +1 - or a nice double IPA, I’ve written as much over at audioshark.org, the best tweak you can make! | |
| Which area of components to spend the most $ on? Boy I was wrong all my life! This is a great thread, thanks OP! It seems like every time I upgrade a component I perceive a meaningful difference (good or bad!). In a haphazard way (which is fun, it’s a hobby after all!) I get a better overall system, through trial and error ... | |
| Still Audio EL84 Integrated Amplifier - my initial impressions Scott, happy new year and congrats on your wonderful new amp! Thanks for introducing us to it, I wasn't aware of it but I like the review and the design approach. Very keen to hear how it sounds after you break it in (I'd love to hear it on my Dev... | |
| Joseph Audio RM-33LE vs DeVore Gibbon 8, my experience. What about trying the super 8 or the nines? I now have the nines after moving from gibbon 8 to super 8 then to nines, it will solve your bass issue! I listen to jazz, through a firstwatt F7 amp and it’s wonderful... | |
| F7 ?speakers I am driving Devore the nines with my F7, you might want to try his O/93 which I bet will be great too. I never even get into the gain of my wyred4sound stp-se (stage 2) with decent volumes. | |
| Metrum Dac owners I have hooked up the UpTone regen between the SOtM and the Onyx and it improves the renderer’s sq, especially in the bass. I use a curious USB cable, AudioQuest’s Columbia XLR interconnects to my preamp, and a shunyata black mamba power cord into ... | |
| Gotta love Nelson Pass BIG fan of Nelson here, starting with DIY B1 buffer, as great as people have written about above. Had F4, aleph 30 and now F7, best of the bunch for me so far (xa25 is on my wish list for the future). Had many other amps too but his class A design... | |
| Metrum Dac owners New Metrum Acoustics forum: https://www.metrumacoustics.com/community and they have announced their Ambre Roon endpoint too. | |
| Metrum Dac owners I have an UpTone regen that I used when my laptop was the source (now it is the SoTM), which I will hook up once the onyx is broken in to see what the effect is... | |
| First Watt vs McIntosh vs Ampzilla I recommend an F7, those 20w go a long way, and it will be more resolving/less rounded sounding than the M2 (which I have been told is more like the aleph 30 I had than the F7). I run it into DeVore speakers, not as efficient as your Zus and I nev... | |
| Metrum Dac owners I recently purchased the Onyx from hifi heaven, still in the break-in period but I already hear all the qualities nitewulf describes above. It sounds weighty and substantial while at the same time extremely resolving, and the soundstage is deep a... | |
| Speaker Suggestions for 300b SET Amp Re: First Watt F7, mine sounds wonderful with DeVore The Nines speakers, have yet to swap in the 2w decware superzen to compare because the F7 is so satisfying! | |
| Who listens primarily to Redbook CD? I listen mostly to jazz and have over 1500 CDs and have until recently only listened to them through my Red Wine battery powered CD transport (into a Metrum NOS DAC). Ripping and serving from HD or SSD makes sense to me, from a downsizing perspect... |