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huh, you put room treatment ahead of source? Are you high? I don't want to down play the importance of RT, but if you have a bad source no amount of foam padding is going to change that. Not to mention us hen pecked gentlemen (yourself included) do not get the luxury of room treatment so we're pretty screwed to begin with, your order makes it even worse!The again I suppose a lot of that has to do with how bad your room is. If it's really echoey then it could potentially be the number one most important.
My next system change is upon me. I purchased a Mac Mini and will soon receive an Ayre QB-9 USB DAC. My concern as it relates to this thread is the "digital sound". I am very happy with the way my system currently sounds. I hope the addition of a solid state DAC doesn't increase the edge I was familiar with, in my system, prior to adding my current tube preamp. I am looking forward to the ease of storage and user interface, but I will have to see how the change sounds in my system. I have auditioned the DAC 3 times through 3 different pair of speakers and I love the way it sounds. Your thoughts please.Kirk
Sorry George, you did miss "will soon receive an Ayre QB-9 USB DAC" SS DAC. "I hope the addition of a solid state DAC doesn't increase the edge" or increase the brightness of the SS DAC.Currently I enjoy my entire setup, my Arcam is less bright that other CD players I have heard and the Arcam fits well along with my other equipment.I hope that helps.Kirk
Speakers, treatments, preamp, front end, amp, cabling...
Quote from: K Shep on 2 Sep 2009, 12:27 amSorry George, you did miss "will soon receive an Ayre QB-9 USB DAC" SS DAC. "I hope the addition of a solid state DAC doesn't increase the edge" or increase the brightness of the SS DAC.Currently I enjoy my entire setup, my Arcam is less bright that other CD players I have heard and the Arcam fits well along with my other equipment.I hope that helps.KirkFWIW, a friend who tried the Ayre thought it sounded more like a tubed DAC than a solid state DAC.George