Checking in again, this thread seems to have died down. Anyway thought I would mention about the two speaker cables I had described earlier. I have a new amplifier (Hypex NilaiDIY500 stereo amp), and with that amp I am using the Blue Jeans Cable 10 Ga Belden with locking bananas. With the...

It's been a few weeks since I last visited this thread, glad to see the discussion continuing. That's some high praise from Bowmoreman for a $700 (in today's worthless dollars) preamp!

I used to work with avionics boxes that go into airplanes. We had to be certified for handling static sensitive electronics. One thing I remember from the training was you can cause damage to sensitive devices by merely walking past them, 3 feet away and not touching them at all. The damage...

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The BJC is twisted pair, which should have a little more capacitance per foot than parallel pair, but I doubt if either one has enough to affect the frequency response in the audio band. After all, both cables are made for audio. At my age (67) I don't think I hear much above 10kHz anyway. By...

In my earlier review of the Kara preamp, I had mentioned hearing added 'weight' or 'heft' to the sound compared to my older Linn Kairn preamp (others have reported this additional weight also). I recently tried some different speaker cables (Blue Jeans 10 Gauge with locking bananas), and with...

OK, I had a listening session this morning so here is my impression after about a week of ownership. The mild cold I had has mostly gone away now so I think my hearing is back to normal (it didn't seem to be affected much anyway). For the first day or two, I thought the Kara might have sounded...

Speaking of midrange, I listened to two tracks this morning of female singers where the voice kind of stood out with a bit more prominent midrange 'body' compared to my previous Linn Kairn. The Kairn has excellent transparency and coherence but with the Kara the voice was projected forward a...

Received my Kara today. I have a mild cold so critical listening will have to wait another week or so. What I am hearing now sounds good. It is replacing a Linn Kairn preamp which I will continue to use as a phono preamp. Nothing wrong with the 30+ year old Kairn, but I didn't want to wait...

I think it would be hard to say whether you would hear an improvement with the Modi 3 vs using the AKM4452 DAC in the k3. It would also depend on the analog stage after each of the DACs. The distortion spec for the k3 indicates about four times the distortion of the Modi 3, but we are talking...

I find I can be 'drawn in' to the music one day and not the next. Also if I start to get sleepy (I often listen in the evening) the music doesn't sound as good. That's a sign to stop and go to bed!

http://support.bryston.com/downloads/ I'm about to buy a used BDA-2 and have been reading this thread. I found the USB drivers are at the above link in the "USB Drivers" folder.

I haven't heard any of the Dragonfly DACs so I can't compare to the Modi 3, but I would say the Modi 3 bass sounds fine to me. It is really well balanced across the whole spectrum. That's not to say the Dragonfly might have more 'oomph', but there is certainly nothing wrong with the Modi 3 low...

I'd attend a Houston meetup, I'm also thinking about going to the one in Austin but haven't decided yet.

I switched from Spotify (premium) to Qobuz (16/44.1) and Qobuz sound quality is a lot better. Not that Spotify is bad, it sounds fine until you hear Qobuz.