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Ssilkytoad reacted to Reactcore's post in the thread Hugo M Scaler by Chord Electronics - The Official Thread with Like.Yes i understand what can make a Dolby or in any other way edited recording sound worse, but what i mean to archieve is instead of going...
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SI recently listened to the ZMF Verite Closed and Focal Stellia. To my ears the VC clearly bests the Stellia, and is the first...
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Ssilkytoad replied to the thread Riviera AIC-10 headphones & speakers amplifier.Right now I’m using Sablon Gran Corona cable and I am very happy. TBH I haven’t done a lot of testing but curious to know if upgrading...
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Ssilkytoad replied to the thread Riviera AIC-10 headphones & speakers amplifier.Just for documentation sakes I will update with my situation. I contacted Silvio Delfino and he recommended I do the following: I was...
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Ssilkytoad replied to the thread Riviera AIC-10 headphones & speakers amplifier.So I opened up the amp, and found that theres 2 fuses on each side close to the heat dissipation. Not surprisingly, two fuses on one...
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Ssilkytoad replied to the thread Riviera AIC-10 headphones & speakers amplifier.Uh oh, something terrible happened. I tried to run a pair of tabletop speakers through my Riviera and no sound would come out. I...
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Ssilkytoad reacted to onlychild's post in the thread Riviera AIC-10 headphones & speakers amplifier with Like.Did you try a different tube?
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Ssilkytoad replied to the thread Riviera AIC-10 headphones & speakers amplifier.I think I narrowed it down to the tube being the issue. I thought I had tested two brimars but I think I mixed them up and tested the...
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Ssilkytoad replied to the thread Riviera AIC-10 headphones & speakers amplifier.So my setup is: Audioquest Niagara 3000, Auralic Aries G2.1, MScaler, DAVE, Riviera AFC-10 (no volume knob), Abyss 1266 TC. I was using...
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Ssilkytoad replied to the thread Riviera AIC-10 headphones & speakers amplifier.Thank you so much for sharing your experience, I would love to test the pairing of an MDave + Riviera + Klipsch (either Cornwalls or La...
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Ssilkytoad reacted to Ratephi's post in the thread Riviera AIC-10 headphones & speakers amplifier with Like.I'm also driving a pair of bookshelf speakers with my AIC-10 and get excellent results. It's a pair of relatively old Diapason Adamantes...
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Ssilkytoad replied to the thread CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE.Should I be worried about this? I’m planning to upgrade to DAVE with my G2.1 and Sablon 2020 USB cable, will both galvanic isolations...
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Ssilkytoad replied to the thread Hugo TT 2 by Chord Electronics - The Official Thread.I exclusively listen to digital music. Ny setup consists of Digital Streamer -> MScaler -> TT2 -> Riviera Headphone Amp (power amp, no...
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Ssilkytoad replied to the thread Hugo M Scaler by Chord Electronics - The Official Thread.Honestly if you can, I would just use the stock cables that come with the MScaler or go straight to Blue Jeans BNC cables. I wouldn’t...
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Ssilkytoad reacted to simorag's post in the thread Riviera AIC-10 headphones & speakers amplifier with Like.I am using the AIC-10 with a vintage pair of Spendor LS3/5a, in a relatively small room, and with a set-up where I am at the vertex of a...