Hey folks - I'm looking to add a tube amp to my rack - so, an open question for all dCS owners - if you plugged up to an external valve amp what did you use? XLR or RCA? which cables? which amp? I'm mainly using focal and Meze cans (Utopia, Empyrean, Elites) and fancy some tube action as an...

I saw some earlier threads on the Phoenix and members mentioned the Danacables USB and the Final Touch Audio FTA Callisto USB as being good options for in and out of the Phoenix. That was not long after the launch, so ...has anyone here found any other "recommendable" USB cabling for the...

So, Steve at Ultimate Stream very kindly lent me a Grimm MU1 to demo over the New Year....I've been looking for a server, and to upgrade my bridge for a while, so this seemed a good opportunity to look at the heavy-caliber end of the offerings on the market....This is not a review, just my...

I tend to keep my kit on my desk - that's where I use it, and that's how I get the best out of it. But...the coffee problem. It's bad enough when you knock the mug over and the contents wash over your keyboard and mousemat, but when it heads for the DAC & Amp, it's even less funny.... So, after...

I was always impressed that Roon could dig up links, influences and recommendations, based on your listening prefs. tonight, I broke Roon, listening to "Zoot Allures" by Frank Zappa. turns out the only thing int he world like Frank Zappa is Frank Zappa. Groovy.

So, I've seen a lot about various ethernet switches that offer benefit in an audio network. Not sceptical, but interested in the reasons why this may ben beneficial. Has anyone observed any significant benefit from using a purpose built switch (i.e. SotM/EE) compared to using cisco consumer...

I have spent quite a bit of time trawling through the forums, but I'm after a specific steer here and would be grateful for your ideas.... It needs to be capable of operating as a Roon Core It doesn't need to do any upsampling/DSP at the core It's going to serve a couple of different...