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There was an (unproven) suspicion that bnc 1 and 2 might be inferior to 3 and 4 because they are closer to the analogue outputs but i cant say i have ever noticed any difference.
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Surely this is a windup
Amberlamps
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It’s from Nintronics, that explains it.
Are you trying their distributor as well? I have been impressed with their products and you can usually negotiate decent discounts.Ansuz Acoustics make some isolation equipment but their prices tend to verge on absurd when it comes to this. Even with a 25% off I’m not tempted. I’m about to test out some of their power cords soon. Hopefully my wallet won’t take a beating afterwards
Darkz are horribly expensive but they do work well.
I recently tried their previous generation mainz 8 diamond and wasn’t really impressed compared to my current Mainz 8 xtc, which they sold me last summer for $600 as a demo. I may give their more expensive variants a try and see if they make a perceptible difference.
Let us know what you think if you try them.
I've only tried the Mainz 8 A2 and C2 distributors and I did find they made a noticeable difference.
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Is there any consensus on what reasonably priced RCA interconnects to use for the DAVE with external amp for Susvara?
A quick update from my side after a couple of days with the new setup. Dave+Mscaler are exactly what I hoped for and more.
I spent the first few days using my Utopias- which, as I expected, turned out to be a fantastic pairing.
The real star of the show, however, has been my IEMs- Obravo’s Ra 21 C-Cu. I was taken aback by the soundstage and authority of the sound reproduced by the Obravos. I have tried them with the Mojo, my former Hugo 2 and Focal Arche prior to Dave. They just keep performing better and better depending on what is powering them. Give them a listen if you can get a home demo- Phil made me aware that he now has a demo unit!
@PhilW
I spent the first few days using my Utopias- which, as I expected, turned out to be a fantastic pairing.
The real star of the show, however, has been my IEMs- Obravo’s Ra 21 C-Cu. I was taken aback by the soundstage and authority of the sound reproduced by the Obravos. I have tried them with the Mojo, my former Hugo 2 and Focal Arche prior to Dave. They just keep performing better and better depending on what is powering them. Give them a listen if you can get a home demo- Phil made me aware that he now has a demo unit!
@PhilW
Here’s a great review of three very good DAC’s. I won’t disclose which one he moved to his reference system, but since I’m posting here it’s worth a look/listen to see why:
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I saw this a few hours ago. Many, like Darko, feel the opposite way, so I thought he'd put it down more to preference. His clear statement of superiority surprised me
Agreed, sound preferences play a huge roll in ones component selections, but he clearly had made a statement at the end.
Unsurprising he picked the DAVE as his reference DAC— it still has no equal.
ZappaMan
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He probably hasn’t heard the tt2 yet.
Darko is a little strange to say the least. After his reviews of the Dave and later Bartok with the Empyrean, I don’t really trust his reviews and videos. He seemed to have thoroughly enjoyed the Dave paired with LCD4, which isn’t at all surprising, and then a few weeks later essentially raved about the Bartok powering a pair of Empyrean, which sounds objectively worse than Sony’s TAZH1E, which I had a few months ago. One would have to really try hard to find a worse sounding dac/amp/streamer with that kind of budget.
