CRITICALSHOT
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Sometimes we have to lie to ourselves.I used to say that but now my wife laughs at me and I have learned to withhold that statement.
Sometimes we have to lie to ourselves.I used to say that but now my wife laughs at me and I have learned to withhold that statement.
Notice you're using a Niagara with your Dave and M-scaler , would you say it makes a difference? I bought an Isotek Sirius for my Sony TA-ZH1ES ,but i returned it to get a Dave soon and since it sounded amazing out of the wall at the dealer,i'm not sure how much of a difference my Isotek will make.Supposedly Dave should be more or less immune to dirty power and such.I used to say that but now my wife laughs at me and I have learned to withhold that statement.
Yes, quieter background, improvement in tactile quality of bass, better than I expected. I had everything plugged into a cheap surge protector previously.Notice you're using a Niagara with your Dave and M-scaler , would you say it makes a difference? I bought an Isotek Sirius for my Sony TA-ZH1ES ,but i returned it to get a Dave soon and since it sounded amazing out of the wall at the dealer,i'm not sure how much of a difference my Isotek will make.Supposedly Dave should be more or less immune to dirty power and such.
Last thing I would do is throw good money away on mains cables, BNC cables, fuses and USB “cleaners”. I would put all my money towards an M Scaler. Meantime I would investigate going straight from the DAVE to your Naim power amp, which will actually make you money if it works. Just beware that it might be that some naim power amps like the bandwidth restricted signal they get from a naim preamp because they can get upset by higher frequencies. If your Naim poweramp does need a naim preamp to work, I’d think of selling both and getting a power amp which you can feed from your DAVE. Maybe a Chord one!hi all,
soon to be new DAVE owner here after some set-up pointers/tips if possible please (bit overwhelming trying to dig through the 996 page thread to find stuff....)
will be using it in DAC mode fed via a Sarum T RCA-DIN into my naim pre/power amps into Kudos s20a speakers will be fed via USB from a Zenith Mk3 server , plan on getting the Mscaler in not too distant future as liked what it did in terms of uplift to Red book CD flacs and smoothing of hiRes stuff, also heard some positive stuff about the innuos phoenix usb reclocker too (which would demo down the line)
however in terms of pointers interested in some recommended power cables to feed it, whether Fuse upgrade worthwhile (i.e. the Orange), heard some use it in pre-amp mode into a pre-amp also, and BNC cables for Mscaler (i have 1x Sarum T BNC-BNC cable, but is a lot of £ to get another one...) apologies for barrage of queries but really would appreciate any pointers on getting the most out of the DAVE from the off
thanks
Last thing I would do is throw good money away on mains cables, BNC cables, fuses and USB “cleaners”. I would put all my money towards an M Scaler. Meantime I would investigate going straight from the DAVE to your Naim power amp, which will actually make you money if it works. Just beware that it might be that some naim power amps like the bandwidth restricted signal they get from a naim preamp because they can get upset by higher frequencies. If your Naim poweramp does need a naim preamp to work, I’d think of selling both and getting a power amp which you can feed from your DAVE. Maybe a Chord one!
mbj666. Although it was with a TT2 directly into the amps, I demo’ed a naim 250dr and Etude at home, so I know it can be done. Don’t ask me what cable I used into the naim as I cannot remember, mostly because my retailer set it up for me!
Aassuming the power amp has a sensible input, what can a pre-amp possibly do to what comes out of a DAVE except lose music?
Aassuming the power amp has a sensible input, what can a pre-amp possibly do to what comes out of a DAVE except lose music?
That's a sound decision.I would just like to find out for myself.