wund3rk1nd
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anyway i've posted on ray's preorder page. Am i supposed to pay now or wait for a pm on headfi or what? Because i checked rays website and it says to pay now??
anyway i've posted on ray's preorder page. Am i supposed to pay now or wait for a pm on headfi or what? Because i checked rays website and it says to pay now?
my budget would be up to 1,500$. how would you get balanced to rsa protector cables? Would the da11 make a better choice? i'll be connected by laptop via spdif coax to the dac.
Quote:Quote:whats a good desktop balanced source for the sr-71b?
im thinking i'll used single ended from my mp3 player-> sr-71b via mini to mini and sr-71b to iem via balanced cable and fully balanced (balanced source to balanced amp) when im home.
You didn't specify budget. I'm going to be using an Apogee mini-DAC myself ($700-900 depending on optional firewire or not). For about half the cost you could get a Cambridge Audio DAC Magic, and for about half that an EMU-0404.
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is that adapter the only place to buy it from? imo 150$ for an adapter seems pretty crazy..1/4 of the price of the amp itself
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is that adapter the only place to buy it from? imo 150$ for an adapter seems pretty crazy..1/4 of the price of the amp itself
Ray will sell you the connector for under $5. There are a lot of people building their own similar cables if you have the skills. Also, Craig's includes some pretty high end cyro-parts XLR. You probably have $100 in parts plus labor.
I believe you can also buy or have built a similar cable from ALO or Moon Audio. There maybe individuals here on head-fi that would build it as well. You could post a WTB ad in the For Sale Forum and see if anyone responds.
Ray will sell you the CONNECTOR, as Audio Addict said - not the ADAPTER
Similar adapter, yes, not similar cable. Whiplash is the exclusive distributor for the Cryo-Parts TWag wire, at least for the moment. There are cheaper $20/ea budget Furutech XLR connectors available so the cost of connectors alone for a DIYer would hover around $50 using those (including some shipping and a single Protector male connector from Ray). You can use whatever wire you want in building it. Won't be the same quality, but it will be cheaper.
When I still owned my Protector, I had an adapter I built with the TWag cable using Ray's connector to a Neutrik 4-pin XLR. I also built one using OFC copper that I use for my other adapters. Both were the same length, but despite the differences in materials (and costs), I could hear no audible differences with any of my full-sized cans or IEMs.
Quote:Similar adapter, yes, not similar cable. Whiplash is the exclusive distributor for the Cryo-Parts TWag wire, at least for the moment. There are cheaper $20/ea budget Furutech XLR connectors available so the cost of connectors alone for a DIYer would hover around $50 using those (including some shipping and a single Protector male connector from Ray). You can use whatever wire you want in building it. Won't be the same quality, but it will be cheaper.
Quote:When I still owned my Protector, I had an adapter I built with the TWag cable using Ray's connector to a Neutrik 4-pin XLR. I also built one using OFC copper that I use for my other adapters. Both were the same length, but despite the differences in materials (and costs), I could hear no audible differences with any of my full-sized cans or IEMs.
Quote:Similar adapter, yes, not similar cable. Whiplash is the exclusive distributor for the Cryo-Parts TWag wire, at least for the moment. There are cheaper $20/ea budget Furutech XLR connectors available so the cost of connectors alone for a DIYer would hover around $50 using those (including some shipping and a single Protector male connector from Ray). You can use whatever wire you want in building it. Won't be the same quality, but it will be cheaper.
I believe you, Ron. Were your headphones and IEMs also TWag-recabled? Most of mine are, and I can definitely hear a difference on my systems between OFC and silver-based, especially the TWag cables, which is why I usually use that cable where I can. But on my R10s, which is not recabled but was reterminated by Alex@APS to an XLR4, using a TWag XLR4 female to dual-XLR3 male adapter to my Apache does not by itself alter the sound signature.
As far as the adapters are concerned, there are several alternatives out there for every budget to purchase or build them by skilled DIYers, such as yourself.