Recent content by gadawg

I listen to CD's or SACD's almost every listening session. Still like them better than streaming but that's just me! George

I enjoy my headphone setup when I'm only going to listen for a short while and dont' want to wait for the big system warm up as it takes about an hour for the main system to sound its best. The headphone setup sounds fine after about 10 min. George

Ok .. so I gained a little insight here ... I have an Alpha USB that I have compared against the Synergistics Research SRX and I liked the Alpha better .. it was close but the Alpha won in my system. I was thinking just go Omega-X and be done with it as when the Omega USB first came out it was...

I see the 8 cable shoot out but it doesn’t mention any of the Shunyata cables and how they would compare at all and the Shunyata threads don’t really compare to any other cables? Did I miss some other thread you found? George

Is the Omega-X still one of the best USB cables out there or are there other cables that have surpassed it now? George

I’m using v5 with my W20SE and have noticed that at times playback either won’t start or stop until I kill and relaunch the app. Other than that I haven’t experienced any other issues … yet. George

Update ... Talked to VAC and they told me the GTB spec is not required that any quality 6SN7 would be fine. Sorry for bringing back an old thread but curious about the 6SN7's in the Statement 452 amps ... do they run at 450V of the GTB spec thus require a GT class tube or will a standard 6SN7...

I think at this point I'm good as I upgraded to the newer Wilson diodes that ship with Alexx V and that was a meaningful upgrade in detail and soundstage size. Now I'm in Powercord hell ... LOL George

I tried the Titans under my Wilson Alexx’s and lost all of the detail … put the stock Wilson diodes back on and all was good. Ended up installing the newer Wilson diodes and that was a meaningful upgrade. Not sure why the Titans sounded so bad in my setup. Is on carpet and tried with and without...

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Guess I should have looked at the back of the unit before posting! LOL George

Agree its not totally clear because even in the features section of the K1XSE on Estoeric’s website its states.. “The K1X SE can also be connected to the Grandioso G1X external master clock generator to improve sound quality by synchronizing the internal circuitry to an even more accurate 10 MHz...

I’m a bit confused here myself .. are you saying that an external clock makes zero improvement over the internal clock in the Esoteric DACS? Although the signal via USB uses the clock in the dac I had thought an external clock even in that scenario would improve upon the internal clock in the...

Is it just me or does the first post in every thread now contain an ad? George

So … I’ve been comparing some new DAC’s lately and it’s just not going very well. I have an Esoteric D-02X that I have used mostly with a P-02X transport and Aurender W20SE which sounds really good. So far I’ve compared it to a DCS Rossini Apex, MSB Reference, and the new Esoteric N-01XD. Even...