Lyonesse Wrote: > OK I swapped back the ic's and there was no noticable difference, > wishful thinking born out of desperation perhaps? > > I think Mr Floding was closest to finding a solution..... my electric > mains is poor... there may have been a ground loop, Ive got an old > farmhouse badly in need of rewiring. Since going over to battery which > ive cunningly hidden behind a bookshelf Im Amazed..no.. Stunned by my > systems sound quality... STUNNED!!! > > > > 100+ hours solid focused listening in 2 1/2 weeks.... A very detailed > warm analogue sound, and... this is the best part... its like been 17 > again with my old Acoustic Research Legend record player, Music like a > drug... CD after CD after CD ;) never background... that would be an > insult. This is due mainly to the DAC which is IMO a GIANT KILLER. > > so to recap: > > Quiet 400gb laptop>>>Foobar2000>>>Asio4all>>>HagUSB>>>VDH carbon hybrid > digital and analogue ic'>>>Altmann Attraction DAC>>>PP 22W Valve > Amp>>>QED Silver biwire>>>Wharfedale Pacific Evo 30's = Sonic Aural > Paradise. > > Jack. > > > > > > > http://www.mother-of-tone.com/ > > http://www.hagtech.com/hagusb.html
Glad your system sounds good now! Bit of a shame you didn't get the SB to sound good. A different power supply might have done the trick! What parts of your setup are on battery power, and how is your battery supply arranged? -- P Floding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24613 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
