I have a 300.00 Aural Symphonics coax and a 30.00 glass fiber tosslink feeding a Lavry 10 and a modded Sonic Frontiers DAC.
Depending on the words I use to describe the differences one could think I prefer one over the other even though the "words" describe the same listening experience. Glass:" smoother more refined top end" or: " less lively too laid back" although sometimes I had the opposite reaction. I got my 14 year old son to switch back and forth..............sometimes I heard a difference.......sometimes not....... or so I thought............... Right now I am listening to Diana Krall I bought used at 8.00 at the used CD store near my house (don't you have to love urbanization? I mean. we are talking Dallas here. Finally I can walk everywhere ( Madrid, I still love you. but I can walk here and speak Spanish to everyone so it's not so bad) Today I am convinced the glass fiber is better. I moved my SB and made sure it was in the straightest line possible OMG what a difference!!!!!!!! Or so I thought in that moment. I am quite sure that I will change my mind as soon as I listen to the coax again. My point? (and thank you for your patience) Audiofilia is a lot of fun when it doesn't cost anything or just a little....................I can indulge my neuroses without penalty. Based on my recent aural experiences, I would not spend 300.00 for the cable again ( I bought it 10 years ago so the pain has receeded) I am willing to spend money on differences I consistently hear.If those differences are musically important to me. The Jeff Rowland integrated does things for me that his equipment from 10 years ago does not. To me . that is money well spent. My dealer friend will bring over the Nordost top digital cable soon. No matter what I hear , I wouldn't buy it. But if the improvement is that obvious I won't deny it and I will "lust after it" (if only to make my girlfriend jealous) So I would recommend you buy a BlueJeans digital and a Parts express glass fiber tosslink and have fun comparing them, they are both cheap enough that is good entertainment value. As the Spanish say about the lottery: "de ilusion tan bien se vive" "with illusion how well one lives" -- tomjtx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26052 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
