Recent content by Don Kuleone

The only gear I m aware of needing burn in time are my ears….sometimes:)

Apollon ships my dual mono ncx500 amp propably this friday. I pair it with a miniDSP Flex TRS as pre amp. So I will have 4V output voltage. I will use 20,5db gain.

Did Hypex ship already?

More bass…better soundstage…compared to what?

And…the Spotify mobile app uses Volume Control by default. That means a DSP is causing all songs to be as same loud. If you listen via phone directly connected to the amp…well that can make an audible difference

Yesterday I compared same songs/album from YTM an Tidal. YTM songs seem to be louder. In both cases I streamed via Chromecast Audio-minidspFlex-Purifi-Speakers. Beside the „loudness“ i could not recognize more audible differences. But Tidal feels better. Test song: Chantal Chamberlain -...

I set it in Chromecast Audio settings. That is a streaming device. I use it for years now. Many CDs I have sound exactly like the YTM versions. I admit I never did a concious (technical) comparison since I never had issues with sound quality of YTM

Im using YTM over years together with Google Chromecast Audio via optical connection. I deactivated EQ and dynamic compression. I hear no real difference to my CD collection.

When did you buy it?

I have a T758v3. NAD replaced it two times since the pre-outs generate a high frequence hiss in the speakers. I tried different amps. The distortion signal is audible at 3meters. The unit itself also emits a high frequency tone. Any experience on this? I‘m so dissappointed. I will keep sending...