Nagra DAC, TAG McClaren FM tuner
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V...=w1065-h599-no
Nordost mains filter (Steve has a dedicated mains spur. In the back ground is the Pi-Q power supply.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/O1...=w1065-h599-no
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Nagra DAC, TAG McClaren FM tuner
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V...=w1065-h599-no
Nordost mains filter (Steve has a dedicated mains spur. In the back ground is the Pi-Q power supply.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/O1...=w1065-h599-no
I thought I'd bring the Soundblaster E5 round to compare it briefly with the Pi-Q. We connected the SoundBlaster E5 (which has a line out socket) into the Modwright 36.5 and I drove the E5 via A2DP Bluetooth using downloaded lossless TIDAL tracks from the mobile phone (this is the setup I use in my car - connected to the AUX input of the stereo system). We compared it to the Pi-Q on a few tracks.
After doing so I asked Steve what he thought. He was off axis, but said basically what I thought i.e. the Pi-Q had more drive to the sound than the E5. He thought the E5 maybe had more detail. I'm not so sure about that - on axis I thought the E5 displayed a more spacious 3D soundstage and definitely lacked the drive of the Pi-Q.
So that is two systems in which I found the Pi-Q to be relatively 2D soundstage wise compared to other digital sources.
At the end of the day I'd rather listen to the Pi-Q to the E5, because the E5 doesn't have the balls to do really well on more dynamic sounding music.
This Pi-Q was being fed via a £500 power supply whilst the E5 was running of its battery so it didn't disgrace itself for what is a cheap unit really.
Anyway, onto Steve's system... which I'll post about later.
Whilst the prose will come later, here is a quick video of some Brubeck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn3oA0x5yKw
£50k EASY? Looks like Nordost valhalla cables.:stalks:
If purchased all at retail new quite a bit more £££s I think. That TT is expensive.
Nice, but did you listen to any REAL music? ;) Good result for the Pi!
Oh, so you can go all the way down to London for a bake-off, but not come up to Wrexham! :eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by User211
Marco.
P.S Barry will get 'all excited' (possibly to the point of creating a damp patch) when he sees all that Nagra..............
No London was family dealings. Steve is a Bristol man.
Music was everything really - rock, reggae, electronic, acoustic etc. Steve has taste.
But you chose to swerve that and record the 'audiophile pap'...? ;)
Marco.
I wasn't really thinking about the music - just getting a video done of the kit.
Anyway, you should get your arse down here to get your ears and mind reset. Really, LOL.
Lol... Why - what in your opinion needs 'resetting'?
Marco.