Today's Dac upgrade.
Still trying to eek out the maximum from my Directstream dac.
Already done firmware upgrades, RFI treatment, custom footers and power cable upgrades, this is the final word on fuses with it.
Swapping out from an SR Orange for this,
which is being transplanted into the Audiolab CD transport.
Have a Hifi Tuning Supreme 3 silver in the Audiolab already, that's getting bumped down into the Primare Phono stage.
So a 3-in-one kinda deal on fuse upgrades.
I've found the SR's get consistently better sounding as you go up the range (though felt the Blue was a bit "hifi" sounding?), so expecting better sound with the Purple over the Orange.
By all accounts from what Ive read its significant.
See how it goes.
(yes, they make a difference, all else being equal)
Cool.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
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